Bishop Auckland v 1874 Northwich (Kick off 4pm)

FA Vase Second Round

Venue Heritage Park, Stadium Way, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 9AE 

Referee Matthew Dicicco

Admission Adults £6, Concessions (NUS/OAP) £4, Children £2

Prize money £1,200

Replay date Tuesday, November 25 (Kick off 8pm)

 

Bishop Auckland

Leading scorer Jonny Butler (12)

Form (past six) L W W L W W

Route to this round R1 bt Holker Old Boys (h) 3-0; 2QR bt Birtley Town (h) 4-0

Prize money to date £1,700

 

1874 (from) Conkie (GK), Fossdyke (GK), Bayley, Bowyer, Duckworth, Mitchell, Chappell, Gill, Jones, Tandy, Woolley, Beadle, Brandon, Short, Ward, Wellstead

Doubtful none

Injured none

Suspended McGrath (one match)

Unavailable Connor, Stewart, Thomas, Woods

Leading scorer Matthew Beadle (17)

Form (past six) D W W D W W

Route to this round R1 bt Ashton Town (h) 2-1; 2QR bt Wigan Robin Park (h) 9-0; 1QR bt Oldham Boro (a) 2-0 (aet)

Prize money to date £2,300

 

Match Pointers

BOTH teams, after reaching this stage of the FA Vase for the first time, have an incentive to further record-breaking runs.

1874 Northwich make the trip after avoiding defeat in their previous 17 matches in league and cup, winning 14 of those.

Manager Ian Street will be forced to make changes to the team that played out a stalemate with Nelson last Saturday on the second anniversary of the club’s formation.

Defender Kevin McGrath serves a one-match suspension, but new recruit Adam Bayley has been registered in time to play.

Four others – Paul Connor, Ryan Stewart, Danny Thomas and Daley Woods – are likely to be unavailable after the tie was switched to a Sunday afternoon.

The visitors, after sending out lower-ranked opponents in three previous ties, face their most difficult test in the north east.

Hosts Bishop Auckland were hammered at home by Marske in the Northern League on Tuesday, though they have reached the second round following victories on their own pitch.

They kept clean sheets on both occasions.

Leading scorer Jonny Butler is available again after a ban, but manager David Bayles has told the Northern Echo that up to four defenders could be ruled out by injury.