It was a magnificent effort from the team, manager, and their fans, who cheered their lads right to the end, earning the respect of Liverpool fans in the process by joining in with YNWA.

Alfie Potter said:

"When he came on they got a corner straight away and I asked if anyone had his shirt, and he said no,"  "So I thought, 'right, I've got that then'.
 
"Then a couple of our other players went up to him and asked if they could have his shirt, but he said 'the little man's got it'."
 
Of his goal, Potter added: "It was a great feeling for us to score in front of the Kop. It took a long time for that goal to go in and I'll never feel that feeling again, ever.
 
"No matter what the score was, before the game we thought that as long as we scored a goal it would be something for us to celebrate.
 
"The Liverpool fans were amazing, they clapped us on and off the pitch, they're probably the best fans in the country."

Midfielder Jamie Collins sang YNWA to Gerrard.

He explained:

"As the Kop was singing You'll Never Walk Alone, I couldn't help myself and joined in," he said. "I was singing it at the top of my voice and he looked at me like I was a weirdo, like I was an alien. But then I don't suppose he gets that too much in the Premier League!
 
"Then I turned around and told him about what he did to me. I'm a West Ham fan and I was at Cardiff two years ago when he scored that 30-yard screamer in the last minute of the final. I said to him, 'You broke my heart'. I don't suppose I was ever going to break his! We were just determined to enjoy it" 
 
"Singing You'll Never Walk Alone along with 40,000 people is something we'll never do again and it was magical.
 
"We were like fans coming into Anfield on the coach. We all had our video cameras out and to get clapped off by the Kop at the end of such an incredible day was unreal."

Manager Shaun Gale says it was a day he'll never forget.

"Shocks do happen in the Cup so at 1-0 and 2-1 it didn't surprise me. I thought we'd score today. But not too many teams score twice here,"  
 
"We spoke about the players freezing because not too many had played in front of anything like that. But I told them 'at the end of the day it's a football match and they're only human'.
 
"My little boy Jake is a Liverpool fan and got Fernando Torres' autograph before the game. For me the memory of coming here three months into the job, will stay with me for the rest of my life.
 
"Rafa knocked on the door and came in to say well done at the end. I've got the utmost respect for him. He's one of the world's best managers and what he did means the world to me. I'm gutted to lose but can accept it at Anfield.
 
"Their players also came in, signed shirts for us, we were treated magnificently."

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