Guiseley have proved they did not suffer a hangover from their FA Cup exit and now have another big knockout tie to look forward to.

Last weekend’s win at Chorley meant the Lions took their place in Monday’s draw for the first round of the FA Trophy, in which they landed a difficult away tie against a club from a higher division.

A fortnight tomorrow, Steve Kittrick’s men will be heading to Blue Square Bet Premier outfit Barrow, who are the Trophy holders after winning last season’s Wembley final.

Yet Guiseley will certainly not have an inferiority complex. They have quickly adapted to the Blue Square Bet North and are pushing for back-to-back promotions, while they only lost in the FA Cup to big-spending BSB Premier leaders Crawley Town.

Kittrick said: “This isn’t a flash in the pan because we have won a lot of games now. Some of them were tough games in our league, which is packed with strong clubs, and some difficult cup ties.

“Nobody has given us anything, we have earned our place in the table and our tie at Barrow.

“It has been hard because we are a scalp now. We are not the newly-promoted side that no one knows anything about any more.

“We are having to work hard at home because clubs are coming to us and making life very difficult for us. The away games are very different because teams want to attack you, so that gives us the space to play our game.

“We play a brand of football that is exciting and entertaining. The other clubs know that now and at our place they try to stifle us.”

Crawley were the exception but then, being a full-time outfit with big signings like Scott Neilson (from Bradford City), Pablo Mills (Rotherham United) and Richard Brodie (York City), they were always hot favourites to beat Guiseley.

Even that defeat came with a positive for Kittrick. He said: “Crawley are a very good side, well organised with big-game players. But I said to my guys that they had done a job on us after having us watched and planning well.

“That in itself is a massive compliment. They didn’t just turn up and roll us over, they gave us the respect we deserve and prepared thoroughly because they knew they had to.”