Fenton fired up for FA Cup

ROTHERHAM United tackle non-league York City in the FA Cup first round on Saturday with experienced centre-half Nick Fenton seeing it as a springboard to a money-spinning glamour tie.

The Minstermen are struggling near the bottom of the Blue Square Premier Division but will fancy their chances of springing an upset at Don Valley Stadium if the Millers are below par.

Fenton is guarding against complacency and believes the possibility of battling through to the third round and landing a tie against one of the Premier League big guns should be all the motivation the side needs as they embark on what will be the second of four successive home games.

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"The league is the most important thing to us but we still want to go through in the cup," he said.

"As a lower-league club, the target is to get to the third round and hopefully get a plum tie and get some money for the club.

"York will be difficult. They are in the bottom half of the Conference at the minute and although we have home advantage it hasn't been a great thing for us this year to be honest.

"We've got a run of home games at Don Valley and we're looking to improve our form there, so we will be looking to put on a good show and get a good win."

Ronnie Moore's men are also in knockout action at Don Valley next Tuesday night when they host Huddersfield Town in the third round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.