Saidou Khan says his dad would be happy to know he was playing in the FA Cup.
The kick-off is at 17:30 on Saturday, January 8th.
Saidou Khan will be thinking of his dad when the team coach arrives at the bridge.
Khan's father encouraged his son to chase his dreams of becoming a professional football player.
When he died of cancer, I thought of my dream of becoming a professional footballer.
He was my best friend. We didn't have a lot of money, but he would buy me and my brothers a football and boots to play in.
The draw for the third round of the FA Cup was made 13 years after his father's death.
Khan joined the club after his contract at Maidstone United expired.
When I was a kid, my cousin and I would watch the games of the big clubs and talk about one day coming to England to play against them.
We didn't think we would get the chance. Dreams come true.
I thought it was a joke when my dad died.
Kalifa Khan was away from his family for a long time when he was a soldier.
The life of young Khan was not always easy as he grew up with seven relatives in a small house in Sanchaba.
He was happy whenever there was a football.
Khan would write the name of his opponent on the back of his shirt because there was no money for official football shirts.
He says someone said to him "you OK like Kaka" after one game, and he watched every AC Milan game he could.
Most people still call me "Kaka" when I return to the country. They don't know who I am.
A young Saidou Khan with his father in The Gambia, where he would be encouraged to chase his dreams.
His father left the army to work as a security guard in London and would send money back to The Gambia to support his family.
He would always bring a football and boots when he came back to visit us.
I remember my brother and I had one football, and it was the only football in my area. Both teams needed the football and we ended up fighting.
After we told our dad what was going on, he cut the ball in half and left us with half a ball each.
Khan remembers the day his father died.
I walked out of the house. I didn't know where I was going. I was waiting for someone to say it was a prank.
'From Lidl to Chelsea'
"I called my mother to tell her that we were going to a European champion," says Khan.
Two years after his father's death, Yadicon Khan's son had faced many setbacks as he moved to England.
Khan worked part-time at a supermarket in Camden Town after studying at the University of East London.
He had two trials at the Dons, one in the eighth tier and the other after signing a full-time contract.
Khan considered a different career path after the second trial did not result in a deal.
He says he was 23 at the time. When I first arrived in England, people told me that if you're not at a professional club, then you're done. I thought it was my last chance when it didn't happen with the Dons.
I decided to keep going. If I quit now, I wouldn't only be giving up on my dream, but my mother's as well.
The mother took the day off to watch.
This weekend is going to be quite an experience for Khan.
He went to watch his friend's brother play in the FA Youth Cup final at the last time he was at the stadium.
He will walk out in front of a crowd of about 40,000 looking to cause an upset in the FA Cup.
Khan's mother will be among the travelling fans. He says it will be the second time she has seen him play.
My mother once came to Tooting &Mitcham and said she couldn't do it because it was too cold.
The fifth tier of English football has a team in the top of the table.
After the Carabao Cup semi-finals, there is a match at Maidenhead United.
The last time the Spireites faced a side from the top flight in the FA Cup was in 1997 when they lost to Middlesbrough in the semi-finals.
There have been 47 instances of non-league sides facing opposition in FA Cup ties in the past five years, with two of them winning - Lincoln at Burnley in February of last year.
Since then, she just calls me after games, but she took the day off from her job to come to CHELSEA. It will be a special day.
Khan decided not to watch the 2-2 draw between the two teams on television because he hoped that Chesterfield would do themselves proud at the game. He doesn't want to scare himself.
Whatever the result on Saturday, Khan knows where he wants to focus his energy in the future, even though his football journey still has many years to run.
He lost his dad at a young age and wants to help children who have been orphans.
"I would love to work with kids that aspire to be football players, mostly orphans or kids with a single parent," says Khan.
I'm going to have my own foundation set up for that.
