Gillingham will play Lancashire side AFC Fylde for the first time when they meet in the FA Cup First Round.

The Gills had their round one opponents confirmed on Tuesday night after Fylde beat Kidderminster Harriers 2-0 in a fourth qualifying round replay at their Mill Farm Stadium. The first round draw had been made the night before.

Neil Harris men will be up against a side who head into this weekend sitting fourth in the National League North, two divisions below his League 2 outfit.

Harris has said whoever his team play, he will name his best team possible, giving the competition full commitment. Winning clubs in the first round will receive £41,000.

The Gills now face a 550-mile round trip to contest the match against The Coasters which will take place on the weekend of November 5-6 but a date has yet to be confirmed.

The FA Cup is a cup competition Gillingham boss Harris can get excited about having recently spoken publicly about his lack of interest in the EFL Trophy.

“I really like that competition,” he said. “I have had great success as a manager in it, some big giant-killings, obviously I was fortunate enough to play in a cup final myself and it is a brilliant competition.

“It’s one we will take absolutely 100% seriously, I will play my best team I possibly can whoever we play against and I want to win the cup!”

Harris - along with his Gills assistant David Livermore - played for Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup final, losing out to Manchester United, who won the match 3-0 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and two-goal Ruud van Nistelrooy.

As manager of Millwall, he also took them to the quarter-finals of the competition in 2016/17, his then-League 1 outfit beating Premier League sides Bournemouth, Watford and Leicester City on the way before losing 6-0 to Tottenham.

One game to forget, perhaps, was the first round exit as a player for the Gills when they lost 3-2 at non-league Burscough in 2005.