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Non-league part-timers Tamworth cause an almighty FA Cup upset to dump League One side Huddersfield Town out in the first round.

Tamworth manager Andy Peaks told BBC2:

"I am chilled now. During stoppage time you know something can happen so you're never content until it's finished.

"We managed the game really well. Brilliant. We felt that when we got the ball we had to keep it and not give it back straight away because they are good on the ball.

"It was more important to keep a good shape and be difficult to break down.

"We knew we would be a threat on set-pieces and we were. The key was having a good shape and not rushing things. We didn't have to win it in the first 20 minutes and we didn't want to be out of it in the first 20 minutes.

"Most games are decided in the penalty box and we try to be good in those areas with the first and second balls - and we were.

"We mixed it up well. We had to be strong down the spine and the spine was strong.

"I just wanted to be competitive and not be embarrassed on national television.

"But I'm so proud of all of them - we have such a strong spine to the team - I never want a team of individuals, I want a team."

Huddersfield Town boss Michael Duff told BBC2:

"We weren't good enough. We deserved to get beaten. They out-scrapped us and the goal came from a threat we knew about.

"I picked a strong team, prepared properly and warned the players.

"If we had started the first minute like we played from the 80th minute onwards we might have been OK. But we waited too long to have any sort of response and we are deservedly out of the Cup.

"We started the game on the back foot, invited them on, invited the crowd into it, and it's hard to get it back.

"We gave away a poor goal. It's a long throw but we were nowhere near good enough."

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