LEICESTER CITY WILL need a replay if they’re to see off League One side Fleetwood Town and book a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
The 2016 Premier League champions had to settle for a scoreless draw in this afternoon’s third-round tie at Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood’s home ground.
Currently in 12th place in the third tier of English football, Fleetwood were captained by 25-year-old central defender Cian Bolger, who hails from Celbridge in Kildare.
An under-strength Leicester, who were without the likes of Riyad Mahrez and former Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy, will welcome Uwe Rosler’s side to the King Power Stadium for the replay on Tuesday, 16 January at 7.45pm.
Claude Puel’s men breathed a collective sigh of relief in the final minute of this afternoon’s game after a shot from Fleetwood’s Ashley Hunter struck the post.
Today’s result is likely to have been a memorable one for Cian Bolger, however. The former Celbridge Town defender, now in his second season at Fleetwood, began his cross-channel career at Leicester but was unable to make the first-team breakthrough with the Foxes.
He departed for Bristol Rovers in 2011, before going on to have spells with Bolton Wanderers, Colchester United, Southend United and Bury.
In the other FA Cup game already played today, Darren Randolph kept a clean sheet and Cyrus Christie came off the bench late on as Middlesbrough advanced to the fourth round with a 2-0 win at home to north-east rivals Sunderland, for whom John O’Shea started in defence.
Exceptional athlete. Looking forward to seeing how she gets on.
Fair play to her.. personally i dont think its healthy
The body can do amazing things. How could this possibly be unhealthy?
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Phillip.. I think although the body can do amazing things its another thing to over exert the body and cause damage. am i correct in thinking she is going to run nonstop for 46 hours? thats putting the body under extreme stress which i feel is unhealthy
I would love to be that able. It takes 24hr commitment. I take it u couldn’t have kids and commit to these type of fitness programmes. You wouldn’t get the 8 hour sleep for one thing. Amazing athlete and to be admired for her focus and drive
If you type in “Kona Ironman” into youtube you’ll find hour long documentaries featuring the different years of competition. Some of the stories covered are truly inspirational from the amateur athletes that manage to complete the course, ranging from the extremely over weight to people missing both their legs. If it doesn’t inspire you to get off your ass than nothing will!
Best of luck Diana!
The lady is an Animal and I mean that on the best possible tough sense , I wish I had an ounce of her drive