As Dennis Wise pulled number 74 out of the hat for the FA Cup first round draw there was an intake of breath at Hampton and Richmond Borough Football Club.

For only the third time in their history the Beavers will be contesting the first-round proper in the most famous domestic cup competition in world football.

After overcoming Eastleigh 1-0 in the final qualifier on Saturday it is Oldham Athletic who will visit Beveree Stadium on November 12 and manager Gary McCann says this is by no means the end of the fairy-tale.

“We have to give ourselves a chance, or it’s pointless getting where we got to,” said McCann.

“The FA Cup is steeped around cup exits, shocks, and giant killing. That’s what it’s built on and that’s why it’s got so much history, attention, because you pit your wits against teams in higher leagues. We go in the game as massive underdogs, but bigger underdogs than us have caused upsets.”

McCann arrived in the summer following a successful spell at Hendon with a blanc canvas to work with following Alan Dowson’s move, along with several players, to Woking. To draw Oldham, he says, is a richly deserved achievement for a club that had difficulties earlier on in the season.

“As much the changing room took plaudits at Eastleigh, that win was very much for the whole football club.

“We’re in it together, it’s always about the collective, it was very much a collective effort that got us over the line last Saturday and we hope for a repetition of that come the 12th.

“We are a club brought together by a huge band of volunteers, there’s a real family-based feel and a togetherness that maybe lacking at some clubs, and that’s what we embrace.

“There’s some glamour to Oldham, they were a premiership side not long ago so like the chairman (Graham Wood) I’m chuffed to bits. It’s a fantastic draw.”

Currently sitting seventh in the National League South, Hampton and Richmond Borough have three league games before the Oldham tie, and although admitting it will be difficult to raise his team for league duties following a week of cup drama, McCann insisted promotion and not a cup run was his aim for the season.

“If I can get this club promoted it would be a huge achievement. Sure there are a lifetime of memories achieved in FA cup runs, and the financial rewards can set up a club for a decade, but I think the success of the season is geared towards promotion and that’s what we are aiming for.”

Sunderland would be the dream tie in the next round due to the chairman’s association with the club where he sat on the board, but McCann remained diplomatic, and optimistic, saying:

“We’ll talk about that more when its relative, we’re in a cup tie that is extremely difficult to progress from.

“But if we can get as a many home fans through the gate against Oldham, create a bit of noise with home advantage, we’ve got every chance.”

The match itself has been chosen to be televised. It will be aired on BT Sport, Monday November 12, kick off 7:45.