Josh Sheehan has every reason for wanting a run in this season’s FA Cup.

Injured in last year’s first round exit at non-league Stockport, the Welshman also has come better memories of his success in the competition with Newport County, where he locked horns with Premier League clubs like Manchester City, Leicester, Spurs, Brighton and Leeds United.

Wanderers face Barnsley on Saturday looking for their first win of any kind in the FA Cup since January 2019, when they beat Walsall 5-2.

Sheehan would dearly like to make the third round stage and get a shot at one of the top flight sides once again – and moreover, he recognises a win against Barnsley would also be a welcome boost after an inconsistent October.

“I feel like everyone who is in the FA Cup wants to get as far as they can because it’s the greatest competition,” he said.

“We obviously knew we weren’t good enough last year at Stockport. Even just the manner of the game when we went out - to be leading like we were. Obviously, I got injured that game as well.

“We feel like a win would do us good at the moment. It would put us one step closer to the third round. Every League One club, every Championship club, they all want to play against the big boys in the third round because that is where the glamour ties are.

“It was especially the case when I was at Newport – the big crowds, you’re on TV, everyone is up for it and you want to put on a good show for the fans.

“But it is one step at a time and we have to make sure we beat Barnsley first, go from there.”

Sheehan damaged his knee in the 5-3 defeat at Stockport’s Edgeley Park last November, which kept him out of action for eight months.

He made his first league start last weekend against Oxford but admitted that Wanderers were dragged into a type of game they did not want to play.

Barnsley had a similar approach in last month’s 0-0 League One draw at the UniBol, but Sheehan hopes his side has learned their lesson.

“You have to stick to what you are good at,” he said. “You have to do what you believe in, get on the ball, keep doing it.

“We have got to be more intricate around the box and put more detail in our crosses. We know what we have got to do.

“You don’t know how they’re going to come at the weekend. They could do the same as they did, sit off, take the sting out of the game, or they could come here and go man for man and try to press us.

“You don’t know, some teams do the opposite things and some teams get joy this way, some get joy the other way, so we’ve just got to learn as soon as we get on the pitch.

“You can see from the first five minutes how a team is going to set up and play. We’ve just got to learn as a team what and how they are doing and how to combat if they do this or that.

“We’ve just got to work out on the pitch as quickly as we can what’s best for us, where the space is, what is best to do.

“We’ll be ready for whatever way they want to come and set up, whether they want to press.”