Norwich City at Winterfield Road in 1st Round Proper

'Joner' ecstatic

Saturday 7 November 2009K-O 12-45 p.m.

The draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup paired Rovers number 78 at home to number 33 Norwich City.

Players and supporters packed the club as the draw was announced.

Full details for the match will be posted as soon as all issues have been addressed with the FA, Police, BANES council and our opponents.

The game will be all ticket. Prices to be confirmed with Norwich and the FA.

Details of Norwich's allocation will be notified and when they go on sale will be announced.

Please do not ring the club at this stage. Watch this site and local press, radio and TV for details.

A life-changing experience' - that is how Paulton Rovers boss Andrew Jones has described his heroic side's forthcoming FA Cup tie against Norwich City.

Zamaretto League Division 1 South & West outfit Paulton - the lowest-ranked team left in this year's competition - are set to appear live on Sky TV after being drawn at home to the League 1 high-fliers in the first round proper.

And Jones admitted he was pinching himself at the thought of his minnows taking on a club which has reached the FA Cup semi-finals on three occasions.

"I still can't believe it, it's an incredible draw," said the boss, whose side have already dispatched higher-league Newport County and Chippenham Town to reach the first round proper for the first time in the club's history.

"It is one of the biggest games we could have got and we are at home so we could not have asked for anything more.

"This game will be a life-changing experience for the players and the club."

Jones and his players watched the draw live on television at Rovers' Winterfield Road stadium.

"There was a big cheer when we came out of the hat at home," said the boss. "Then there was a ginormous cheer when Norwich came out!

"We have been earmarked by Sky TV as one of their live games and we are having a meeting with the FA tomorrow (NB now likely to be Tuesday morning) to ensure we can host the tie. We definitely want to hold it here and we don't see any problems."

Rovers are home to Taunton Town in the league on Saturday and are considering issuing vouchers on the day giving priority to people who want a ticket for the Norwich game, which will be played the following weekend.

Canaries manager Paul Lambert - who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund - admitted the tie would be a trip into the unknown.

"We don't know very much about Paulton Rovers so we'll be doing our homework and preparing for the cup tie as we would any game in the league or the cup," he said.

"If you take people for granted in this competition you tend to get punished for it, so we will make sure we go into the game properly prepared.

"It's a first for me as a manager, I didn't play non-league sides when I was at Wycombe or Colchester, so it's a challenge I will be looking forward to as well, as I'm sure all the players will be."

The Norwich match will be Rovers' first against Football League opposition since 1906, when they lost to Crewe Alexandra in the fifth qualifying round.