Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson urges his side’s supporters to embrace the occasion when they travel to Championship side Blackburn

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has urged his side’s supporters to embrace the occasion when they travel to Championship side Blackburn on Monday evening.

The Welsh side also reached the fourth round last year, where they lost in a replay against Sheffield United. 

He said: ‘You just have to talk to Wrexham supporters; if you talk about important games in the club’s history, the FA Cup comes up.

‘When the game got moved to Monday, you think that’s going to knock our support because it is a lot harder on a Monday night with work commitments and kids in school the next day. But it is an outstanding achievement from our supporters to sell that many tickets.

‘Tuesday nights away up and down the county, we have sold out time and time again and this is a night for our supporters to go and really enjoy. The league is our priority, everybody is in the same position, but let’s focus on Monday and enjoy everything which Wrexham Football Club is about. 

Wrexham fans celebrate during the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match at The Croud Meadow

‘We have had some really tough games but got to this stage and what a great opportunity for us to go to Ewood Park with 7,000 fans behind us. What a great occasion that will be for our players and our supporters to be part of that. 

‘It is a game to really look forward to and like we have done in the cup before, it is about going there and giving a good account of ourselves. The supporters who came across to Bramall Lane last year, that was an incredible night.

‘We’d come so close in the home game and then going to Bramall Lane, everyone thought our chance had gone. Of course, we ended up going out but the manner of the way the lads played on that night and the support we had was an occasion to remember.

‘The way the lads handled the stage, when the pressure games came at the end of the season they took it in their stride and implemented the game-plan we’d set out on the training ground really well in those key league games, Notts County and Boreham Wood in particular.’