Northwich Sport
Northwich Victoria seek quarter finals place at expense of Hampton & Richmond Borough
11:02am Tuesday 14th February 2012
Northwich Victoria v Hampton & Richmond Borough (Kick off 7.45pm)
FA Trophy Third Round
Venue Weaver Stadium, Water Lode, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5BS
Admission Adults £12 (£10 to stand), Concessions £10 (£8 to stand), U16s £5, U12s £2
Referee Peter Bankes (Liverpool)
Prize Money £7,000
Odds (Coral) Vics Evens, Draw 12/5, Hampton 5/2
Replay date Tuesday, February 21 (Kick off 7.45pm)
Northwich (from) Hinchliffe (GK), Collins, Disney, Kearney, Short, Smyth, Abbott, Armstrong, Ennis, Fitzpatrick, Riley, Roddy, Woolfe, Budrys, Clarke, Evans, Johnson, Wade
Doubtful none
Injured none
Suspended Field (three matches)
Unavailable Kinsella (cup tied)
Route to this round R2 bt Staines Town (h) 1-0; R1 bt Fleetwood (h) 3-1; 3QR r bt Ilkeston (a) 5-1; 2QR bt Buxton (h) 3-0; 1QR bt AFC Fylde (h) 4-2
Prize money to date £20,200
Top scorer Wayne Riley (14)
Last season in FA Trophy First round
Record (Home) P15 W8 D4 L3 F24 A14 Pts28
Record (Overall) Pos4 P27 W17 D6 L4 F50 A24 Pts54 (Three points deducted)
Odds to win FA Trophy (Coral) 40/1
Hampton (from) Ross (GK), Blake, Ferrell, Huggins, Inman, Jeffreys, Ruby, Andrews, Beadle, Collier, Hickey, James, Johnson, Morgan, Powell, Simmonds, Sousa-Mota, Alabi, Moone,
Tarpey, Thomas
Doubtful Inman (foot)
Injured Machel (ankle)
Suspended none
Route to this round R2 r bt East Thurrock United (h) 4-1; R1 bt Hayes & Yeading United (h) 2-0; 3QR bt Canvey Island (h) 4-2
Prize money to date £15,000
Top scorer David Tarpey (17)
Last season in FA Trophy Second Round
League record (Away) P14 W3 D5 L6 F23 A24 Pts14
League record (Overall) Pos20 P26 W5 D8 L13 F37 A47 Pts23
Odds to win FA Trophy (Coral) 50/1
Match Pointers
NORTHWICH try for a third time to host their FA Trophy third round tie against higher-ranked Hampton & Richmond tonight, Tuesday.
It marks Paul Simpson’s first match as manager too since taking over from Andy Preece.
Vics have won five matches to reach the last 16, their best run in the competition since 2007, including victories in each of the past two rounds against teams from further up the pyramid.
They have also progressed in a home tie in every round.
Midfield anchor Tom Field is suspended, so Kyle Armstrong stands by, while Sean Kinsella is cup tied.
The visitors haven’t played a match since sending out East Thurrock United at the second attempt a fortnight ago so, like Vics, are short on match practice.
Top scorer David Tarpey, a hat-trick hero in the Beavers’ replay success last time out, is one to watch.
Ricky Machel is a long-term injury absentee.
Hampton have been happier on their travels this term, winning more Blue Square Bet South encounters away from home than on their own pitch.
A reward for the victor later is a home date with Newport County in the last eight.