After scoring to deliver a huge shock in the men’s FA Cup on Sunday, Wimborne Town footballer Seung-Woo Yang pointed to his Christian faith and gave glory to Jesus.
The seventh-tier side won 2-0 against Crawley Town of League Two, three divisions above the Southern League Premier Division South team. With nine minutes on the clock, Yang opened the scoring with a curling shot into the top corner.
Having been named Player of the Match, Yang told TNT Sports: “First of all, I’d like to say thank you to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
He went on to say how the non-league side knew they were “underdogs” but “had belief” that they could pull off the giant-killing and defeat the side 57 places above them in the football pyramid.
The 24 year-old was born in South Korea and raised on England’s south coast, playing in Southampton’s academy before finding his way through non-league.
Yang has recently recovered from a serious knee injury, which Christian football ministry Ballers in God said “makes this moment even more special.”
The FA Cup is the most famous knockout tournament in English football. It gives smaller teams the opportunity to play, and defeat, higher league opposition.
Wimborne Town will find out their next opponents on Monday night, now being one win away from potentially playing a Premier League side in the third round.