So I’m chatting with former Strictly Come Dancing champion Chris Hollins, just hours after watching Maidenhead United, and we’re talking about the FA Cup.

Considering his dad, John, played for both Chelsea and Arsenal, I asked if he had a special Wembley Cup Final memory.

Yes, he laughed, being poked in the eye with a stick by the son of Arsenal defender Willie Young!

It wasn’t quite what I expected, but in the eyes of my girls - not to mention my wife - Chris is a bit of a hero for his Strictly sequinned rumbas and foxtrots with the lovely Orla.

But what does it take to be a hero these days? If you believed the hype, Saturday was made for them. The FA Cup had come to town and this was the moment for Maidenhead’s minnows to become headline-grabbing giant-killers.

While the players dared to dream it could be their day, the rest of us dug out those old Magic of the Cup clichés and swapped memories of vintage finals, classic cup-ties and sporting heroes of yesteryear over a pint or two.

In the ground, I suspect the club’s hard-working staff were happy to call their electrician a bit of a hero after he managed to sort out a power-cut, just 20 minutes before kick-off.

The thought really struck home as the York Road crowd observed a perfect minute’s silence in memory of our fallen heroes in the build up to Remembrance Sunday.

Then, six minutes into the game, Maidenhead had a real contender for hero status. A moment of sublime skill from Anthony Thomas whose deft control and fantastic finish sent the home crowd wild.

Of course, United couldn’t quite hang on. But the draw was a heroic team performance with player after exhausted player going down with cramp in those final minutes.

But after meeting up with Chris Hollins all this hero stuff rather went out the window. You see, Chris is a patron of the cancer care for children charity, CLIC Sargent, and was hosting a musical fundraising concert at Eton College.

The show was organised by a rather lovely lady called Lynne Highy, who happens to be a matron at St Piran’s School and whose teenage daughter, Kate, has been battling with a brain tumour for nearly two years. 

And yet, through her family’s darkest hours, Lynne has always had a smile and a kind word for everyone.

And when you listened to their story and the amazing support they have received from CLIC’s support team it all rather put heroism in a new light.