Andy Halliday to make song and dance of cup tie

Andy Halliday is ready to send Walsall fans mad and prove he is prepared to go One Step Beyond the call of duty.

The Middlesbrough loanee wants to turn the Saddlers into a House of Fun ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup second round trip to Dagenham.

The club's FA Cup 'Madness' has seen them fail to reach the third round since 2008 and has hardly left fans singing from the rooftops.

But after signing last week, Halliday posted a video on Twitter of Saddlers supporters singing and dancing to Madness hit One Step Beyond following a 1-0 win at Hereford in 2006.

He admitted knowing little about the club – apart from the video – before joining until January but admitted it Must Be Love between the fans and the club if they want to succeed.

The winger said: "I didn't know too much about the club but the one thing I do remember was the video on Soccer AM with the fans at Hereford. It's a great video.

"I know the atmosphere hasn't been the best and it's going to be like that but the lads got a great result in the FA Cup at home (a 3-2 replay win over Exeter) so if they continue producing results it will hopefully raise things.

"It gets you going, it's enjoyable and it lifts the spirits as well. It's swings and roundabouts though because we have to get the fans going too.

"I knew last Tuesday I was going to be coming so I had a look out for the result on Wednesday and I felt like a fan. I saw they were 2-1 ahead and it was great. You want to go into a team with high spirits and after the Exeter win it seemed like a good dressing room.

"I'm here to help the team. I don't want to say too much because you see a lot of people hyping themselves up but I'll be giving 100 per cent."

Halliday made his debut as a second-half sub in last weekend's goalless draw at Stevenage and saved a League One point when he cleared Jon Ashton's late header off the line.

It was another eye-opening bow, having made his Livingstone debut at just 16 in 2008 – replacing Graham Dorrans in the midfielder's last game before his Albion switch. Wolves' Leigh Griffiths, currently on loan at Hibs, also played.

And Halliday admitted his early debut came as a shock but helped him develop a relationship with Albion ace Dorrans.

"I was still at school and only training on a Tuesday and Thursday night so it was a big shock to even be in the squad," said the 20-year-old.

"I managed to get onto the bench that day and it was a few of the lads' last game I think – Robert Snodgrass (Leeds) and Graham Dorrans have come down and done really well in England. I managed to get some minutes and it was brilliant.

"I still keep in touch with them a lot and I've spoken to Dorrans because he doesn't live too far away from here. Tony Mowbray and Mark Venus also used to be at West Brom, of course, so they've told me about the area and have a lot of nice things to say about it.

"I'll meet up with Graham and we'll have a few cans of Iron Bru – a good Scottish drink!

"It seems I'm working my way down the country, starting in Scotland, then the north east and now the Midlands. I'm experiencing everywhere and I should enjoy it."

And now the talkative Scot is eyeing a start tomorrow as the Saddlers target the FA Cup third round for the first time since Millwall beat them 2-1 in a 2008 replay.

But despite Dagenham, who beat Bath City 2-1 in their first-round replay, sitting second bottom of League Two, Halliday insisted Walsall must not underestimate them.

He said: "At Middlesbrough last season we went to Burton Albion and lost 2-1 and that the way it is, you can take your eye off the tie. No matter who you play and where it is you have to have the same attitude to win the game."

For the Sadlers, skipper Andy Butler is rated 50-50 with a cyst behind his hamstring after the club ruled out a minor strain, while Darryl Westlake could be in contention after four weeks out with a twisted ankle.

But Kevan Hurst is still at least a week away from a return following a broken bone in his heel.

Daggers striker Josh Scott could make his first start in a year after recovering from a blood clot on his lung.