Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell has described his side’s progression to the third round of the Carabao Cup as an “amazing achievement”.
The Grecians beat Stevenage 5-3 on penalties to progress to round three for the first time since the 1989-90 season when they made round four.
It means another chance to play a Premier League side.
“It’s 33 years since we’ve done it, so it shouldn’t be taken lightly,” Caldwell told BBC Radio Devon.
“It is an amazing achievement by a new group of players who’ve only been formed this pre-season.
“They’re still understanding each other’s game, they’re still learning, still developing as a team so it’s an amazing achievement and another positive night that we have to build on.”
Top flight sides who are playing in European competitions join the competition in the third round and Caldwell says he and his players will keep a keen eye on Wednesday’s draw.
“When the big boys come in it’s always exciting what we could get,” he said.
“But we’ll take what it is, whether it’s at home, it’ll be amazing atmosphere, we love playing at this stadium.
“If we get one of the big Premier League teams away from home it could be a great night for the players to go and experience that and see how good we really are.
“We’ll take whatever it is, we’ll mainly focus on recovering and focus on Saturday as we have another huge game in the league and we have to continue this run of form and this run of results.”
