DAVID and Goliath, giants and minnows, it's what the FA Cup is all about - and the Seasiders are delighted with being handed a dream draw in the third round against the Gunners at Highbury after knocking out Hendon on Saturday (Nov 20).

But can the Tangerines penetrate a defence which boasts England internationals Adams, Keown, Winterburn, Dixon and Seaman?

Then, of course, there's the unenviable task of stopping Bergkamp, Suker and Kanu in their tracks while cutting off their supply lines from Overmars, Petit, Viera and Parlour.

Whatever happens, though, Seasiders boss Wortington is determined his team will give it their best shot in a game which should create significant revenue from gate receipts.

"This is the romance of the FA Cup in that it throws out fixtures like this," said Nigel.

"You can name Arsenal's entire squad as dangerous players and they've got stars all over the pitch. "We've got a squad totalling around £400,000 so that's the face of the task we're facing.

"But we're there to do a job and we'll do it to the best of our ability. I'm tremendously pleased for the players and the football club to get a team of this quality.

"But for now we're focusing on our next game against Cambridge. We want the three points after a disappointing result against Millwall on Tuesday (Nov 23).

"We did shoot ourselves in the foot with the defensive error and thought we should have got something out of the game to keep our little unbeaten run going.

"But Clark Carlisle is alright after having a few stitches to his face following the collision with Tony Caig, so it's a case of more of the same enthusiasm and desire to win from everyone here."

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