Marine manager Neil Young abandoned his plan to watch FA Cup third-round opponents Spurs play Leeds on Saturday as a Covid precaution.
The non-leaguers are being tested twice before the biggest match of their history next Sunday and the risk of Young making a 445-mile round trip outweighed the benefits of being able to study Jose Mourinho’s Premier League side live.
‘It was decided due to current Covid circumstances that I wouldn’t travel down to London for the Spurs game,’ confirmed Young. ‘Gutted but we have to be careful.