Hemel reached the primary spherical correct with a 2-1 victory over Yeovil City from the division above, due to objectives by captain Kyle Ajayi and Finley Wilkinson.
It’s the Hertfordshire membership’s first look in the principle draw since 2014, when additionally they confronted north-west opposition and misplaced 3-1 to Bury.
“These occasions do not usually come round – in my dad’s profession in administration, in 30 years he most likely bought there 5 – 6 occasions,” mentioned Lee.
“We’ll have a proper go at it (towards Wigan). The one factor we’ll do is be tough to interrupt down and if we will keep within the sport, I firmly consider we’ll get an opportunity.
“It may be an opportunity to win us the sport, it may be an opportunity for a comfort. On Saturday we’ll discover that out, however nothing will shock me with this group (of gamers), they are a good group.
“The league is continuous and also you’re by no means capable of take pleasure in a victory since you’ve bought one (extra sport) not far away, so this week is nearly having fun with it, having some enjoyable, doing issues correctly after which making use of ourselves the very best we will on Saturday and making an attempt to get the end result.”
Lee had loads of alternative to look at his father’s method to administration whereas rising up.
“From [when he was] 5 years of age, I needed to take Lee to each single sport I went to as a supervisor so he was in each altering room,” mentioned dad Ian, who additionally performed at Wembley within the 1988 Full Members’ Cup ultimate for Luton towards Studying.
“If he wasn’t within the altering room, he was banned from grounds as a result of he would not put the ball down, he was smashing it towards partitions, smashing it towards home windows, and he’d come dwelling filthy and go to high school (subsequent day) with soiled legs.”
