There are no tougher tasks in the local game than going to Windsor Park to take on Linfield. This is particularly true when you play your football two leagues below the Blues in the IFA Interim League.

Midfielder Gary Brown admits the players at PSNI know they have an impossible task ahead of them when they take to international turf on Saturday to face the Irish Cup holders.

“We are looking forward to it,” he insists.

“We know it is going to be tough and that Linfield will be going into the match as firm favourites.

“We’ve a lot of respect for Linfield but we won’t lie down, I’m confident we will rise to the occasion.

“It’ll be great to play against some of the best players in local football at Windsor Park but playing there is nothing new to me.

“I’ve done it three of four times before so, while there will be some pre-match nerves, I won’t be daunted by the experience.”

If Brown and his team mates did cause an upset on Saturday it wouldn’t be the first time a member of his family had stunned the Blues in the Irish Cup.

Gary’s father Jimmy managed Carrick Rangers to their incredible victory over Linfield in the 1976 Irish Cup Final at The Oval.

“That‘s the beauty of the Irish Cup,” he adds.

“Anything can happen on the day. We first and foremost want to enjoy the day and play our passing game that Gavin Arthur has drilled into us. We are all relishing the prospect of taking on the champions but we aren't just going there to roll over.”

PSNI are not unfamiliar to Irish Cup success themselves.

As RUC in 1979, they made it all the way to the semi final, only to be knocked out by Crusaders in a replay.

While a repeat of that level of success seems unlikely, ex Linfield forward Gavin Arthur and the boys will be keen to put one of the most famous clubs in intermediate football back on the map.