The Premiership and Championship teams do not enter the FA Cup for another round but cup fever is already gripping fans of Salisbury City. Salisbury has never made it to the third round of the Cup and if they are to do so for the first time, then they will have to beat former European Cup winners Nottingham Forest .

It is not surprising that all 3,100 tickets (up from the normal capacity of 2,700) have already been sold for Sunday’s game at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium and Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada viewers can catch the game on same-day tape delay (1:00 p.m. EST on both channels).

Salisbury has won all their four games in the cup so far and as yet to concede a goal. In the last round they took care of Fleetwood United 3-0. Fleetwood moved through four rounds of the competition after dispatching Jarrow Roofing Boldon C.A, the club chosen at random by the blog when the extra preliminary round of the Cup was drawn.

Salisbury has slipped to third in the Football Conference South and is five points behind current leaders Histon but with two games in hand. However, they have only lost three games out of the total of 22 this year and manager Nick Holmes, who played for Southampton when they beat Manchester United in the FA Cup Final of 1976, is looking to pull off another shock.

In Nottingham Forest they face a team that has fallen further than any European team has ever done. No winner of the European Cup had ever sunk to the third tier of domestic action until Forest was relegated at the end of last season. But for Forest fans this season has provided a ray of hope. Former Scottish international and Spurs’ defender Colin Calderwood took over after a spell at Northampton and the indications are that he has stopped the rot and the club his finally heading up once more.

Currently Forest sit at the top of League One with a six-point lead having won five of their last six league games and drawn the other. However, in midweek Bristol City did defeat Forest on penalties in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy after the teams shared four goals.
Forest knocked off Yeading 5-0 in the first round of the FA Cup while Salisbury beat the same team 3-1 back in September in Conference South play.

The bookies are offering odds of 6-1against an upset with Forest 2/5 and 9/4 that a replay will be needed. The second round winners will pocket around $44,000 each plus a place in the draw for the third round with the big boys. The full second round draw can be found here and this is a link to the latest news from the official FA Cup website.

Featured Games to date.
Extra Preliminary Round        Jarrow Roofing Boldon C.A.    5-2     Billingham Synthonia.
Preliminary Round                 Jarrow Roofing Boldon C.A     5-4     Thackley F.C
First Qualifying Round            Fleetwood Town                     3-0     Jarrow Roofing Boldon C.A.
Second Qualifying Round      Fleetwood Town                     4-2     Goole AFC 
Third Qualifying Round          Fleetwood Town                     2-0     Warrington Town
Fourth Qualifying Round        Fleetwood Town                     2-0     Wisbech Town
First Round                             Salisbury City                          3-0     Fleetwood Town