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Sutton ready to return to normal after Arsenal and FA Cup circus leaves town

Sutton United's FA Cup adventure is over.

Last Thursday, the world's media descended upon Gander Green Lane, eager to hear the backstories of the builders, picture framers and fitness instructors who make up the first team. By Tuesday afternoon, the last of them will have left and life will return to normal. And for manager Paul Doswell, normality can't come quickly enough.

"As much as it's been great for the club, it's not been the best three weeks of my life," he told reporters after the game.

"It's bizarre, it impedes everything that you do. This social media world is not all it's cracked up to be.