Danger man Liam Henderson is aiming to fire Moors into the first round of the FA Cup when Conference club AFC Telford come to the Brewery Field on Saturday.

The former Hartlepool striker has already scored eleven goals for Moors this season, to add to the 46 he scored in all competitions last season for them after moving from Gateshead. He has scored four goals in the FA Cup so far – one at Tadcaster, two at Bishop Auckland and one at Dunston -- to put Moors on the brink of a glamorous first round tie.

“Just like any striker, I feel that I could have had a few more, and that I should have done better,” he said.

“I’ve really enjoyed myself since I joined the club at the start of last season after I’d left Gateshead, but I’m only as good as the service I receive from the other players. The style of play really suits me, and people like Steve Capper, Keith Graydon and Anthony Peacock are all creating chances for me. Plus I’ve got great partnerships with Mikey Roberts and Gavin Cogdon, we seem to work well together.”

Tynesider Henderson has Football League experience with several clubs, and made his debut for Watford against Darlington in the 2008 League Cup. “I came on as a sub, and I set the winner up for John Joe O’Toole,” he said.

He was then loaned out to Hartlepool, whose manager Chris Turner decided not to sign him permanently. “He told me that I wasn’t experienced enough for a relegation fight after my loan finished, but the only way to gain experience would have been to play games. I thought that was a bit of a copout. So it was back to reserve team football, in which the result didn’t really matter.”

It was during his spell at Hartlepool that he appeared as a sub for them in the third round tie against West Ham United.

After loans at Colchester, Aldershot and Rotherham, he had more permanent spells at York and Gateshead, with loans along the way at Forest Green Rovers and Gainsborough.

Now, he’s firmly established in the Moors’ front line, and thoroughly enjoying his football.

“There’s nothing better than playing on a Saturday for something that matters. This is a really big game for the club. With the way we’ve been playing recently, we’ve got to fancy our chances at home. We’re in a rich vein of form at the moment, and we’re receiving lots of compliments from opposing managers. I think we’ve only let ourselves down once, against Darlington earlier in the season.

“Even though Telford aren’t full time, they’re going to be stronger and quicker because they play at a higher level, so that’s something we’ll have to counter.

“But we prefer playing somebody who doesn’t know about us. They won’t know what to expect from us, and what our strengths are.

“The draw could have been a lot worse, we could have been drawn away at one of the bigger Conference clubs, and had less of a chance of going through.”