Canvey Island's brilliant players have put the place on the map again following their FA Cup win at Port Vale, but who knows much about this exotic place in Essex that is on its way to becoming the football capital of the south?
Alas, the electronic superhighway was a bit of a cul-de-sac because 'Canvey Online has been taken offline'.
Don't despair. Here is our handy guide to the Essex Riviera's finest beach resort:
The Encyclopaedia Britannica says: 'Canvey Island is low lying island on the Thames Estuary, Castle Point district, county of Essex.
'It is connected to the mainland by a bridge at South Benfleet. The island's marine defences were first constructed by a Dutch engineer in 1623, but it has continued to be vulnerable to exceptional tidal flooding.
'It is the site of petroleum-refining development and has extensive storage facilities for imported liquefied natural gas. Pop: (1981) 35,338.'
Famous islanders include silver medallist Dean Macey (who has a pub named after him), singer Alison Moyet and a guy named Andy Mansfield, who has appeared in films as Richard Gere lookalike.
For gourmets, the trip to the Island will not be a waste of time, as the club promise: 'The burger bar at the ground serves the usual range of chips, burgers, hot dogs, etc. The quality is quite good, especially the bacon burgers.'
After the game, purists may like to visit the nightclub once known as the Gold Mine now re-named as King's after Jeff King, owner of the club and honorary monarch of the island. Remember to take binoculars as a colleague here muttered something about the place being full of colourful Essex birds.
The club's fanzine is called Below Sea Level
The on-line club shop sells 'traditional flat caps' at £1.99 - 'one size fits all'
Islanders claim that the Lebworth Café was designed by the man who did the Sydney Opera House. It sells Lobster Smack.
The place was in panic in November 1954 when the so-called Canvey Island Monsters were washed up on the beach. Four feet tall they were a cross between a pig and a marine animal. Nobody wants to examine what is on the beach nowadays.
Elvis Costello once published a book called No Sleep Till Canvey Island.
Astairs on the seafront has lots of former Stars in Their Eyes contestants.
Err, that's it.
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