The chief executive of the lowest-ranked club in this season's FA Cup says the competition should be given the credit it deserves.
Non-league Westfields face Curzon Ashton in the first round this weekend.
The head of the Football League has previously suggested the cup could be altered to accommodate a winter break.
But Andy Morris tells Newsbeat: "I do worry, because the FA Cup is still the biggest domestic cup competition in the world in my opinion.
"Don't ever underestimate it and don't lose its status. The FA should keep the FA Cup going because it's magical."
Andy Morris set the club up when he was just 16
Hereford-based Westfields play in the ninth-tier of football in England and have already won six matches in the FA Cup this season.
If a Premier League side had won as many games, they would have lifted the trophy by now.
This is the first time The Fields have reached the first round though.
Andy, who formed the club in 1966 after being inspired by England's World Cup triumph, believes the competition "needs to be at the forefront of football".
"To a club like Westfields and all the other clubs that play in the FA Cup at this level, the money, the sponsors put into it is immense."
A first round win could earn a club around £20,000 - a huge amount for a team playing non-league football.
"That kind of money will keep Westfields going until the end of the season," says Andy.
"We usually have to raise money through golf days, raffles and those sorts of things, we are a volunteers club."
Westfields have already won £30,925 in prize money and Andy has his eyes on extending their cup run to eventually set up a "glamour tie" against a Premier League or Championship club.
"Everybody says how exciting the cup is up until round three," says Andy.
"And then when the big boys come into it, you see Manchester United play Liverpool - they don't seem to give it the prestige or status or credit that it deserves.
"Us [lower league] clubs are just desperate to play in the FA Cup though. It's a big competition."
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