The 36-year-old, who was membership captain and a back-to-back promotion winner throughout his time at The Racecourse, holds the document of enjoying in 14 games within the competitors throughout Parkinson’s reign. Paul Mullin is subsequent on the record with 13 begins.
Since making his Swindon debut 19 years in the past, Tozer played for a bunch of golf equipment earlier than hanging up his boots final summer season and the FA Cup all the time had a particular place in his coronary heart.
“It’s a nice distraction,” stated Tozer. “The FA Cup might be the perfect cup competitors on the planet in my view.
“I’ll always remember my first FA Cup recreation, for Swindon towards Wycombe, considering it was psychological enjoying within the Cup.
“I might like to know what number of games I’ve played in whole within the Cup. It should be a heck of lots, one thing like 40-plus.
“When folks go on about cup attracts and say ‘large one away’, I all the time needed a house tie simply to get by and see how far you would get.
“I all the time thought you had been higher off saying you’d played within the quarter-finals of the Cup versus saying you’d played Chelsea away.
“I was quite lucky with some of the ties I was involved in, like Tottenham when I was at Newport and Manchester City with Cheltenham.”
Tozer was within the Wrexham facet which induced an enormous shock by successful 4-3 at Championship high-fliers Coventry City within the third spherical when the Reds had been difficult for the National League title within the 2022-23 season.
The Reds drew 3-3 with Premier League sure Sheffield Unitedin the subsequent spherical at The Racecourse, with Parkinson’s males main earlier than the Blades scored a late equaliser to take the tie to a replay the place they triumphed 3-1.
Tozer will always remember that first assembly with United.
“The Sheffield United game is the one that sticks out most for me,” he stated.
“It was an unbelievable ambiance at The Racecourse.
“People that weren’t concerned within the recreation however on the bench or not enjoying stated it was the loudest they’d heard a stadium.
“It was phenomenal.”
Wrexham have progressed to the fifth spherical for the primary time under Parkinson with Premier League giants Chelsea the opponents at The Racecourse on Saturday.
The Reds beat top-flight strugglers Nottingham Forest at residence in spherical three and Tozer believes there might be one other shock.
“There’s always the potential of an upset and I don’t see why they can’t do it, especially with the fans behind them,” he stated.
“It’s almost seems like the fans go up a notch in FA Cup games. You seen that with the Nottingham Forest game.”
Tozer was current for the 1-0 victory over Ipswich Town within the fourth spherical which arrange the conflict with Chelsea.
It was the eleventh time he has been a TV pundit for a Wrexham recreation however first his former membership had gained with him on the microphone and he is relieved to place that to mattress.
“I didn’t know if anyone knew it, I never said anything in or around the club!” he added.
“You know when the followers get wind of one thing like that, they really begin believing it.
“It was eating me alive and dads on the school run were saying after every one, ‘they’ll get you cancelled off air soon if you don’t get a win’.”
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