Wick Academy chairman Pat Miller would love to be planning a historic celebration come 5pm on Saturday.
The Scorries face Falkirk at Harmsworth Park in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
Although the Caithness outfit will be underdogs against full-time, League One opposition, club chief Miller is daring to dream.
Wick have never reached round four of the Scottish Cup, and Miller said: “I live for the day when you get a cup upset.
“If we could do it everyone would be over the moon.
“I might go back on the drink if we were to get through – since my heart attack last year I don’t drink as much.
“However, if we were to get a win on Saturday, I think I’d have to get the brandy bottle out.
“We’d have to organise some kind of celebration for the players and staff, because it would be making history – which is always good and is always worth marking.
“You do have the slight worry that because they’re full-time they might overrun us.
“But the cup throws up some strange results at times and we’re hoping conditions might favour us.”
Extra measures in place to deal with crowd
Wick have beaten Lochee United and Benburb to reach this stage and a bumper four-figure crowd are expected to cram into Harmsworth Park.
With Academy sitting 10th in the Breedon Highland League, Miller admits their cup run has been the highlight of the season – although preparing for a game of this magnitude has presented extra challenges for the volunteers who run the club.
Miller, 70, added: “This run has been the highlight of the season, particularly because we’ve had quite an up and down season.
“Having three home games has also been a real bonus and unheard of really – usually we end up in the south of Scotland somewhere.
“A lot of people have shown an interest and said they’ll be coming, so we’re expecting a crowd of more than 1,000.
“Falkirk are expecting to take about 500 fans up with them.
“Dealing with that increased number is quite a challenge so we’re getting extra stewarding and we’ve been working on a slicker system for getting people in through the gate.
“We thought about making it a ticketed match, but with time restrictions that was going to be a challenge so we’ve just gone for pay at the gate.
“We’re taking extra toilets in and we’re looking at extra catering because our tea hut might struggle to cope with all the people looking for a pie and a coffee.
“It’s taken quite a bit of planning, but it’s good planning to be doing.
“We want to be involved in games like this more often and have days like Saturday more often.”
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