The tie over, Ange Postecoglou came back out on to the pitch at the Lamb Ground quickly on Sunday afternoon to start his round of post-match interviews. The light from the watery sun was starting to fade. A couple of Tamworth players who were still talking to the media, had begun to shiver in the cold as the adrenaline of their extra-time defeat wore off.
Some Tamworth fans in The Shed, a terrace covered by corrugated iron, sang about being cheated out of a replay. Postecoglou came over to where we stood in our semi-circle. The Tottenham Hotspur manager kept his head down as he spoke, which is his habit.