Portsmouth 1-2 Harrogate Town: Simon Weaver wants 'one of the big boys' after FA Cup triumph

Manager Simon Weaver hopes Harrogate Town are drawn against a top Premier League side after reaching the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in the North Yorkshire club's history.

Jack Diamond scored a dramatic late winner as League Two Town knocked two-time winners Portsmouth out with a 2-1 away victory.

The on-loan Sunderland player scored five minutes into added time at Fratton Park.

"It would be great for the club now to pull out one of the big boys," Weaver told BBC Radio York.

"It would be great for the town to embrace another big moment.

"If you pulled out a Liverpool or Man City, let's be honest, it would just be absolutely 'wow!' scenes of emotion within Harrogate."

Harrogate Town boss Simon Weaver saw his side make history at Fratton Park

League One Pompey came into the game on the back of six straight wins but it was Harrogate who took a shock lead in the 44th minute.

Sean Williams lost possession in his own half, with the ball falling to Luke Armstrong, who controlled neatly before turning and curling beyond Gavin Bazunu from the edge of the box.

It was in the first of two added minutes at the end of the half that Pompey equalised.

Michael Jacobs forced his way into the box and his intended pass deflected into the path of Ellis Harrison, who marked his return from injury by hitting the ball beyond goalkeeper Mark Oxley into the far corner.

With plenty of effort from both sides in the second half, it was heading for a replay until Diamond's late strike beat Bazunu to seal a famous win.

And Weaver insisted Town always believed they could pull off the upset.

He said: "You want lads to turn up at arenas like this - new levels - and keep expecting more and more of ourselves as a football club.

"We gradually wore them down. When the game got stretched and people were tired I still fancied us to have a moment.

"Fortunately for us we did - and we took it. The chances were coming and we never stopped believing. We believed we could get a result and we did it in the right manner.

"We showed that we can play football and that there's a decent football club in North Yorkshire in Harrogate Town."

Portsmouth head coach Danny Cowley said Harrogate "deserved" their victory.

"They had energy, intensity, and agility," he said. "I felt that we had some decent chances in the first half, but the second half was poor, and they looked more likely to score than us."