Grimsby Town assistant manager Shaun Pearson made more than 230 appearances for the Mariners. He was in the team that lost an FA Trophy final in 2013, and two Conference Premier play-off finals – in 2013 and 2015.
However, Pearson was also in the team that finally won promotion back to the Football League at the third time of asking via the play-offs in 2016.
Amazulor says Pearson and manager David Artell have just told the players to never lose belief.
“They’ve said when the club try and do great things, they always do it the hard way,” he added. “They said we’re a good team, and we’ve been here before which we have.
“We’ve lost games we needed to win, like Chesterfield, and we’ve bounced back at Cambridge. We’ve done it all season and we can do it again.
“We’ve got a lot of leaders in the team, a lot of experience, [players] who’ve been there and seen it before, and it’s good to have those people in your ear.
“The mindset is the same as always, raring to win, raring to give it all for our fans and ourselves as well.”
Grimsby won 2-0 at Salford in the league in October, and had 1,300 fans in attendance.
Salford have only given them 500 tickets for this tie, and Amazulor says Friday’s performance will be for the rest of their 5,000 season ticket holders who can’t attend.
“I’m gutted for all the fans who can’t be there,” he added. “We 100% want to do it for them, and rub it in Salford’s faces.”