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Mansfield manager weds before FA Cup tie with Liverpool | Mansfield manager weds before FA Cup tie with Liverpool |
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Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox faces one of the biggest games of his life on Sunday - but he had to fit in his wedding before that. | Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox faces one of the biggest games of his life on Sunday - but he had to fit in his wedding before that. |
Cox will lead his non-league side out in a home FA Cup third-round tie against seven-time winners Liverpool. | Cox will lead his non-league side out in a home FA Cup third-round tie against seven-time winners Liverpool. |
But on Friday he married his partner Natasha Bertin after promising to bring the wedding forward if his side beat Lincoln City last month. | |
"I agreed to get married if we beat Lincoln in the second round," he said. | "I agreed to get married if we beat Lincoln in the second round," he said. |
And if Cox did not have enough to celebrate it will also be his 41st birthday on match day. | And if Cox did not have enough to celebrate it will also be his 41st birthday on match day. |
The wedding in West Bridgford was followed by a reception in a marquee at a training pitch next to Mansfield's One Call Stadium, two days before kick-off in a dream clash against Liverpool. | |
Cox said: "The way it's fallen, it is going to be quite a weekend. But it will all be fabulous for me. | |
"To play Liverpool in the FA Cup is a dream and it is a great birthday present for me. | "To play Liverpool in the FA Cup is a dream and it is a great birthday present for me. |
"It will be a massive game for the club. The players, chairman and supporters all deserve it." | "It will be a massive game for the club. The players, chairman and supporters all deserve it." |
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