Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard has admitted his side 'can't beat Everton' in a huge fifth round FA Cup tie next month.
The Blues progressed to the next round with a comfortable win over Brentford on Saturday, while Boreham Wood earned a 1-0 victory against Championship club Bournemouth.
The tie in March at Goodison Park will be another level of challenge for the National League side and Garrard says it will be difficult for his side to beat Frank Lampard's men.
“Can we [win against Everton?] No,” he told Sky Sports News.
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“I’ve had a load of league managers text me over the last few days saying ‘make sure you get the brick layers out to build you a brick wall in the goal’.
“Listen, it’s going to be tough. For me, it’s going to be about going there, I’ve got Z-cars playing in my ear now and the hair on the back of my neck stood up.
“To have that infant of 40,000, going to Everton, it’s a massive, massive club. I believe they’ve won the cup five times.
“I’ve got young Kane Smith [Everton fan] that went in the changing room and put [Tony] Hibbert’s shirt on, he’s got it on backwards and he’s celebrating with our fans.
“Just for him, because he’s done fantastic for this football club. Just for our community, our town, to travel up to Everton is unbelievable.”
Boreham Woods' Kane Smith, and lifelong Evertonian, went viral on social media on Sunday following his passionate celebrations wearing a Hibbert shirt.
“The reaction I’ve had from Evertonians is just incredible,” Smith told evertonfc.com.
“The thought of playing at Goodison is one thing…and now I’m getting tweets from Everton fans telling me I’m going to get a great reception. Things like this don’t happen to people like me! It’s amazing.
“It shows you why Everton, for me, are the best club in the world. It is The People’s Club."
