Stuart Whitehead played in Telford's run to the FA Cup fourth round in 2004

AFC Telford United will head for Roots Hall to take on Southend United in Tuesday night's FA Cup first round replay still believing they can win.

"I think they underestimated us at Telford," defender Stuart Whitehead told BBC Radio Shropshire, "and they won't allow it to happen again.

"But the way we're playing, 15 games unbeaten, confidence is sky high.

"Southend will know they'll be in a game, and everyone here thinks we can pull it off."

The fighting spirit shown by the Bucks in the first game - which ended 2-2 as Southend grabbed a stoppage-time equaliser - has revived the old Telford United FA Cup-fighting tradition.

Whitehead was part of the Telford team who won at Crewe in the third round in 2004, before losing to eventual finalists Millwall.

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