Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace is confident that Harry Redknapp will not get any abuse from the home fans about his tax evasion trial when he comes to Broadhall Way with Tottenham in the FA Cup fifth round this afternoon.

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Redknapp was last Wednesday cleared of two charges of cheating the public revenue, but still faced taunts over the charges brought against him by Newcastle fans in the club’s 5-0 victory over the Magpies the following Saturday evening.

But Wallace said: “This is not that sort of ground. I am sure there will be a few comments, as there is always is in life, but I’m sure he will take it in the right way. I am sure it will not be vindictive and I would be surprised if it even happened at all to be honest.”

The Spurs boss has repeatedly stated his desire to lift the FA Cup this year and his team are the bookmakers’ favourites to win the competition following the exit of both Manchester sides.

Stevenage sit 47 places below the London club in the league ladder, but the Hertfordshire club are full of confidence having achieved back-to-back promotions in the past two years.

Boro, who are now sixth in npower League One, also have a good FA Cup pedigree having knocked Newcastle out of the competition last year in the third round, and are 19/2 with Victor Chandler to cause an upset by winning the match this afternoon.

“As ridiculous as it sounds, we will be going out to win and there is nothing to stop us beating Spurs,” Wallace said. “People outside the game will be looking at it thinking we have no chance, but this is the FA Cup and we beat Newcastle last year.

“There is a massive gulf in the technical ability between the two teams, but our side has been together a long time and there is a great organisational and team spirit here and that will go a long way to countering that gulf.

“We are in the play-off places, competing for a place in the Championship, it’s not like we are a Conference team.

“We have done very well to get where we are and we will be looking to get a result on Sunday. We want to get in the last eight in the competition and if we do that, then we will be looking to get in to the last four.”