Hyde United boss Kelly delighted with FA Cup draw with MK Dons

By Matt Badcock
DARREN KELLY couldn’t be happier with Hyde United‘s home FA Cup first round proper draw with MK Dons – and he hopes TV bosses send down the live cameras.
The EVO-STIK NPL North club beat Scarborough Athletic at the weekend to reach this stage of the competition for the first time since 1994.
Their reward is a plum tie against the League One side – and it’s got the Tigers dreaming of a giantkilling.
“It’s fantastic for the club,” Kelly said. “Coming through five rounds to get into the first round proper and obviously then get a game against a League One side; the icing would be if we can get it on telly.
“Yes, it would give our players a shop window, but the other side of that is the financial aspect. At this level, to get that type of income from a game like that through the gates and the telly would be superb. It would be absolutely brilliant.
“It’s huge. I know the struggles that go on with this level. A good cup run is obviously important – you’re probably talking £40k from the rounds we’ve already done, which is huge.
“The possibility of getting a big gate at home and the possibility of getting on the telly would be huge – it would set us up for a couple of years.”
See Sunday’s @NonLeaguePaper for a full length interview with Darren Kelly on the FA Cup and how the feel-good factor is back at Hyde United.