Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson is hoping a large away end can help his side record an FA Cup upset when they travel to Blackburn Rovers.

Jon Dahl Tomasson's side secured their route into round four by beating Cambridge United 5-2. They'll now face another side further down the pyramid but a far more high-profile affair and the first meeting between the teams since 1981/82.

Wrexham's rise to fame is well charted and they will be looking for another cup scalp at Ewood Park at the end of the month. They knocked out Coventry City and took Sheffield United to a replay last year before eventually losing out.

The team is a year older now, back in the EFL and pushing for a second successive promotion. Wrexham haven't been in the fifth round since 1997.

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Parkinson is hoping that a packed-out Darwen End, with Rovers likely to hand the Welsh club a sizeable allocation, will help his side in a tough test against Championship opposition.

"I have seen some of the away followings there this year and Blackburn always give the away team a great allocation of tickets," Parkinson told The Leader.

"It gives us an opportunity to take a large travelling army with us which always gives a special FA Cup feel to it.

"There is that bonus and it is a test for us against a Championship team. Of course, we would have loved a home draw but we didn't get it and when the game comes, we will be prepared for it.

"To be in the fourth round of the FA Cup is exciting and when we get to that game we will have had a good look at Blackburn.

"We will know everything about them and go there to give ourselves the best chance to keep our cup run going."

"Blackburn are a famous club, one of the founder members of the Football League, and we haven't played them competitively for over 40 years," he added.

"That's great for the club and our supporters, to go to a ground many of them will never have visited."