Sutton 部隊d 準備する for 兵器庫: 'My old man will be vaping on the 味方する line next to Arsene Wenger tonight' says 経営者／支配人 Paul Doswell's son

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It's the biggest game in the history of Sutton 部隊d, the part-timers with a history of cup upsets 準備するing to welcome 兵器庫 to their Gander Green 小道／航路 home.

The FA Cup fifth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する tie on Monday evening between the 味方する 17th in the 国家の League and the team fourth in the 首相 League has been hotly 心配するd ever since it was drawn, and finally the day has come for Sutton.

On Monday, last minute 準備s were 存在 put in place. Here's how a 非，不，無-league clubs 準備するs for the most 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の night of their lives...

WENGER VS VAPER

For the friends and families of everyone 伴う／関わるd with Sutton 部隊d, the game takes on even more importance. The son of 経営者／支配人 Paul Doswell, Connor, will be 特に proud at what will surely be a rather surreal scene for him tonight.

Doswell manages Sutton for 解放する／自由な, in a league where the 大多数 of teams are professional and ex-Football League.

A FRESH COAT OF WHITE PAINT

Until this most 最近の cup run, Sutton were most famous for their 業績／成就 in the FA Cup third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 1989, when at Gander Green 小道／航路 they took on Coventry City - then third in the 最高の，を越す flight and cup 勝利者s two seasons ago - and won 2-1.

One of the most 著名な features of that game was the 明言する／公表する of the pitch - a sandy, muddy mess, the archetypal surface for a old-fashioned cup shock.

Things are very different these days in south London. Sutton now play on an 人工的な 3G plastic pitch, which is easier to take care of and will give 兵器庫 a whole new 始める，決める of problems compared to Coventry.

Rather than scattering a beach's 価値（がある） of sand on the pitch today, the Sutton ground staff freshened up the technical areas with a new lick of paint, 同様に as 雇うing a window cleaner to tidy up the dugouts.

The 3G plastic surface is given a final 小衝突ing before the fans start to arrive for the evening

INTRODUCING: TUNNEL CAM

Sutton are taking advantage of some rare TV （危険などに）さらす to 許す the cameras everywhere they want to go.

テレビ視聴者s will be able to see into the Sutton changing room pre-match, 地位，任命する-game and at half time, while cameras have also been 任命する／導入するd in the tunnel for when the players walk out.

Whether the memories from tonight are treasured or painful for Sutton, they will have them 逮捕（する）d from all angles.?

Sutton are taking advantage of some rare TV （危険などに）さらす to 許す the cameras everywhere

FANCY A KICKABOUT?

With only hours left before the big game, Sutton's pitch?is 居住させるd with 青年 games

With only hours left before the big game, Sutton's pitch - rented out to anyone who wants to play on it during the day - is as 居住させるd with 青年 games as much as it would be on an ordinary day.

While the use of 人工的な pitches remains a 事柄 for 審議 の中で many clubs, it has been an 必須の source of income for Sutton, as they have risen 支援する up through 非，不，無-league, 回復するing their fifth-tier status last year.

Sportsmail's 新聞記者／雑誌記者s, joined by columnists ツバメ Keown and Chris Sutton, played on the pitch earlier this month.

Many of the games were organised by 兵器庫's community team, with the boys', girls’ and mental health football programmes 持つ／拘留するing a 一連の matches.

Even before they were drawn together 兵器庫 and Sutton have had a good 関係, organising tournaments and trips to each other's grounds.?

NEXT HOME FIXTURE: HISTORY

Sutton's last game was a midweek visit to Guiseley. Now they host Arsene Wenger's Gunners.

Few Sutton fans would ever have believed that the 調印する outside their home would ever 耐える this message.

BUILDING THE AWAY END?

兵器庫 fans will be used to watching a game in 高級な, a stand with its own concourse where they can enjoy the game in the 安全な company of the like-minded.

No such 特権s at Gander Green 小道／航路 - most of the 750 兵器庫 fans lucky enough to have a ticket will not even get a seat, while the 残り／休憩（する） will receive 一時的な accommodation.

IT WORKED FOR USAIN BOLT...

Sutton 部隊d 退役軍人 Nicky Bailey has 明らかにする／漏らすd what his pre-match 準備 for 兵器庫 will be - a visit to McDonald's for some chicken nuggets.

However Bailey, whose former clubs 含む Charlton 運動競技の and Middlesbrough, will shun any suggestion of copying the 首相 League 星／主役にするs' 栄養 based 準備s and instead stick to the 急速な／放蕩な food approach which he （人命などを）奪う，主張するs has served him 井戸／弁護士席 in his career so far.

'I don't think I've ever had a salad in my life, or a vegetable. It's always worked for me. My pre-match meal is always a McDonald's - nine nuggets', he said.?

Nicky Bailey has 明らかにする／漏らすd his pre-match 準備 for 兵器庫 will be a trip to McDonalds

LET THERE BE LIGHT

There was some 関心 that the floodlights at Gander Green 小道／航路 would not be powerful enough for the night-time kick-off - a 不明瞭-関係のある abandonment would be the worst 事例／患者 シナリオ for Sutton.

So they've called in some 支援する-up. Are they 有望な enough? 井戸／弁護士席...?

CHEW ON THIS ONE

?Watch most of the 兵器庫 players before a game, and you'll notice two things - the outsized headphones, and they are chewing gum.

The latter will be absent on Monday night however, as Sutton look to 保存する their precious plastic pitch.?

The players, 含むing 兵器庫's Alexis Sanchez, will be banned from chewing gum

WELCOME TO SUTTON

At around ４半期/4分の1 to four, 兵器庫 began to make their presence felt at Gander Green 小道／航路 for the first time. The shirts were hung in the away changing room, which would charitably be 述べるd as cosy.

Sutton 部隊d 発表するd on their Twitter page that the club 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s would be open from 4pm, no 疑問 to give the 5,000 fans a chance to warm up before a February night out in the open.

Sportsmail photographer Andy Hooper 逮捕（する）d the 集まりd stewards outside the ground - extra 増強s for the 肉親，親類d of （人が）群がる not seen at Sutton this century.?

兵器庫 shirts in the away dressing room at Sutton. It's a long way from the 首長国s.

兵器庫 道具 man Vic Akers 会談 to a Sutton 相当するもの after arriving before the big game

Sportsmail photographer Andy Hooper 逮捕（する）d the 集まりd stewards outside the ground

兵器庫 players are used to far more 高級な, but that's not on 申し込む／申し出 at Gander Green 小道／航路