There can hardly be a name that conjures up the magic of the FA Cup more than Sutton United.

That 2-1 third round victory over Coventry City in 1989 was the most famous of their triumphs, but, in many ways, it was hardly a one-off for a club that has qualified for the first round 31 times.

But Sutton went from cup romantics to party-poopers of another great story on Saturday as they squeaked home 3-2 in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire.

The exploits of their hosts FC Romania are a tremendous antidote to the negative headlines that have generally accompanied the arrival of immigrants from the Eastern European country.

Looking resplendent in the yellow and blue made famous by the likes of Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu and, in particularly colourful fashion, Chelsea old boy Adrian Mutu, the team certainly left a positive impact on Sutton boss Paul Doswell.

“They put on a really good afternoon of football, both on and off the pitch, and they played a passing and confident style of football you rarely see at this level,” he said.

Having started off playing Sunday football, FC Romania have progressed towards the top of the Essex Premier League, winning five out of six games this season, and it will be interesting to see how far they can go.

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With an all-Romanian team and largely Romanian management they surely can attract the sort of loyalty most semi-professional clubs can only dream of and it makes you wonder whether that model could be copied in this part of the capital.

There is a large enough Polish community in various parts of south London to make a team viable while, having attended a couple of South Korea games at the London 2012 Olympics, the number of people who boarded the trains to Wembley suggests there could be untapped potential in the New Malden area.

The success of teams like FC Romania could have an invigorating effect down the pyramid, like overseas talent has had on the Premier League.