CUP TIES CATCHING UP; FC UNITED WITH BIG FISH; VASE IS FULL

Whilst the FA Cup was thrilling the press, the FA Trophy 3^rd Round proper slipped past last weekend with barely a murmour, although the Non-League Paper is on hand as always at £1.50 to give othe lower levels of English footy some publicity.

The clubs remaining in the Trophy are:-

Bath City in the Conference South.

North Ferriby 10^th in Conference North.

Dartford 22^nd in the Conference drew with 10^th place Halifax.

Torquay 13^th in the Conference

Woking 9^th in the Conference drew 3-3 with FA Cup heroes Dover who lie one place above them. The other FA Cup heroes Gateshead 12th in the Conference drew with Wrexham 17^th.

Lowest ranked remaining in the cup is FC United of Manchester, attempting to join their favourite Red Devils in England's top division by making rapid progress through the Pyramid. They are presently 7^th in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

The DRAW is:-

Woking or Dover Athletic v Bath City

Dartford or FC Halifax v Wrexham or Gateshead

Torquay v FC United of Manchester

North Ferriby Utd v Braintree or Ebbsfleet playing tonight after postponements.

Tie winners earn £8,000

In the FA Vase some matches have been completed that couldn't be played on the original round date on the 17 January:-

AFC Mansfield march on, beating Chadderton 5-0, Worksop Town lost to Glossop NE 0-1 aet, Tunbridge Wells and Highworth Town, Wiltshire in their replay, tied 1-1, then 2-2 aet, with Highworth winning on pens 4-1 before a crowd of 788.

Norwich Utd are through beating Ashford, Erith and Belvedere beat Yaxley 1-0, Shaw Lane Aquaforce and Walsall Wood still need to play to complete the round.
THE DRAW
Bradford Town v Highworth, AFC St Austell v Stanway Rovers, Ascot Utd v Norwich Utd, Walsall or Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Flackwell Heath, Glossop NE v Dunston UTS,  Holbeach Utd v Erith & B, North Shields v Phoenix Sports, AFC Mansfield v Tadcaster Albion: £2000 for the winners.