Gillingham supersub John Hodge believes they are capable of causing an upset when they meet Bradford City at the Priestfield Stadium tonight.

The winger who laid on Gillingham's extra time winner for Andy Thomson to knock his old club, First Division strugglers Walsall out of the cup on Saturday, said: "It is a big game for the club. Bradford are a Premiership club, but there is no reason why there shouldn't be an upset.

"We've got to the fourth round which is a good achievement and we can't lose. If we get beaten people will say that is what should happen because we are playing a Premiership club, but we are not thinking about defeat.

"We are going into the game positively and we think we can beat Bradford. We just want to be in the fifth round.

"After all, we should be up for the game and we want to enjoy the occasion. We should be confident. It is a big game and that should motivate us."

One of the decisions manager Peter Taylor must make is whether to include Hodge - a former Exeter and Swansea player - in the starting line-up, but he hasn't too many options for changes and is expected to stick fairly closely to Saturday's starting line-up.

Taylor, who enjoyed a fine record as England under-21 manager, joined Gillingham in July a week after Tony Pulis was sacked following their dramatic defeat against Manchester City in the Second Division play-off final.

Since then he has done some wheeling and dealing, selling striker Robert Taylor to Manchester City for £1.5 million and buying Thomson from Oxford United for £25,000, Iffy Onuora and Ty Gooden from Swindon in a £200,000 package deal and former Huddersfield and Halifax Town striker Rodney Rowe for £50,000.

Unfortunately for Taylor, recent signings Onuora, Gooden and Rowe are cup-tied.

Gillingham, who are eighth in Division Two, are looking to equal their best ever season in the FA Cup, a fifth round place in 1970.

A historical omen for City is that they won 1-0 at Gillingham, then a non-League club called New Brompton, in the first round in 1910-11 on their way to winning the FA Cup.

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