All eyes will be on Rodney Parade for Newport County's FA Cup fourth-round glamour tie on Sunday, as the League Two outfit bid to become the latest masterminds of a giant killing against Manchester United.
Graham Coughlan's team saw off Eastleigh 3-1 in a third-round replay to earn a dream date with the Red Devils, who ran out 2-0 winners over Wigan Athletic earlier this month.
The 10 men of Eastleigh impressively held out for a 1-1 draw at Rodney Parade, but Coughlan's men outclassed and outwitted their lower-league adversaries at the Silverlake Stadium 10 days later, where goals from Aaron Wildig, James Clarke and Will Evans did the damage.
Eight times Newport County have competed in the fourth round of the FA Cup, but only twice have the Exiles managed to make it through to the fifth phase - doing so in 1948-49 and 70 years later in 2018-19 - but the form book is on their side ahead of Sunday's tantalising battle.
Four days after setting up their date with the Red Devils, Newport unexpectedly got the better of the Red Dragons of Wrexham in League Two action, triumphing 1-0 in a bad-tempered contest thanks to a Seb Palmer-Houlden header, stretching their winning run to three matches and their unbeaten streak to seven.
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