Hyde - Milton Keynes Dons

The three days that follow and starting with three games tonight mark the beginning for this year of the oldest football institution in the whole world, the English FA Cup - typically the event has started from the beginning of August with all the teams of the much lower ωστόσο layers but essentially the thing now it is starting to get serious as after the first qualifying rounds, the teams of Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Nacional also enter the dance.

We are talking about an institution that first started in the 1871-1872 season and which for the English is considered more than sacred, and the thirst for distinction is always a given and much more for the small and insignificant groups of the smaller categories, for which it is above all a celebration. , without of course the financial benefits being negligible and much more as they proceed in the event.

One such case is tonight Hyde United, which hosts MK Dons in the capacity of about 3.500 seats for this first round, aspiring to make one of the surprises that will undoubtedly be discussed if it succeeds.

Little Hyde is playing in the eighth tier - let's say - layer of the English championships, the Northern Premier League Division One North, where this year she remains undefeated after 11 games with a 7-4-0 record and the best defense in the category with just 6 goal passive. If we take into account last season, Hyde is running an undefeated series of 16 games, while in terms of the qualifiers it gave to reach tonight's first round, it had to eliminate a total of 5 opponents, with a record of 4 wins and a draw.

As a football club it may not have some huge success to show, but it is a city that in the past has produced several champions in various sports, one of which is boxing champion Ricky Hutton. His name may not say much about us, but it was his grace that the late and legendary Mohammed Ali personally visited the city a few years ago to attend the inauguration of the gym opened by Hutton.

Its small stadium is housed a few kilometers away from Itihad of our famous Manchester City and in fact there was a period of time recently when City used the stadium for the needs of its academies while building their own new facilities. In fact, since Hyde's main color is red, at City's expense they had proceeded to paint the stadium blue, which remains to this day despite the end of the partnership as the cost was too much for little Hyde to proceed to restores the red color. This is expected to change this year as a lot of money has already entered the team's coffers from the qualifiers of the previous rounds (around 29.000 pounds), while about another 100.000 pounds are expected only from the game with Dons from tickets, TV, sponsorships, ads, etc.

Finally, it is worth noting that its coach is Darren Kelly, whom he hired two years ago from Oldham, while one of the hottest players is the striker Matthew Biddle, who has so far scored 5 of the total 13 goals of the team.
In general, this is one of the many cases where we characterize David vs. Goliath, however, as it has been proven countless times in the past, in this particular event anyone can beat anyone and it is not uncommon for these differences in size to remain in theoretical level.

There is not the slightest doubt about the thirst of the hosts who live and breathe for this historic game, while the optimism that they can achieve the little miracle is also evident - it is worth noting that when hearing the name of the opponent during the draw, the… celebrations they were furious. MK Dons, after all, on the one hand is not the big "beast" that will scare, on the other hand it is in a period of decline, coming from 5 championship games without a win (3 defeats, 2 draws). In general, this is not a team that scores easily, and especially away from home, it has managed it only 6 times in 8 outings.

Can the little and infamous Hyde write an all-gold page in her story? Our answer… why not? In an event where, especially in this early phase, surprises are a common phenomenon and having as additional motivation - as if it needed it - the fact that the game will also have TV coverage, we consider that a "rifle" at 10,00 bet365 is worth it, it goes with minimum stakes.