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'I left my family behind, but I don't regret it': Cambridge United's Dimitar Mitov speaks on FA Cup heroics against Newcastle - and explains dreams of top level football after leaving Bulgaria at 16-years-old

Almost a month on and the pre-match Geordie roar still rings in the ears of Dimitar Mitov.

'The noise was incredible and whole place shook, I thought it was a little earthquake,' says the Cambridge United goalkeeper as he reflects on the greatest 90 minutes of his life.

The thrill of the pre-match rumble, the polite ripple of applause from Newcastle fans when he turned a fierce volley from Jacob Murphy onto the bar, the only goal, scored by his housemate Joe Ironside, the well-executed game-plan, the Bulgarian flags held aloft in the top tier at St James' Park and the post-match euphoria.