'TIS ALL IN THE NAME

It is FA Vase time, when the smaller clubs have their moment of glory. Let's put the FA Cup and Trophy on the back burner and ignore the likes of the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Cyprus and San Marino, giving our “home” nationals squads a bit of a test. We have some serious business to attend to, the Vase.

Glasshoughton Welfare were the victors over the victors of my local side Penistone Church FC, so best of luck to them at Vauxhall Motors. Esh Winning seems like a bit of an omen; put yer teeth back in Cyril. Esh Winning, from Durham, originated in 1889 but formally gathered together a s this club in 1967. They mix and match amongst some of the better North-eastern clubs, such as Crook Town and Norton and Brandon Ancients.

If you are a regular reader (that is, one of the 20 or so that do have a look) then you will remember the Northampton Old Northamptonians Chenecks...what? Read previous blog! They are playing Sun Postal Sports (founded originally as Sun Engraving in 1898, they amalgamated with Watford Postal Services FC in 1901). Bugbrooke St Michaels make another appearance in the round and Royal Wootton Bassett Town (the military town) must have more repeated letters in the club name any others are at home to Binfield-sadly boring, whereas Tadley Calleva has a bit of magic to it. The name stems from nearby Roman town, Calleva Atrebatum, their home ground Barlow's Park is built on an old landfill site and Reading FC Ladies use the pitch too.

Bridon Ropes (founded in 1935 from a Rope factory team in Charlton) won the London Senior Cup in 2014 beating the Corinthian Casuals 2-1. They don't give me much to hang on and are home to Holmesdale (not away to Awaysdale).

On the Sunday, Worthing United are at home in West Sussex to East Preston FC, kicking off at 5pm, not a very long away from the Shoreham Airshow disaster that took two of their young players-it will be a challenging time for the club.

Last week FA Cup teams were encouraged to donate part of their match winnings to the fund raised for the young lads memorial. Give them a thought at 5pm on Sunday afternoon. The winnings will be £600 per match, so maybe some of that will find its way through to the fund?