Royle pleased with cup success

Last updated : 05 January 2003 By TownMAD

He said: "I'm relieved not to be on the end of a giantkilling."

"In the end we won comfortably but no-one wants to be a statistic they keep showing for years afterwards so I'm happy to be in the hat.

"It was an awkward game. The sending-off made it more awkward. I don't know why but trepidation sets in.

"You never know because there were a few tears around the country. We can't come out of that with glowing praise but we did a professional job.

"Realistically by the end we could have won by a lot more goals."

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