Cup derby will 'excite area' - Tamworth boss Peaks

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Image caption, Tamworth beat Huddersfield courtesy of goalkeeper Chris Maxwell's own goal from a long throw by Tom Tonks (left)

Tamworth manager Andy Peaks expects his side's FA Cup second-round derby tie with Burton Albion to excite the entire area.

The non-league Lambs will make the 17-mile journey to the Pirelli Stadium in round two after disposing of another League One side, Huddersfield Town, in Friday's televised TV tie.

It will be a repeat of the 2006 FA Cup derby between the two clubs when Tamworth won 2-1 at the home of their Staffordshire rivals in round one.

"I live in Kettering and didn't want to draw them because I know all the people there, but when Tamworth came out at Burton, I'd just had a feeling," Peaks told 大象传媒 Radio WM.

"I hear a lot of Tamworth fans talk about the rivalry with Burton, so it's certainly going to catch the imagination of the area."

Peaks, though, is still on a high from his National League side's unexpected win over the Terriers in front of the 大象传媒 cameras.

"I love the FA Cup because there will be a shock somewhere," he added.

"We had to try and make it happen at The Lamb, it did happen, and the atmosphere from when I got there was brilliant, with the TV crews and people arriving, and to win it like that capped a fantastic night."

Managerless Burton booked their place in round two with a 1-0 win over Scarborough Athletic, but they are bottom of League One, 17 places below Huddersfield, giving Tamworth reason to hope of pulling off another shock.

"We've got some important league games before (that) so I've got to get their feet back on the ground," said Peaks.

"That's our priority but the FA Cup is never a bad distraction when you're doing OK in the league. The league games will take care of themselves and then we'll be up for Burton and give it our best shot with a lot of supporters behind us."

Peaks went with his son to watch Leeds United take on Wayne Rooney's Plymouth the day after Tamworth's win and would love a return to Elland Road in round three, if the Lambs can progress to that stage for the first time since 2012.

"We go to Leeds when we can, obviously it's difficult because the fixtures tend to clash with Tamworth's but when we walked in a couple of people shook my hand and congratulated me," he added.

"They said 'we hope you're going to be back here in the third round', I said I'd love to be but obviously we've got a game before that."

Second-round ties will be played from 29 November to 2 December.