Kyren Wilson: Snooker champion backing Kettering Town in FA Cup

Kettering were taken over by George Akhtar in May, with Fabian Forde joining the club at the same time as director of football.

Forde, who played a Football League game for Watford in 2001, insists that “all roads lead to promotion”, with the league their main priority.

“We do have ambitions of going up this season so we really had to knuckle down and concentrate (since beating Northampton). Part of my role is making sure the players and even some of the staff understand how big the league is for us,” he said.

“This FA Cup run is a bonus. We’re under no illusions – we’re probably not going to win the FA Cup, but (getting) as far as we can get would be good.

“We’re going for the win. We’ve done our homework on Doncaster, we know how they play, we know who their dangermen are. The pitch is not the greatest and it’s not going to be comfortable for them, by any means.”

The game against Doncaster (Sunday, 1 December, 12:00 KO) in front of what will be a record crowd at their current Latimer Park home, will be televised live on the BBC.

And Forde is hopeful there will be no issues following Storm Bert, which led to flooding in some parts of the county.

He added: “It was cutting up a little bit on Saturday. But it’s been fine since then and there’s not going to be anything on there. We’ve stopped the Under-18s and other fixtures and we’re gearing up for the big game on Sunday.

“It should be fine, the weather forecast looks good, so fingers crossed.”

Kyren Wilson and Fabian Forde were speaking to BBC Radio Northampton’s Chance Litchfield