Swales urges RCA to bounce back from their Ashington loss
Sunderland RCA manager Martin Swales has urged his side to move on from their midweek defeat at Ashington as they prepare to host Shildon in the FA Vase first qualifying round.
R CA became the latest side to fall victim to the inform Colliers as Ian Skinner’s side claimed a 3-1 win at the Dw media Stadium on Tuesday night.
Swales has already turned his attention to his attempts to replicate the 3-2 win his side earned against Shildon in a third round tie two years ago.
The RCA boss will be boosted by the return of several key players including Dylan Elliott, Ross Preston and Mark Davison and admitted that he’s looking to put things right after their midweek defeat.
He said :“We said after Ashington that the game is done, and we have a massive game against Shildon where we can put it right.
“They are always going to score goals and they’ re a really strong side, so it’s a tough game,
“We have to make amends for what happened on Tuesday and hopefully we can go well in the Vase.
“Every side that beats us seem to go and a reach the final, so it would be nice to do that for ourselves.
“That’ s the aim, that’ s what we want to do.”
Ry hope CW will have Kyle Davis and Ben Riding available for their trip to West Yorkshire as they face Northern Counties East League club Campion.
There has been one departure from the club this week as coach Scott Oliver accepted an offer to become joint manager at Division Two club Jarrow.
Seaham Red Star also head to Yorkshire as they face Sunderland West End’s first qualifying round conquerors Garforth Town.
Attacking midfielder Lewis Suddick could make his Red Star debut after joining from Northern League Division One rivals Hebburn Town earlier this week.
Two former Vase winners will look to continue their attempts to return to Wembley as 2015 winners North Shields entertain Northallerton Town and 1981 winners Whickham travel to Redcar Athletic.
Ashington will assess the fitness of Jack Butler and Ben Sampson ahead of their trip to Nelson and Darryl Donnelly could return to the Jarrow squad for their all-Division Two tie against Birtley Town.
Crook Town will look to pull off an upset when they visit Holk er Old Boys and Billingham Synthonia will have to become the first side to beat Newton Aycliffe at home this season as they bid to reach the first round for the first time since 2016.
Division Two clubs Heaton Stannington and Brandon United have home ties against Padiham and Penrith respectively and Esh Winning entertain AFC Blackpool at the Windows-Plus Roofs Arena.
Newcastle University striker Niza Chilufya will hope to add to his record of nine goals in as many games when his side hosts Thornaby and Guisborough Town will secure a first round place for the third consecutive year if they win at Northern Counties East club Silsden.
Sunderland West End manager Darren Liddle has admitted that he would be grateful for a point from his side’ s trip to in-form Bedlington Terriers.
Ahead of last season’ s meeting between the two sides, Liddle revealed that he didn’t know what to expect from an inconsistent Terriers side.
But the Northumberland outfit have made a stirring start to the season and currently sit at the top of the Division Two table after winning five of their opening seven games of the season.
Liddle’ s side make the trip to Doctor Pit Park looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat – and the West End boss is expecting anoth--er tough test.
He said: “It’s a completely different test to last season.
“They don’t seem to have signed too many players, but they have found something that works for them.
“Every game is tough, but this is one of those games where we have to dig in and try and get a point.
“Injuries are killing us at the moment, and it feels like things aren’t going our way.”
Liddle’ s cause isn’t helped by a number of injuries within his squad.
James Norton (hamstring ), Adam Drysdale (knee), Dale Burlace (shin) and Jamie Fryatt (neck) are among the absentees for the game. Elsewhere on Saturday, Durham City begin life without former manager Didier Agathe with a home game against Ryton and Crawcrook Albion.
Washington go looking for consecutive wins for the first time this season when they visit West Allotment Celtic and Easington Colliery face a tough challenge when they host in-form Carlisle City.
Tow Law Town could move into the promotion places if they can make it three consecutive wins in their home game against out-of-sorts Willington.
H ebb urn Town will be boosted by the return of captain Louis Storey and mid-fielder Michael Richardson as they look to stretch their lead at the top of the Division One table with a win at Whitley Bay.
A suspension has ruled Daniel Boy le out of Billingham Town’ s home game against Newcastle Benfield.
Andy Toman will be hoping to secure his first victory as manager of Bishop Auckland when they take the trip to local rivals West Auckland Town.
And Stockton Town will move into the promotion places if they can extend their winning run to four games by taking all three points from their meeting with Consett at the Map UK Stadium.