Former Greenwich star to support old club in Cup

Saturday 25 Oct 2014
Wright is set to watch Greenwich Borough's trip to Worcester, the final FA Cup game this weekend
Former Greenwich Borough striker Ian Wright is expected to show support for his old side by attending their FA Cup Fourth Round Qualifying tie with Conference North outfit Worcester City on Sunday.

Wright played for the club during the early 1980s before joining Crystal Palace, reportedly in a swap deal for a set of training weights, where he played and scored in The FA Cup Final of 1990 against Manchester United.

The striker then moved to Arsenal and went on to win The FA Cup in 1993 and the Premier League title in 1998 as well as 33 caps for England.

Worcester City v Greenwich Borough

The FA Cup
Fourth Round Qualifying
3pm, Sunday 26 October 2014
Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster
Winners receive £12,500 from prize fund
Click here for fixtures

At tier nine on the football pyramid, Borough are one of the lowest ranked teams left in this season's competition, progressing to this stage of The Cup for the first time in their history.

And Secretary Norman Neil believes Wright's appearance could provide an added boost, whilst revealing that reaching this stage of The Cup is an indication of the developments the Southern Counties East side have made.

"We're hopeful that Ian Wright will be in attendance for the match on Sunday," said Neal.

"It's been in the pipeline for a while and hopefully he can come along and provide a great lift to the players ahead of the match.

"We want to move up as a club, The Cup has been a great outlet for us, we've got a great mixture of ex-professionals and youngsters that all want to work hard together."

The south London club now play their home matches at Dartford's Princes Park, but are hopeful of a return to Greenwich in the near future.

"We are looking to build a new stadium on a site in the Greenwich Borough and all the money and revenue built up from an FA Cup run can help towards this," revealed Neal.

"This is unknown territory for us being at this stage of the competition but we are all so proud of what we have achieved.

"The manager went to watch Worcester play on Saturday and to be fair to them, they came down and watched us on Sunday.

"We're under no illusions of how difficult this game will be we see it as our Cup Final."

By FA Staff