Harriers boss recalls his FA Cup history

Harriers welcome League One side Oldham to Aggborough in the first round on Saturday with a gulf of two divisions separating the two sides.

Boss Burr has form in the competition as both a player and manager, starting in December 1987 when Macclesfield beat Rotherham 4-0.

The striker netted a hat-trick for the part-timers as they dumped out the Football League side and cemented his name into cup folklore.

Some 13 years later, Burr sprang another shock while managing Nuneaton, leading his side to a 1-0 win over then third-tier club Stoke.

The 52-year-old rated that as "even better" than his run to the third round in 2004, where his Northwich Victoria side drew Sunderland.

Burr's men lost 3-0 at the Stadium of Light and he hasn't reached the same heights in the FA Cup since, certainly not with Harriers.

Their 4-2 win at Grimsby in the last round was his first in the competition since taking charge in 2010 but the manager still has pedigree.

He said: "I don't think there was any better time for me as a player than when I scored a hat-trick for Macclesfield against Rotherham.

"We were a non-league side in the Conference and were part-time in those days, so it was a really big result for us.

"As a manager, obviously, the Sunderland game was big for me but even better than that was when I was at Nuneaton and we knocked out Stoke.

"We took them to a replay, initially, and went on to beat them at Manor Park in front of the television cameras in what was a terrific night."

Harriers have come across the Latics at this stage of the FA Cup before, back in 1907 in only the second time they had reached the first round proper.

Wins over Worcester, Stafford Rangers, Brierley Hill, Wrexham and Leytonstone had propelling the then-Birmingham League side into the limelight.

That took Harriers to Oldham, then members of the Lancashire Combination, on 12 January 1907 before an impressive crowd of 14,000 spectators.

But the home side were too strong on the day, taking a 1-0 lead into half-time and eventually going on to comfortably see out the game 5-0 winners.

Oldham met Liverpool in the next round and lost 1-0, while Harriers went on to finish third in the league that season and win the Keys Cup.