Tamworth manager Andy Peaks has expressed his confidence in his team's ability to switch gears back to the crucial campaign of National League football, following an impressive FA Cup performance that captured attention.

Despite a valiant show where they stretched Tottenham into extra-time at the Lamb Ground, eventually going down 3-0 this Sunday, there's no time for Tamworth to rest on their laurels.

With an upcoming Birmingham Senior Cup encounter with Boldmere on Tuesday and a pivotal league match against second-bottom Boston on Saturday, Tamworth, who are sitting seven points clear of the drop zone, face pivotal clashes in their quest for survival. Peaks indicated the significance of stealthily securing their status: "I want to stay up but I want to do it as soon as we can to be honest," he admitted.

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Looking beyond the glitz of the televised third-round tie, Peaks focused on how the team could transfer that game's intensity to regular play: "After this, next Saturday will be a massive game because how do you get over this? Well, not over it but how do you replicate it because we have to."

He expressed unwavering belief in his squad's consistently energetic approach: "I believe I have a group of players that play like that whoever they are playing, whether it is a Sunday morning team or an international team because that is the only way we can play."

Peaks concluded by encapsulating the Tamworth ethos, fuelled by tenacity and teamwork: "Blood, thrust, organised, working hard, set-pieces, spirit and that is us in a nut shell."

Tamworth's incredible FA Cup journey, which saw them take on Macclesfield, Huddersfield, and Burton, culminated in a near-miraculous upset against Spurs. Despite missing crucial stoppage-time opportunities through Thomas McGlinchey and Jordan Cullinane-Liburd, and ultimately losing after 120 minutes, manager Peaks was overjoyed with the team's performance and their ability to soak up the experience, noting the post-match shirt swapping with Spurs players.

Peaks remarked: "I said ‘don’t let it pass you by’, because things can pass you by and you can get so excited by a game that it goes past and you think what happened? " He added, "I think they took it in really well and they played their part. I think they have got so many good memories, they’ve got shirts and whatever else. That’s how it should be."

Emphasising the magic of the competition, he continued, "It’s what the FA Cup is all about. That’s what you do it for, that is why when years ago when I was at (non-league) step five or six you go into the lower rounds because it’s all about upsets and shocks."

Reflecting on the significance of the match, he concluded, "This is what it can come to. Us playing Tottenham at home. Who would have thought that? With this many people, on the TV, all the internationals and that for me is the FA Cup and what I’ll take out of it."

Meanwhile, Spurs midfielder Archie Gray, who put in a commendable shift out of his usual position at centre-back, refused to offer excuses for the top-tier side's lacklustre performance against an opponent sitting 96 places beneath them in the football hierarchy.

Ange Postecoglou fielded a formidable line-up, yet found it necessary to bring on the likes of Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-min and Dominic Solanke for Tottenham to advance to the next round. Speaking with SpursPlay, Gray said: "For the 90 minutes, credit to them they withstood it. In extra-time I thought our quality shone through and we managed to get the result," and also noted, "They made it really difficult for us. Not to make excuses or anything, but it’s a bit of a change for us, a different pitch and that can affect it but ultimately we weren’t good enough. We should have shown our quality more."