We’re the bottom ranked facet left in FA Cup – however that dream Premier League tie will be ours
View 3 PhotographsSlough City boss Scott Davies is dreaming of a money-spinning FA Cup third spherical tie in the event that they handle to beat Macclesfield FC on Sunday.
The Rebels, who play in Nationwide League South – which is the sixth-tier – are the bottom ranked staff left within the competitors. They’ve crushed Welling United, Bedfont Sports activities, Enfield City and Altrincham to achieve this stage.
In the meantime, opponents Macclesfield compete at the very same degree, however in Nationwide League North. The Silkmen, managed by Wayne Rooney's brother John, feasibly sit eight locations larger than Slough within the non-league pyramid.
Talking forward of the tie, Slough supervisor Davies, 37, is relishing the prospect to go up in opposition to a staff from the identical degree for a shot at a doable Premier League date within the subsequent spherical.
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Davies advised Mirror Soccer: "It's an enormous alternative for myself, the administration staff, gamers, supporters and the workers and volunteers who’ve put a lot effort and time into the membership over so a few years.
"I feel the attractive factor about our soccer membership is that there's so many individuals there which have been supporting us for 40, 50, 60 years, an older era that each one they've been talking about for the previous month is the potential for attending to the third spherical. We all know that we're the folks that may ship on it, however we all know it's clearly going to be a particularly robust recreation on the day in opposition to what's nonetheless a really large membership in Macclesfield."
Whereas Slough's agency focus is on Macclesfield and their activity in hand, Davies has allowed himself and his gamers the chance to dream and have one eye on who they might face within the third spherical.
View 3 Photographs"Folks would say that the suitable reply is to fret about it as soon as the result’s over, and when you do qualify and also you get by way of," Davies admitted. "However I've mentioned to the lads, hear, it's troublesome to not dare to dream.
"It's actually troublesome to not assume what if, if solely, what would possibly occur. I don't thoughts that, as a result of I feel you would possibly get an additional 5-10 per cent out of the lads. You would possibly run slightly bit tougher, slightly bit sooner.
"We’re so shut, however but to this point, and it's the weirdest feeling. I feel for me, I've managed to get there earlier than as a participant on quite a few events which has been nice, however we've by no means actually had that glamour tie.
"So to do it from a administration perspective could be unimaginable – in my third yr in administration. To ship for everybody else actually, that's the primary factor. From a egocentric perspective it could be nice, however it could simply make so many individuals glad. So that will be a pleasant factor to have the ability to give again to them."
View 3 PhotographsSlough have endured a combined marketing campaign, to this point. Within the FA Cup, The Rebels have been in flying kind and producing excellent performances.
Nevertheless, their league kind has flattered to deceive. Certainly, Slough sit contained in the relegation zone, within the Nationwide League South, with Davies' facet twenty second having picked up simply 18 factors from 19 matches.
"It's been detached, however I feel there's causes behind it. I'm not attempting to get away from the very fact we’re the place we’re within the league. However we've had a whole lot of accidents that are actually returning to the staff and I feel we've been stronger for it.
"Latest outcomes would most likely present that, as nicely. We've bolstered the squad with just a few new gamers, as nicely. We've signed just a few gamers that I feel have improved us and stand us in good stead, clearly, going into the Macclesfield recreation.
"We've obtained a extremely younger group, energetic, obtained some actually good proficient gamers with a combined expertise. I feel including all that collectively, once we do get it proper we put in a extremely good efficiency and we're fairly a harmful staff to play in opposition to."
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Slough and Macclesfield will go head-to-head on Sunday afternoon at 12.30pm in entrance of the TNT Sports activities cameras. The draw for the third spherical is ready to happen earlier than the FA Cup tie between Brackley City and Burton Albion, on Monday at 6.40pm – and Davies is determined his facet will be a part of it.