Tamworth manager Andy Peaks has been forced to choose the FA Cup over a short break with his wife at their Shropshire holiday hideaway.
Instead of spending a relaxing few days away with wife Sarah at their cottage in Bridgnorth, he will be on the other side of the Midlands hoping to oversee Huddersfield Town’s downfall in Friday’s BBC-televised first-round clash at The Lamb.
The 53-year-old splits his role as Tamworth manager with a part-time job as a support worker at Tresham College in Kettering – and he had hoped to head off on a half-term holiday.
But the continued success of the man who lifted the Lambs from the Southern Premier League to the National League in less than two seasons has got in the way.
“We were supposed to be going away Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,” said Peaks, the only manager in the fifth tier not in a full-time role. “But, much to my wife’s disappointment, I’ve had to cancel because football has taken over
“We were going to go to Bridgnorth to the cottage. I was going to do a bit of fishing, a bit of walking and chilling. That’s now on the back burner. It can wait until another day.
“My wife will be here. She’ll be 100 per cent behind me. I’ll make it up to her at some point. Hopefully we can do it on Saturday after victory on Friday night.”
