SKIPPER Chris Brass insists York City will have nothing to fear when they square up to Premiership Fulham on Saturday.

The City midfielder believes the pressure will be on the international-packed Cottagers while City will be free from the pressures of a relegation battle.

"We can only go and try to perform as we have done in every FA Cup game up to now," he told the Evening Press.

"If we can give a respectable performance who knows? We have an outside chance.

"Nobody expects us to beat Fulham. They are a Premiership side full of internationals so we have absolutely no pressure.

"Getting through to the fourth round is an achievement in itself for a Third Division club.

"We will enjoy the day and I just hope we can get a little bit of the magic of the FA Cup on the day and we will see where it takes us."

Brass admitted it was important City bounced back quickly from Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Rushden with an improved display against Rochdale last night.

"It was nice to put the Rushden result behind us and it was important we didn't start out on a bad run.

"Our performances of late have not been too bad and not just in the Cup.

"We are disappointed we didn't get the three points but we are more than happy with the performance," he said.

Updated: 11:45 Wednesday, January 23, 2002