Captain looking to spark City’s run in FA Cup

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  Posted by: electrical-poster      1st December 2017

Lee Henderson can’t wait to run out to the cheers of his adoring fans when he captains Oxford City against Notts County in the second round of the FA Cup.

Henderson (far right), an electrician at Bicester-based LKT Electrical Services hopes his new-found local fame spurs ‘The City’ to turn back time and become FA Cup heroes.

Speaking to the Oxford Mail, he said: “A lot of my colleagues have been following our run, they watched the second round draw and there’s a bit of buzz around the place.

“My boss has been telling people so when I get to houses on jobs they are saying ‘hang on a minute are you playing for Oxford City in the cup on TV’, which is nice.”

“It’s new to me and a bit of a change – some of the senior players have performed at a higher level but for most of us it’s very new.”

The 27-year-old was born in Middlesbrough but moved to Bicester at the age of six and said his family were very proud of his new-found fame.

He said to the Mail: “My mum and step dad, who live in Bicester, and the rest of the family in Middlesbrough will all be watching on TV.

“My fiancee Alex has taken to it too, I think she’s proud, there’s been a lot of things on Facebook with TV interviews etc and we had a few BT Sport cameras at training.”

Oxford City currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football.