Steve Agnew fired home an 18-yard rocket to send York City on the way to an FA Cup shock at Reading last night - and then fired a warning to his former club to watch out in round three.

The 35-year-old midfielder, who spent two years at Leicester City in the early 1990s, will return to Filbert Street when the Minstermen take on the Premiership surprise package in the third round next month.

And after helping his side win 3-1 in a second-round replay at the Madejski Stadium, he said another giant-killing act is not out of the question.

"It's the FA Cup and if we can get ourselves organised and work as hard as we have here, you never know what might happen," he said.

Agnew played 56 times for the Foxes in a career that has also seen him star for Barnsley, Blackburn and Sunderland prior to his switch to Bootham Crescent in the 1998-99 season.

And he is looking forward to renewing old acquaintances. "I had two great years at Filbert Street and enjoyed my time there. I've got quite a lot of friends still there so I'm looking forward to going back," he said.

"I didn't think I'd have a chance of going back there other than in the cup so it's great that we were drawn against them. I know the lads will enjoy playing against Premiership opposition."

City were drawn to play Leicester only after the first match with Reading ended 2-2 ten days ago, and Agnew admits that bolstered his desire to win at the Madejski Stadium.

"Personally it was an added incentive to me but that wasn't the reason we did so well on the pitch. We were motivated any way and it was a great team performance.

"You all relish coming to a quality stadium and playing a team from a higher division and, although we rode our luck a bit, Alan Fettis and the back five defended magnificently and the lads up front defended well too and then got the late goals.

As for his own first-half wonder-strike, which equalised Darren Caskey's 24th-minute opener, he said: "I've been threatening to do that for a while now but have never quite hit one. This one sat up nicely, flew through a few bodies and thankfully hit the net.

"Psychologically, going in 1-1 at half-time was a boost. The lads thought we had a good chance to get something out of the game. Although we started off pretty deep and defended in numbers, the longer it went on the more we felt we could just nick one."

Manager Terry Dolan, meanwhile, refused to single out any player for special praise after a fabulous team display.

Regarding the forthcoming tie at Leicester, he said: "It's an early Christmas present for everybody. It's something to look forward to but we've got three or four games before then, starting with Blackpool on Friday, and if we can get a few League points out of them we can go to Filbert Street with more confidence."

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