Cray Valley v Charlton Athletic: Millers boss Steve McKimm on FA Cup First-Round replay

A capacity crowd of 1,500 will squeeze in at the Artic Stadium to see if Cray Valley can finish the job against Charlton Athletic.

The sides meet in an FA Cup First-Round replay tonight (7.45pm), live on BBC2, with the winners away to Gillingham on December 2.

Steve McKimm’s Isthmian South East team bridged a gap of 117 places to force a 1-1 draw in the first meeting, thoroughly deserving a second crack.

The Millers have worked hard behind the scenes to get the game on at their home ground, helped by their League 1 opponents, who took care of printing tickets.

Cray Valley were cheered on by 2,000 travelling fans at the Valley - 500 more than tonight’s permitted capacity.

Some people have to miss out but, whatever happens, it’ll be another special night for the non-league club.

“It’ll be noisy, it’ll be compact, it’ll be good,” said Millers manager Steve McKimm.

“It’ll be enjoyable for everyone that turns up.

“It’s a shame we couldn’t get more in but we’ve got certain restrictions in place for safety reasons.

“It’s very difficult to allocate tickets but I’m pleased the regular supporters, the ones who turn up week in, week out, have been looked after.

“We were never going to change the venue to a bigger ground because that would defeat the object of getting the result we did at Charlton.

“It was never on the agenda to move the game, even if it was allowed.

“We wanted it at our ground, even though we knew the limitations and the problems it would cause. The club have handled it remarkably well.

“All those people behind the scenes, the ones that go unnoticed, they certainly haven’t gone unnoticed by me for the job they’ve done to make this game happen.

“Charlton have helped out massively as well.

“From what I’m told they