MORECAMBE and Lanc-aster City go in search of headlines, glory and the pot of gold that FA Cup success brings on Saturday as the world's oldest cup comp-etition kicks into gear.

The Lune rivals are united in the aim of trying to topple League One opposition away from home - with Morecambe travelling to Hull City and the Dolly Blues on the road to Milton Keynes Dons.

Both go into their games as big underdogs - but the FA Cup has a habit of producing shock results.

City defender Steve Hollis knows all about that after being part of the Accrington Stanley side which beat Huddersfield Town last season.

Hollis is hungry for more of the same and says: "Last year was tremendous when we beat Huddersfield; it's a nice feeling and I would like that again.

"It will be hard away from home - but you never know in the Cup."

Morecambe head to Hull on Saturday for their money spinning tie with the Tigers at the new KC Stadium.

Hull boss and Eng-land under-21 chief Peter Taylor is certainly not taking anything for granted.

"I am always wary of FA Cup ties. On paper we should win - but football is not played on paper," says Taylor.

"Morecambe are not coming here for the day out. They will try to beat us because that is what the FA Cup is about. I will be treating them with the utmost respect - and hopefully we will go through."

Shrimps boss Jim Harvey is fully aware of the tough task ahead but believes the longer his side can keep Hull out, the more pressure will mount on the home side.

"All the pressure is on Hull. "There will be something in the back of their minds and we need to work on that - my players will not need any motivation," says Harvey.

It would have been a case of friends reunited at the National Hockey Stadium as City were to come up against their former goalkeeper Stuart Murdoch at MK Dons.

Murdoch kept goal for the Dolly Blues in the mid-70s and was looking forward to a clash with his old team - but Dons' chairman Peter Winkelman sacked him on Monday after his side were thrashed 4-1 at Bristol City at the weekend.

Boss Phil Wilson will give a fitness test to defender Andy Scott (neck) but expects to name a full strength side.

"I have one or two defensive concerns," says Wilson. "We are conceding a little bit too easily at times but the most pleasing thing about the win over Scarborough was that they scored nil.

"We need to get back to those principals because we are scoring goals for fun."

Defender Paul Sparrow, who was a schoolboy with Wimble-don and was at Wembley to watch the Dons beat Liverpool in the 1988 final, believes City have nothing to fear.

"As long as we can play to our best we have a chance to get something from the game," says Sparrow, who will be personally cheered on by more than 20 family and friends.