YELLOWS boss Shaun Reid is urging the town to maintain the support shown during his side’s FA Cup giant-killing of Exeter City on Friday.

Warrington Town have been drawn away at Vanarama Conference outfit Gateshead in the competition’s second round, to be shown live on BT Sport at midday on Sunday, December 7.

Town have four league games before the tie, starting with a visit to Kendal Town on Saturday, and Reid hopes to draw on some of the club’s newfound support.

“We’re overjoyed,” he said. “We’re in the second round of the FA Cup. We need to put it in perspective, what we’ve done is nothing short of a miracle and long may it continue.

“Football is all about being enjoyable and on Friday I don’t think anybody went away having not enjoyed themselves.

“I’m confident that if the town of Warrington get behind us in three weeks then we will have more supporters than they have.

“The feedback I’ve had on social media has been unbelievable. Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and City fans, even Bolton and Bury fans, getting behind their local team.

“There’s no reason you can’t support two teams, especially when one is a local non-league team like us.

“But we need people getting out there supporting us in the league and in all sorts of weather.”

The 49-year-old knows his Evo-Stik Northern Premier League First Division North outfit will need more of these heroic performances if they are to realise the club’s ultimate dream of turning professional.

“The club still has an ambition of being a Football League club,” he added. “It’s proved the possibilities of this football club.

“We need to drive forward and build on this success. If you get enough interest they (the fans) will come, I firmly believe that.”

Chairman Toby Macormac has been inundated by people requesting coach details for the FA Cup trip to Gateshead, who play at the 11,800-seater Gateshead International Stadium.

He expects to have more information next week, but hopes interest in the Yellows is still high come December 7.

“It’s a tough draw,” he said. “They’re third in the Conference and lost in the play-offs last year. It’s not an easy place to go.

“It’s an athletics stadium. You’ve got the track and the fans are a long way from the players, so it’s not a great atmosphere.

“It’s not the biggest pay day financially, I think their average gate is around 1,500. If we can’t win we’d hope to get them back to our place.

“First we need to focus on the league season and get some points on the board.”