TOP BLOOMS IN THE VASE

The draw for the Fourth Round of the FA Vase included this year Dunston UTS who in the last round beat fellow Northern league side Whitley Bay, four times winners of the final.The 16 ties will be played on 17 January 2015, with the winners each collecting £2,000 from The FA’s prize fund. Northern League clubs do very well in this competition but one of North Shields or Consett will bow out in their next ti to be played at the Daren Persson stadium.

In the south, Colliers Wood Utd 5 goal hero Mario Embalo helped his Combined Counties side thrash Lingfield on Saturday, and will face fancied Ascot United next. AFC St Austell travel to Greenwich Borough and Phoenix Sports have to go to Bodmin Town. 

Barnsley based Shaw Lane (also one of county's top cricket venues) Aquaforce have to beat Shildon in a rearranged tie, having been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, to earn a trip to Walsall Wood. Other delightful named teams are Thurnby Nirvana who entertain Holbeach United, Chadderton play AFC Mansfield and a localish derby includes Workshop Town v Glossop North End. Glossop NE were once a league side, founded in 1886, the club stayed in the league, including a short period in the First Division, until the 1914-18 war halted their progress. They even dropped North End from their name to avoid confusion with Preston North End. Wiltshire based Bradford Town founded in 1996 play Melksham Town in a west country clash. Melksham have been playing football since 1876 and this is the best they have done in the FA Vase to date.