SAM Foley isn’t one to mince his words and he’s clear on the opportunity facing him and his County colleagues this weekend, a chance to live every kid’s dream.

The Exiles are just 180 minutes from a first ever appearance at Wembley Stadium with a two-legged semi final against Ryman Premier outfit Wealdstone getting underway at Newport Stadium tomorrow.

Foley admits he’s never played in a bigger game and that finally the Newport squad is talking about the chance to make history.

"We hadn’t been talking about Wembley but the focus is on nothing else for the next two games," he explained.

"The game has been in the back of our mind in recent weeks but we’ve been professional and tried to forget about it.

"It is a special occasion, I have never played in a semi-final as big as this with the reward a place at Wembley. That especially is a massive, massive incentive for me.

"I am pretty sure that’s the same for all the lads. The first time that sentiment came out was at half time against Northwich Victoria when we were 1-0 down in the last round. The main word being used was Wembley and it made a few people pick up their game.

"Playing at Wembley would be a dream come true of course, it’s the home of football, the FA Cup, the England national side, every professional or anybody off the street would love to play there."

Foley insists County respect their lower league opponents but isn’t daunted by the Exiles being hot favourites to progress.

"It’s a massive incentive for us to make history," he said.

"We respect Wealdstone, they are doing well themselves and had a great win at Cambridge in the quarter final. We can’t expect to win, it’ll be a tough encounter, a game of four halves and we need to make sure we are ready and fight for every ball.

"But we also can’t be frightened of being the favourites to win the tie. We are professional, they are part-time and we need to live up to the billing."

Foley was gutted to have seen County’s ten men beaten by Braintree on Tuesday, Lee Minshull’s red card ruling him out of the semi-final but believes the Exiles can and will show bouncebackability.

"We were devastated having worked so hard and shown great character and determination, as a ten we worked our socks off and were gutted to lose the game," he said.

"The referee isn’t in our dressing room, we can’t control his decisions and we have to concentrate on what we are doing and to score three goals in 80 minutes with ten men shows the effort we put in.

"We have bounced back well recently from bad results and need to do that again. We showed a lot of character on Tuesday with ten men and that spirit needs to remain."

Foley is disappointed for Minshull to miss out but is expecting to form a good pairing with new recruit Max Porter.

"Max has settled in really well, he’s a worker in the midfield and we respect the fact the gaffer rates him after working with him before," he said.