Marine striker Niall Cummins will be hoping to keep his school children happy when he comes up against Tottenham in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

The Northern Premier League side, playing in the eighth tier of English football, welcome Jose Mourinho’s superstars to the Marine Travel Arena for the biggest mismatch in FA Cup history.

By day Cummins is a secondary school teacher but this weekend he will be trying to get the better of the likes of Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez.

“He is a world-class manager, his record and CV speaks for itself. To be able to manage against Jose is a real proud moment.

“It is a proud moment to show our little football club off. It is our biggest disappointment that we can’t have any fans in. We were very keen to have it here to get our fans in.”

With the match now being played behind closed doors, the club have sold virtual match tickets and Budweiser is also providing free beers to every Marine season ticket holder.