Around 5,000 spectators will be crammed into the Meadow on Monday night as Chesham United hope to cause another shock in the FA Cup first round.

The newly-promoted National League South side will host Lincoln City of League One (the same division as their Buckinghamshire neighbours Wycombe Wanderers), in the world’s oldest football competition.

In front of the ITV cameras, the cup tie will be a break from their league commitments, as they currently lie 10th in the league, just one point off the play-off places.

It’s also worth noting that this is their first-ever campaign in the second step of the Non League pyramid – their highest-ever position.

And with comedian and Taskmaster host Alex Horne being a director of the Generals, these are very exiting times for this small football team that sits at the top of Amy Lane in the town.

Speaking to the BBC, co-manager Michael Murray said: “I say it many times, and I say it about going into this league, we’re not going there just to make the numbers up or keep the score down.

"We believe if we can give a good account of ourselves there’s no reason why we can’t get a result."
Chesham have got history in this competition, as they produced one of the shocks of the round during the 2015/16 season.

In November 2015, they travelled to Bristol Rovers who were back in League Two after spending one year in the National League.

The Pirates were overwhelming favourites to knock out the Generals, as they sat 75 places above them in the footballing pyramid.

However, Ryan Blake's strike sent Chesham through and caused a chorus of boos around the Memorial Stadium.

Whilst Rovers suffered the embarrassment of being one of the sides to be eliminated from the competition by a Non League outfit at home at the first hurdle, they did go onto win a second consecutive promotion that season.

Chesham’s heroics saw them play Bradford City in the second round at Valley Parade, where they lost 4-0.

However, it was 2-0 until the 90th minute.

One year later, they reached the first round again, but were eliminated by Peterborough United 2-1 at London Road.

Another EFL side waits from Chesham on Monday night, and despite Lincoln sitting in the League One play-off places, the Generals can hope they can smell the blood of the Imps on a very cold and packed night in South Buckinghamshire.