EXPERIENCED York City striker Lee Nogan is all geared up to deliver another FA Cup shock.

He was in the Oxford United which knocked moneybags Chelsea out of the competition ten years ago and believes City can upset the odds at Colchester in tomorrow's first round.

Nogan played in Oxford's suprise 3-1 win over Chelsea in the third round 1991, scoring the first goal at Stamford Bridge that day.

Although Oxford were to lose in the next round to eventual winners Tottenham at White Hart Lane, it gave the then 21-year-old first-hand knowledge of the magic of the Cup.

"Shocks do happen. Oxford are not a big club but winning at Chelsea was a great performance, so we know it can be done," he said.

"We had a good team then. Steve McClaren, who is now boss at Middlesbrough, played, as did Jim Magilton, who's now at Ipswich, and Steve Foster, who had a great career. But so did Chelsea, of course."

Colchester, lying mid-table in Division Two, are 29 places above York in the Football League standings and will be favourites to go through to round two.

"We will have to be at our best tomorrow because Colchester are on a good run and it will be a difficult game," said Nogan.

"But we go as the underdogs and the pressure will be on them. They're expected to win, we're not."

Nogan has had mixed luck in the FA Cup over his long career, the highlight of which was probably that win over Chelsea.

"I've never been further than the fourth round, but thinking back I don't think I've ever been on the wrong end of a shock," he said.

"As far as I can remember I've never been in a team knocked out by lower league opposition, only by a team in the same division or higher."

York themselves have recent memories of victory over Division Two opposition. They beat Reading in a round two replay at the Madejski Stadium last season before losing at Leicester City in the third round.

Only Alan Fettis and Graham Potter are likely to be City's only survivors from that victory, with Nogan among one of the many players brought in by boss Terry Dolan since then.

"Everyone wants to do well in the FA Cup, especially if you make it to the third round and get a good draw when the big teams come in," Nogan added.

"We've got a big hurdle before then, but we're not going there to lose. On the day we can give as good as we get and hopefully we'll come away with a result."

Updated: 09:05 Friday, November 16, 2001