TADCASTER Albion chairman Garry Plant admitted that the Emirates FA Cup tie against Chester was a 'huge boost to the club' and urged supporters to come and back the Brewers on Saturday, September 16 (12.30pm).

Tadcaster were drawn at home to Vanarama National League North outfit Chester in the FA Cup second round qualifying, and have been selected for the BBC Sports coverage of the match for the first time in the club's history.

Plant has urged supporters to come and watch the match, and hopes it will be a huge boost not only for the community, but for Mick O'Connell's side too.

“It’s a huge boost to the club. For the supporters, the fact that we’re on national media it’s really exciting." Plant told the Press.

“There’s two things, it will bring a bit of money in which is always needed, that’s for sure, we’re grateful.

"It also gives us exposure, where the club is now, where the club wants to go and we want to do things correctly from the start. The first time is the right time.

“You would hope for a big crowd, we’ve been told Chester will bring something between 300 to 350 fans.

"Can we get the crowd to maybe 700, above that would be phenomenal.

"We encourage everyone to get down to our side to see the style of football we play, the club is on-the-field and off-of-the-field wanting to press forward.

“It’s big for the town, we as a football club need to get close to the community groups, we already work with a couple of community groups.

"It’s about how we share and develop our facilities and I’ve said this before, it’s not just about the 90 minutes on a piece of grass. It’s about the whole club and the town.

“We’ve got some smashing people around, with some cracking volunteers.

"The feedback I am receiving from supporters, the volunteers and the staff is that there seems to be an energy about the place.

"That’s not just Mr Plant, that’s the new management team, the new players, it’s direction. There’s a real buzz around the place.

"Mick and the team’s vision of how they want to play football, you can see it creeping in every match.

“You can never put a ceiling on success, how far can we go?

"We want to get out of this league, and then we want to get out of the next one, and so on.

"You cannot put a ceiling on success, if we can’t dream and have a realistic approach to how we run our finances, then we need to be doing something else.

"I remember as a boy, the Coventry City fans, their manager came on TV and said ‘we’re trying to be mid-table, that’s where we are’.

"I don’t want to hear that, the players don’t want to hear that, we want to go as high as we can realistically."

Plant is also using his successful experience with Harrogate Town and their rise up the divisions in his new role with Tadcaster, and had a message for the supporters attending the match on Saturday.

“That experience was a great experience, it’s invaluable. People say we’re a semi-professional club, but we’re not.

"We’re a professional club with part-time players, and it’s how we edge ourselves forward and learn from the lessons that I have learned.

"When I joined Harrogate Town, we were bumbling along in the Conference North, and the rest is history.

"It was on-the-field success which was great by Mr Weaver, and off-of-the-field development, that’s what it’s all about.

“Come down, watch the football and see the beginnings of where we are going to go and take this club.

"We do a great pie and peas! When we played Heaton Stannington from Newcastle, the feedback we got on our pie and peas was that it was the best pie and peas we’ve had at an away match!”