On Saturday it will be five years to the day since we went down 2-1 at Championship outfit Leeds United in the fourth round of the world’s most famous cup competition.
Jan was in the side that day, amidst his debut season in English football after joining us from Ajax in July, 2012. It was his first ever FA Cup tie and he battled through the 90 minutes, picking up a booking towards the end in front of a hostile Elland Road crowd.
“It was a while ago, we lost 2-1 and it was a very tough experience,” reflected the Belgian international at Hotspur Way this week as we prepare to visit League Two Newport County at the same stage of the tournament.