Tuesday 7 February 2017 11:26, UK
Nottingham Forest striker Andrea Bell is relishing the chance for her side to try and cause an upset after being drawn to face Millwall Lionesses in the fourth round of the SSE Women’s FA Cup.
On Monday, Bell was at Farnborough Academy in Clifton to see the draw being made and take part in a question and answer session with the pupils.
The Forest player had a particular interest in the draw too having played in her side's narrow 1-0 at local rivals Derby County just 24 hours earlier.
And while their fourth round opponents may ply their trade in FA Women's Super League Two - a league above Forest who are in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division - Bell insists they will not be fearing their opponents.
"It will obviously be a challenge for us," she said. "They're in the league above, but we'll be up for that challenge. We'll prepare as we do for any other game.
"We'd rather it have been at home, but we'll go down there and give it our best shot, and we look forward to hopefully getting into the next round when the bigger teams come in.
"To be fair to Derby, they did a good job advertising it and there was a good atmosphere, although most of the fans weren't on our side!
"It was definitely satisfying - I don't think it was a game of high quality with the conditions of the pitch, but it was full of passion, full of heart."
The fourth-round ties will be played on Sunday February 19 as the remaining 12 teams look to take a step closer to Wembley where the final will be played for the third year running.
Other eye-catching fixtures of the round include a Midlands derby between Aston Villa and Coventry United as well as an all Yorkshire clash between Sheffield FC and Doncaster Rovers Belles.
Elsewhere in the draw, Durham Women host Everton, West Bromwich Albion take on Leicester City Women and Brighton and Hove Albion face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur.
Farnborough Academy pupils Ella Barrett and Tallula Panayi were chosen to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as they drew the six-ties that will make up the next round of the competition.
"It felt really good to represent the school, and I think it's a really big deal because I love football - it's something I really enjoy doing," Year 7 pupil Ella said.
"When I look back on it, I can say I took part in a big thing."
Head teacher Ben Chaloner added: "It's a bit of history, it's a bit of national news that we can always say happened at our school.
"It gives us something to refer back to - people will remember the Forest footballer coming down here when we had the draw."
Forest striker Bell hopes women's football in the city of Nottingham will only go from strength-to-strength with initiatives such as Monday's.
"I think it's massively important for women's football," she said. "You need as much participation as possible, and seeing the cup up close and personal will be a huge inspiration for young girls and young boys.
"I think they've been really excited - they really enjoyed the session, and there's few decent footballers in there, a few that Forest wouldn't mind looking at signing!"
Tickets are now on sale for the SSE Women's FA Cup Final on Saturday 13 May at Wembley Stadium connected by EE. For the second consecutive year, kids go free to the final. Adult tickets cost £15 and can be purchased here: https://ticketing.thefa.com/
