North Ferriby will take on Premier League side, Hull City at the Eon Visual Media Stadium tonight for the yearly Billy Bly Memorial Trophy.
Bill Heath. manager of North Ferriby said that they will be "Up for thte battle". He also added : "It's a chance to play in front of a large crowd and there will be a terrific atmosphere inside the ground.
"The players look forward to playing full-time professional sides; as individuals it is something that they have all aspired to themselves.
"We are under no illusions as to how difficult a game it will be but the players will certainly be up for it."
In their last preseason game, the village side beat Brigg 5-0, this rout will give them confidence for toinght's game.
Ferriby squad: Adam Nicklin, Antoni Pecora, Dean Lisles, Josh Wilde, Nathan Peat, Gregg Anderson, Matt Wilson, Danny Hone, Mark Gray, Liam King, Jon D'Laryea, Adam Bolder, Danny Emerton, Russell Fry, Nathan Jarman, Tom Denton, Tom Corner, Jamie Yates, Louis Bruce, Tim Taylor, Dan Clayton, Mark Kingston.
For Steve Bruce's men, this will be their first game of preseason as they have recently returned from a strenous and intense week of training in the heat of Portugal as they prepare for a European debut in two weeks time.
The game will though will be too early for the return of World Cup duo, Nikica Jelavic and Maynor Figueroa. This will be to keep them fresh for the Europa League qualififer, which is just 10 days away.
Steve Bruce : “They’ll not play a part in any of the games this week,”
“We’ll be working with them to ease them back first because there’s no point pushing them after such a short summer.
The squad will be cut into half as one will take on North Ferriby while the other will travel to Harrogate Town.
“Most people will play 90 minutes on Monday with us having two games,” he explained.
“Half will go to Ferriby and half will go to Harrogate. I’ll use the whole squad as best we can and supplement it with a few of the under-21s.
“Then I’ll look to see who is above everyone else as we look at Wednesday and Saturday and take it from there. It’s difficult to prepare in such a short space of time but we’ll be ready for it.”