Kenny Pogue wants to light up the FA Cup with Eastbourne Town – in a pair of black football boots.

But even this respecter of tradition admits the main goal for Sussex’s oldest senior club does not lie in the world’s oldest domestic competition.

Town fancy their chances as they go to Southern League outfit Didcot Town in the third qualifying round.

A win would see them equal their best ever run in the competition, set 47 years ago.

Experienced Pogue – one of ten players rested for a midweek cup tie against Horsham – is arguably their best bet for a goal.

But the former Hastings striker knows Town cannot take their eye off the main target this season.

Which means promotion from the Southern Combination.

He told The Argus: “I’m very confident we have got a chance against Didcot.

“I got here at the end of last season and the league had gone by then.

“But it’s the first time I’ve been at a club where everyone is on the same wavelength.

“Everyone gets on. Nobody is big time. Everyone is willing to work for the team.

“That’s what you need at County League level.

Proud to be apart of @eastbournetfc absolute character and great bunch of lads.. Nice to get the winner too 😁⚽️😁⚽️😁⚽️

— Kenny Pogue (@pogue_kenny) September 26, 2015

“Getting back to the Ryman League has got to be the priority. Most of the squad we have here are Ryman League standard.

“I know John (Lambert, manager) well and that will be his priority. But four or five teams in this league will be thinking the same.”

Didcot are unbeaten in their last eight league and cup games.

Lambert has had them watched twice by different people in the last ten days.

He said: “We’ve got two opinions to go on. We know they score plenty of goals – but they let them in as well.

“My remit is to get us back up to the Ryman League.

“This is a nice bonus but we know it will run out sooner or later.

“Financially it’s a lifeline but it’s about the excitement of the Cup as well.”

Pogue, 28, has known Lambert for years and said: “I’ve always found him an easy manager to work with and I like how he goes about running things.

“I didn’t have the best start to the season. I couldn’t hit a barn door but I’ve got other players around me who can score goals.

“As I get older I’m just as happy to develop my game and help others get goals. But of course I still want to score every game I can.

“There are still a few gears for us – and me – to go through this season. We can still improve.”

Pogue, who works as a telephone engineer, is hoping there are not too many surprises in the build up.

He wants to keep things normal.

“In the last round a few of us went out there and I think the occasion got to us for a few minutes,” he admitted.

“We only started playing when we went a goal down.

“Obviously you’ve got less chance of getting away with that the further you go in the competition.

“We know sometimes this season we haven’t played as well as we could but we have always shown character to turn things around and that goes a long way.”

Still, the Cup is all about tradition. Town were founded in 1881 and their long history almost matches that of the competition itself.

Pogue mixed the traditional with the modern by searching for a pair of black football boots – and then showing them off on Twitter.

“I just wanted to find some proper black boots,” he said after ignoring modern fashion trends.

“Nothing luminous, just something comfortable.”