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Dover Athletic chairman Jim Parmenter admits he was a bit disappointed at drawing League One side Huddersfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup.

Having already beaten two Football League clubs, the Whites chief had hoped to get a Premier League side.

"You hope to get one of the big six away and have a big pay day," he told BBC Radio Kent.

"But equally we could have got Colchester, Lincoln or someone like that away from home."

He continued: "Huddersfield are a big club, have a big 24,000 all-seater stadium so we're looking forward to it."

Having seen their next round opponents thump Macclesfield 6-0 in their second round tie, Dover will once again go into the game as underdogs.

But Parmenter insists his Blue Square Bet South club should not be written off.

"Realistically Gillingham and Aldershot should have beaten us on the form books and league status but it's the FA Cup and we all know that great things have happened in the FA Cup," he said.

"When you're the underdog in the cup you've always got a chance of getting something out the game.

"Just getting to the third round of the FA Cup, beating two league sides on the way, without conceding a goal - it's been fantastic.

"It's been great for the town as well - there's not a lot going on in the town at the moment and it's raised a lot of people's aspirations and has bought a lot of joy to a lot of people."

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