Oxford City can shock Leicester

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ByDan GeorgeBBC Sport, Oxfordshire and Ross HeatonBBC Radio Oxford

Oxford City midfielder Scott Pollock thinks there is “no reason” his side can not stack more pressure on his cherished Leicester City by managing an FA Cup distressed when they host the Foxes on Friday night.

The National League North side invite the previous Premier League and FA Cup winners to The MGroup Stadium in the preliminary of this season’s competitors, under the lights on their synthetic pitch.

Pollock, who signed up with the non-leaguers in July, is delighting in meeting his boyhood club, who he supports and tried for as a child.

“It just felt like it was meant to be as a Leicester fan myself,” he informed BBC Radio Oxford.

“Away (from home) would have been nice but I feel that at home we have a good chance of going through.

“I had trials with Leicester as a goalkeeper when I was more youthful and they turned me down, it was then after that I chose to be an outfield gamer.”

Oxford City have actually made it to the preliminary correct for the very first time in 4 years, having directly beaten Torquay United in the last certifying round.

Pollock, 25, has individual experience of an Oxford City shock.

He was a Northampton Town gamer in 2020 when the part-time Hoops beat their League One challengers 2-1 in an FA Cup giant-killing.

And he thinks the pressure is all on the third-tier Foxes, who have actually struggled in their start to the League One project following back-to-back transfers from the Premier League and the Championship.

“There’s simply a sensation of enjoyment amongst us actually,” Pollock added.

“The pressure’s on them to do well in the league and in the cup – we’re at home and we understand the pitch so it favours us because element.

“That being said, we know they’re a good team so we have to be up for it. Oxford City have done cup upsets before and there is no reason why we can’t do it again.”

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From Youtube to using television in the FA Cup

Pollock has actually had a rather distinct footballing journey, very first going far for himself on YouTube with Hashtag United.

Spencer Owen co-founded Hashtag with his sibling Seb Carmichael-Brown in 2016 and ran an academy series on their channel in 2017.

Pollock wound up winning the seriesexternal and after that bet their first string, starring in a charity video game called the Wembley Cup where he won guy of the match and was rewarded with a trial at Premier League side Crystal Palace.

A year later on he relocated to Northampton, where he made 29 senior looks, scoring 2 objectives.

“They were trying to find the next star,” he remembered of the Hashtag series, having actually obtained it when he was simply 16.

“I didn’t think anything of it when I applied for it and I ended up winning it out of 20,000 people.

“It was an excellent experience when I was more youthful and I got to play guys’s football from a young age so it’s assisted a lot in my profession.”