Seven-year-old William Clough enjoyed the afternoon of his life at the Pirelli Stadium as dad Nigel's Burton battlers held mighty Manchester United to an FA Cup draw.

Clough junior, grandson of legendary manager Brian, sat by his father's side throughout a pulsating 90 minutes which shredded the emotions and ultimately left the Brewers celebrating a lucrative Old Trafford replay on January 18th.

It might have been even better too as, for the second time in 12 months, Alex Ferguson's team were totally embarrassed by Conference opposition.

Jon Shaw and Darren Stride both had first-half headers booted off the line by Phil Bardsley, although Burton were grateful for Saul Deeney's injury-time stop to deny a Richie Jones thunderbolt.

But, just as 12 months ago when Exeter drew at the `Theatre of Dreams', this time it was Burton who walked off to a standing ovation, knowing their result was totally deserved, leaving legendary wine buff Ferguson to exit the once home of beer brewing nursing a pretty severe hangover.

When the stadium announcement offered ticket details for a potential Old Trafford replay 15 minutes before kick-off, even the home fans in a capacity crowd offered a chortle.

No-one was laughing when the information was repeated during the interval though, least of all the United fans who demanded 'Fergie sort it out' as the teams disappeared back down the tunnel.

It was at their end that Bardsley had twice been called on to blast the ball of the goalline, both following routine corners which Burton heads had climbed highest to reach.