Port Vale assistant manager Paul Bodin has spoken of the “magic” of the FA Cup ahead of the away clash with Exeter City.
The Valiants will travel to League Two side Exeter for the second round after struggling past non-league Maidenhead United.
Port Vale begin a run of three games in five days when they take on non league side Maidenhead in their FA Cup reply tonight (November 19).
With two league wins either side of the disappointing draw at home to Maidenhead in the original tie, boss Rob Page is confident they can ‘progress in the competition’.
Port Vale manager Rob Page said he was frustrated following his team’s draw at home against non-league Maidenhead United in the FA Cup.
The National League South side scored an injury time equaliser in last Sunday’s game to set up a replay on Thursday 19 November, with the winners travelling to Exeter City in the second round.
Port Vale manager Rob Page is feeling positive about his players ahead of their FA Cup clash with Maidenhead this Sunday.
With the majority of the team fit and eager to play, Page has revealed it will be a challenge to finalise a starting team.
Port Vale captain Carl Dickinson says the team is hoping to bounce back against local rivals Shrewsbury Town after their Burton defeat.
Vale, who have been drawn in the FA Cup first round at home to non league Maidenhead United, are now 17th in League One after their latest loss.
Stoke City boss Mark Hughes is confident they can overcome his former side Blackburn Rovers in their FA Cup clash at Ewood Park.
The Potters boss believes his squad and is looking for them to progress to the latter stages of the competition.
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has returned with his players from a warm weather training camp in Dubai and said they are ready to take on Rochdale in the FA Cup.
Norton United manager Scott Dundas wants the club’s best-ever FA Cup run to inspire a promotion push.
Norton United’s FA Cup dreams were shattered in a 4-0 defeat to Gateshead in the first round of the competition.
The Stoke-on-Trent minnows squandered several chances as a Rob Ramshaw hat-trick and one from Alex Rodman knocked United out of the cup.
Norton United goalkeeper and Staffordshire University law student Danny Roberts admits he will be fulfilling a lifelong dream when he plays in the first round of the FA Cup.
Norton, of the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One South, will welcome Gateshead to their Smallthorne ground on Sunday in the biggest game in the club’s history.