Match preview Vs Bradford (Park Avenue)    FA Cup 4th qual rd replay

The Harriers have it all to do again following yesterdays 1-1 draw yesterday at Bradford PA's ground in Horsfall.  Prior to the game kicking off the next round of the Cup was drawn and that draw paired the eventual winners of this game against the winners of another replay being played tomorrow evening - Sutton Utd v Hemel Hempstead Town.

If we do get past the threat, a very real threat, of Bradford then we'll be playing the next tie at home on November 9th.  That day we should be hosting Woking in a League game so that will need to be moved.

We will have James Dance back in the squad tomorrow night and that should help fill the bench to it's FA Cup quota of seven subs.  We could only manage six yesterday and that space should have been filled by Michael Gash but he was no where to be seen.  He played most of the Lincoln game the other week but the official talk on Saturday was that he was still injured.

Just seems strange that he wasn't even there to watch his team mates.

Chey Dunkley (left) is back in training now and we could see him on the bench as he begins his comeback from long term injury.  Jamie Grimes has coped well in his absence though and could take some dis-lodging.  Jamie Tolley also made his comeback towards the end of the game too.

As expected we didn't find BPA the rollover that many fans expected them to be and no doubt they'll be equally difficult an opponent at Aggborough.  Fans reports from the game cite Alex Davidson, Paul Walker and loan signing Simon Lenighan to be real handfuls and we'll have to be on our mettle defensively against them.

There was also plenty of criticism of the state of their pitch.  Deeply furrowed in places with divots visible were some of the claims but we know that ours isn't the best of pitches at times too with many a complaint about the bobbly surface.  It'll also be very wet tomorrow evening so hopefully our lot will be wearing some grippier boots than seem fashionable lately.

I think we'll be too strong for BPA come 9.45 though.  I strongly believe that it'll be Kidderminster Harriers who will be progressing into the next round but against whom we have yet to find out.




Harriers from:
Lewis, N Vaughan, L Vaughan, Grimes, Gowling, Tolley, Dunkley, Storer, Fowler, Jackman, Dance, Lolley, Angus, Byrne, Johnson, Malbon, Morgan-Smith, Gittings, Gash.

Bradford PA from:
Lamb, McMurray, Drury, Clayton, Price, Quinn, Knowles, Hume, Maxfield, St Juste, Hotte, Deacey, Daly, Lenighan, Mallory, Clamp, Howarth, Boshell, Chilaka, Marshall, Davidson, Walker, Corner.

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