Jones confident of Canaries shock

Paulton manager Andrew Jones believes that his minnows have every chance of causing a massive upset by beating Norwich in the FA Cup.

Paul Lambert's League One side have the potential banana skin to avoid in a televised tie on Saturday and Jones - whose side play five tiers below the Canaries - insists that a shock is on the cards.

He said: "Is it possible? You ask Sutton United, you ask Hereford, you ask Yeovil.

"In the past it has happened and it will happen again. That is what I have told my players - in this round or the next round it will happen.

"I think it will be a culture shock for Norwich. Don't get me wrong, we have decent facilities and a good pitch at our level - but the changing room will be 10 times smaller than what they are used to.

"The supporters are going to be as close as they've ever experienced to them pitchside. We'll have 2,500 or thereabouts in the ground but it will feel like 25,000 when they are on top of them. It's not just my players but there'll be Norwich players who are playing live on television in the FA Cup for the first time and it could affect them as much as us."

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