On Monday night, Hollywood comes to Ewood Park. At least, that's how the nationals might frame it.

For all the fanfare that is attached to Wrexham and the media frenzy that now follows them, it is hard to begrudge their loyal supporters some success.

7,000 will be in the Darwen End on Monday night and that, for any club, is an incredible level of support. Wrexham have been in the doldrums for so many years and whilst the Hollywood lights may rub some fans up the wrong way, those at the heart of the story deserve their chance to dream.

That's what football is all about, isn't it? Wrexham are a well-supported club from a working-class area. They're proud of their football team again having had very little to be boast about for so many years.

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The FA Cup has been at the centre of their story, after knocking out Coventry City last season in the third round. They were minutes from giving Sheffield United a similarly bloody nose, only to lose in the replay at Bramall Lane.

For a competition that is diminishing in importance to so many teams, it is great to know that both Blackburn Rovers and Wrexham really want to be in the fifth round. 

"You just have to talk to Wrexham supporters," experienced boss Phil Parkinson told the Wrexham Leader.

"If you talk about important games in the club's history, the FA Cup comes up.

"When the game got moved to Monday, you think that's going to knock our support because it is a lot harder on a Monday night with work commitments and kids in school the next day. But it is an outstanding achievement from our supporters to sell that many tickets.

"Tuesday nights away up and down the county, we have sold out time and time again and this is a night for our supporters to go and really enjoy.

"The league is our priority, everybody is in the same position, but let's focus on Monday and enjoy everything which Wrexham Football Club is about.

"We've worked very hard to get to this stage. In my time here, we have always understood the tradition of the club in the FA Cup and played with a clear understanding of what we are representing.

"We have had some really tough games but got to this stage and what a great opportunity for us to go to Ewood Park with 7,000 fans behind us. What a great occasion that will be for our players and our supporters to be part of that.

"It is a game to really look forward to and like we have done in the cup before, it is about going there and giving a good account of ourselves. The supporters who came across to Bramall Lane last year, that was an incredible night.

"We'd come so close in the home game and then going to Bramall Lane, everyone thought our chance had gone. Of course, we ended up going out but the manner of the way the lads played on that night and the support we had was an occasion to remember.

"The way the lads handled the stage, when the pressure games came at the end of the season they took it in their stride and implemented the game-plan we'd set out on the training ground really well in those key league games, Notts County and Boreham Wood in particular."

Parkinson has enjoyed a few FA Cup scalps in his time, managing over several decades in the EFL with Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City and Sunderland, before he was lured by the project in North Wales.

Perhaps his best was a famous comeback win over Chelsea in the fourth round, nine years ago. The Bantams were 2-0 down at Stamford Bridge and the Premier League hosts were seemingly heading for a routine victory.

That day was a reminder that nobody is immortal. Blackburn Rovers will rightly be favourites for Monday's tie but they will have to match Wrexham's energy and hunger before the quality of their football can show.

"For me, it is an important competition," Parkinson said.

"In all my time as a manager, I’ve never known a cup run not benefit the team, I think it’s great for the local area, it’s a fantastic break from league football.

"In a 46-game season, those weekends where you can have a switch off from league football does everyone a lot of good.

"So I think there’s great benefit from the FA Cup and respecting the competition because around the world it is the most respected club competition.

"We beat Chelsea so that was special. I have had some great moments in the FA Cup, going back to my Colchester days.

"I have always looked at the FA Cup as a good break from the league and have wanted to go and give it everything you have got on the day and see if it is enough to keep progressing."