WAYNE Thomas paid tribute to the "absolutely unbelievable" support Worcester City enjoyed for their FA Cup victory over Coventry City.

A total of 3,220 fans made the trip to the Ricoh Arena and were rewarded with a famous 2-1 success in the first round proper.

Sean Geddes scored twice, including a penalty, while Nathan Vaughan also saved a spot kick against the 10-man Sky Blues.

The final whistle was met with scenes of jubilation as the players sprinted over to their fans to savour the moment.

Veteran centre-half Thomas said: "It's a fantastic result for the team and supporters.

"The crowd got behind us, inspired us and put us on the front foot from minute one.

"Anyone at the game could see we were the better team throughout. We had a couple of shaky moments after we scored the first goal because it was a bit of a shock to the system.

"I think over the 90 minutes we thoroughly deserved the win. We outplayed them and outpassed them. Bar their goal and the penalty save, they hardly had a shot."

Thomas was also pleased to make Coventry eat their words after comments in the media suggesting Worcester would just be in town to make up the numbers.

Sky Blues boss Steven Pressley later described the result as embarrassing and one of the worst in the club's history.

Thomas said: "Very early in their manager and a couple of players released a few press comments about us coming here to enjoy our day and that we'd bring a couple of hundred fans.

"I think the support has been absolutely unbelievable and the result speaks for itself."

He added: "It's difficult as a bigger club playing lower league opposition. You say all the right things in the press about the lads being motivated and not being complacent but in reality it doesn't work like that.

"You're a little bit complacent and unless you've got a lot of experienced heads in your side to drag the younger ones through, they do play with a bit of complacency.

"When you go behind it becomes a real grind and that's what happened."

Manager Carl Heeley also thanked the fans for playing their role in creating City's moment of history.

"I'm a proud man. I'm proud of my players and staff and the fabulous supporters who travelled in their numbers," he said.

"They gave us a huge lift. People that could have walked away when we lost our ground have stayed strong to the club and it's all for them.

"I'm just a little cog in that group of people that have made this happen."