MICHAEL JONES says Cefn Druids will enjoy their Europa League adventure but he has ambitions of making progress.

Druids enter the competition at the preliminary qualifying round stage where Huw Griffiths' side face Lithuanian top-flight side FK Trakai.

The first leg takes place on Thursday at Park Hall, home of The New Saints, with the away leg being staged on July 5. and the winners will face FC Irtysh Pavlodar, from Kazakhstan, in the next round.

Jones is expecting a tough clash with FK Trakai but the goalkeeper is certainly not writing off Druids' chances of advancing.

"I don't know much about them, I don't think I can even pronounce the name!" said Jones.

"But let's be honest, we are just pleased to be playing in Europe no matter who we got.

"They are bound to be a good team, whoever we played would be a tough game, but people might look at us and us and think we will be tough.

"We are there on merit so let's enjoy the ride, give it our best shot and see how far we get."

Druids qualified for the Europa League after beating Cardiff Met 1-0 at the Rock to win the Welsh Premier League play-off final.

Jones, who came through the youth ranks at Wrexham but almost saw his career ended by a serious injury after leaving The Racecourse, is looking forward to making his European bow.

"It is something I have never experienced and if my career had gone the way I hoped it would, I might not have played in Europe anyway," said Jones.

"People who have played at Championship level all their life have never had the opportunity to play in the Champions League or Europa League.

"Luckily I am at a standard nowhere near the Championship but I am playing in Europe.

"I can tell my grandchildren that I played in Europe, it is something you can never take away from me.

"Hopefully we give a good account of ourselves and go further."

Jones almost missed last month's final with Cardiff Met but he managed to change the dates of a holiday so he could feature in one of the biggest games in Druids' history.

"My girlfriend was going into a new career so we booked a holiday of a lifetime to Thailand and Dubai in October," added Jones.

"I did not even think about the play-offs then and I would have missed both games but I was able to change the dates, although it cost me a bit more money!

"We left the morning after the last league game, I would have missed a semi-final if we'd had one but I got back the Thursday before the final.

"It was probably not the best preparation for what was probably one of the biggest games in the club's history compared to the other lads but we won."