Town manager Joe Royle and his Morecambe counterpart Jim Harvey have welcomed the FA Cup third round tie between the two sides.

Unsurprisingly Royle is confident against non-league opposition: "No disrespect to Morecambe, and we will not take them lightly, but this is a game we should win.

"It is the second biggest game for them for years, the first was a couple of years ago at home.

"We are happy to get a home draw, but having said that our away form has been better."

Harvey hopes a cup run can give his side added experience as they bid for Football League status: "A little bit of success in the Cup is going to help our development because we do eventually want to achieve Football League status ourselves.

"It's a good draw. We met them a couple of years ago and it was a tremendous experience.

"We're a much improved side now and Ipswich have slipped a little, so we've got every chance and we're really looking forward to this one."

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