Tamworth v Aldershot Town
The FA Carlsberg Trophy
Fourth Round Proper
Saturday 23 February 2008
The Lamb Ground, Tamworth FC
Winning clubs receive £8,000
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Tamworth of the Conference North host Aldershot Town in the Fourth Round of The FA Trophy on Saturday and manager Gary Mills admits that being at home is the best thing about the draw.

Aldershot sit six points clear at the top of Conference Premier and are favourites for a return to the Football League, so it was the draw that no-one left in the competition wanted.

"I watched them on the box on Sunday night and turned it off after 20 minutes. They were better than Manchester United," joked Mills.

"They're doing very well and that's why they're up where they are, but it could have been worse. We could have been drawn away.

"We've just got to do what we can and play our own game. We don't want to look at them too much.

"Obviously we are the underdogs, but we've got to all pull together and we'll relish this opportunity.

"We've got to look at ourselves and what we can do and I'm sure my players will be ready."

Tamworth, who lost 2-1 to Burscough in the 2003 final, are the only side from outside the Conference Premier left in the competition, leaving Mills more than aware of the challenge ahead for his side.

So he is looking to striker Nick Wright to continue a prolific scoring run. Mills added: "Nick's banged a couple of hat-tricks in the last two games, so another couple of goals would come in handy on Saturday."

Mills knows all about the old Wembley having played there for England Schoolboys, in three play-off finals with Leicester City and the Anglo-Italian Cup Final for Notts County. Now he wants to go to the new Wembley as a manager.

"I've been in football all my life and I know what it's like to play at Wembley, so as a manager, I'm not going to take this opportunity lightly," he added. 

"It's a great chance for us, we're only two games away, and it would be great to take the team there.

"It's down to the last eight and I don't want us to be talking about what could have been. Come five o'clock on Saturday evening we want to be in that draw."