Freddie Grant looking forward to facing old friend Jorge Grant in FA Cup

Oxford City defender Freddie Grant is relishing the chance to go up against one of his old friends in Jorge Grant when the non-leaguers face Notts County in the FA Cup on Saturday.

The National League South outfit overcame Colchester United in round one and will travel to Nottingham this weekend for the second-round tie against the Magpies.

“Jorge grew up in Oxford, I’m from Reading and we have a few mutual friends so as soon as the draw was made we were messaging each other,” Freddie told the Post.

“We haven’t spoken about football in too much detail, though we’ve talked about it being on television.

“It’s going to be a massive game for the both of us and I think he’s been playing on the right so we could come up against each other.

“We’ve got the same last name, it’s going to be fun. It’ll be the first time we’ll play with names on the back of our shirts, so it’ll be weird having Grant on the right wing and Grant at left-back, so that’ll be confusing for the commentators!

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