A place in the FA Cup third round beckons for one of Weston-super-Mare and Chelmsford City when the two National League South sides meet on Saturday looking to extend their run in the competition

For a player whose career highlight is scoring a 30-yard screamer against Germany, you can forgive Michael Smith for not getting carried away just yet.

It's over six years since his fizzing daisy-cutter gave Northern Ireland a shock seventh-minute lead in front of almost 43,000 fans in Frankfurt's famous Waldstadion. That will seem a world away when he steps out in the FA Cup second round for Weston-super-Mare at Chelmsford City's sold-out Dunmow Group Community Stadium holding little over 3,000 supporters on Saturday.

But in an atmosphere that could be every bit as hostile, the stakes, at

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