MILLWALL'S New Den is an intimidating venue - but not for Leigh RMI boss Steve Waywell and his FA Cup heroes.

Having had to switch the tie to south London from Hilton Park, many may think Sunday's first round tie will be a foregone conclusion. Not Waywell and his troops.

"It's unfortunate that the game had to be moved, but we've got to make the best of it. We certainly won't be going to Millwall with any fear," says Waywell.

"We've been in this situation before and know that all the pressure is on the League club. We can got out totally relaxed just like we did at Fulham two years ago when we came back with a magnificent 1-1 draw."

Waywell will use Leigh's Fulham experience back in 1998 as a motivation.

"That weekend was tremendous and we can certainly learn from that this time round."

RMI will travel down to London tomorrow and check into their FA Cup base in Croydon. They will have a training session in the afternoon and another light work-out on the morning of the game.

"It's much the same thing we did against Fulham and it worked then, so why change it," adds Waywell.

The Leigh boss draws many parallels between Fulham on '98 and Millwall in 2000.

"They are both good footballing sides who play through midfield to a couple of handy strikers. I saw Millwall at Wigan last week and even though they lost 1-0, they were very impressive.

"But I picked up one or two weaknesses that we'll be working on in training this week. Hopefully we'll be able to exploit them on Sunday.

"Our preparation has been good, but nothing really out of the ordinary. I think it's important for us to keep to set routines and patterns. The players know what they have to do when they step over that white line on Sunday."

But just which 11 Waywell will send out at Millwall still isn't decided.

Centre back Jamie Udall is still struggling with the knee injury he picked up in the last round at Scarborough and he's missed the two games since. Another casualty is Ricky Harris, the midfielder going off early on at Woking last Saturday with a twisted back.

"Both have been undergoing treatment and although they're making progress, neither is certain to play."

While Sunday's tie gives Leigh another chance to make their mark on the soccer map, the result isn't Waywell's top priority.

"Of course we want to do well but our long-term aim has got to be to establish ourselves in the Nationwide Conference and make Leigh known as more than a rugby town.

Leigh's ex-Wanderers striker Andy Mason has joined Leek Town on a months' loan.