Hundreds of Hastings United fans will head to Stevenage tomorrow to cheer on George Wakeling's side in the first round of the FA Cup.

The club have hired six coaches and around 600 fans are expected to make the journey to Hertfordshire.

Wakeling, who guided the team to promotion to the Dr Martens top flight last term, hopes his players can give the fans something to shout about.

He said: "It is absolutely brilliant that we have filled up six coaches and have so many fans going.

"I'm going to be very proud of the supporters and my players, and I hope we do ourselves justice."

Hastings' cup run has really got the town buzzing following victories over Kettering, Hendon and Selsey in the previous rounds.

They set up the clash at Broadhall Way with a fabulous 5-0 victory at fellow Conference side Kettering and with Stevenage suffering from several injuries Hastings hope they can pull off another upset.

United have never been this far in the competition before and secretary Tony Cosens said that local interest had been staggering.

He said: "Everyone is talking about it and the whole town seems to be buzzing. We have already filled about 300 places on six coaches and we are expecting a lot more to go on their own steam."

Squad: King, Yates, Hegley, Burt, Flanagan, Playford, Osborne, McArthur, Zahana-Oni, Remy, Simmonds. Subs: Body, Webb, Brown, Honey, Ruddy