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WOKING boss Alan Dowson has described his cup record as “absolutely hopeless” ahead of their sold-out FA Cup clash with Watford.

The sixth-tier Cards, who sit second in the National League South, are the lowest-ranked club left in the third round.

Dowson, who guided his in-form team past League Two side Swindon in the last round, offered a frank assessment of his previous experience of cup runs.

“When I got interviewed for the job, I came in and said, ‘At my three different clubs I’ve got promoted but count the cup out because I’m c**p at it, I’m useless, I’m absolutely minging’,” he said.

“I don’t think they were too impressed actually. I probably didn’t sell myself very well. “The bottom line is I’ve always been useless in the cups, except for this time.” Almost 5,700 supporters will pack into Kingfield Stadium for tomorrow’s televised clash with the Premier League Hornets. The capacity crowd will be Woking’s highest attendance in 22 years, since they were beaten 2-1 by Coventry in a third-round replay in February 1997.

Dowson says he is relying on intel on Watford from one of his assistants, Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler (left).

“Martin speaks very highly of their manager,” he said.

“I don’t know the players because I don’t watch Premier League football.

“Give us two leagues up, two leagues down, we’ll tell you everything you need to know.

“But we don’t need to watch

Premier League football.”