JAMES Beattie has called for his Accrington Stanley side to create new FA Cup memories.

It is 10 years to the day since an Andy Gouck wonder goal completed a giant killing against Huddersfield Town, when the Reds were still a part-time club in the Conference.

The season before, Beattie played alongside former Stanley star Brett Ormerod up front for Southampton in the final against Arsenal at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, while Wembley was under construction.

Beattie is rebuilding the Reds now, after a difficult start to the season. A run of 12 games without a win left them rooted to the bottom. But a recovery has been mounted, leading Beattie to make the shortlist for the League Two manager of the month prize for October after going five games unbeaten to lift themselves off the foot of the table.

The Stanley boss feels the break from league action has come at the right time, but has urged his players to carry the momentum into the cup, not just to stay on a roll, but with the added incentive of a much-needed boost to the club coffers.

Progress into the second round would be worth £18,000 to the cash-strapped Reds.

And after already creating a cup shock by knocking Championship Middlesbrough out of the Capital One Cup first round, Beattie hopes they can today add League One Tranmere to their list of scalps this season.

“I don’t want to apply too much pressure to the players, we want to keep the run-up to the game as normal as we can,” said Beattie.

“But financially if we can put a decent run together as everybody knows we would welcome the money. I think it’s a winnable game for us.

“That’s no disrespect to Tranmere but I believe if we turn up mentally to any game that we play, we’ve proved that at Middlesbrough.

“We got battered, really, but we stuck in their and managed to get the two goals and the defence was great and everybody just pulled out a performance to get the result. That’s what we’d expect every game.

“If we could get a good cup run it would be amazing.

“I think that’s why everybody loves the FA Cup, the giant killing and the smaller clubs doing well against the so-called larger teams.

“That’s why people love the tournament so much.

“I remember as a kid growing up watching all the highlights on Match of the Day and there was always an upset.

“It was always made a huge fuss of and rightly so.

“I don’t see this year being any different.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to maybe go on a good run.”

Beattie knows what it is like to go all the way, but given that the majority of his football career has been played in the top divisions, the first round will be a first for the striker.

“I’ve had some good times in the FA Cup, but it’s all about us now and what we can do and what we can achieve,” he said.

“I wouldn’t want to start indulging in stories about my previous escapades in the FA Cup.

“It always creates upsets and vast interest the world over and it’s our turn to participate in it (today) and Tranmere are the visitors.

“I think it will be something different for the lads. The league’s been quite intense over the last few week’s and we’ve got some very good results.

“This game could be massively financially beneficial for the club.

“But the more I can relax the lads and make them at ease with the situation and the cup tie I think the better it will be for us.”