BOTH Basingstoke Town and Hartley Wintney will be chasing cup success on Saturday in the FA Trophy and FA Vase respectively.
The Dragons travel to Dorchester Town in the second qualifying round of the Trophy, while Hartley entertain Melksham in the second round proper of the FA Vase.
Basingstoke will be looking to continue their excellent cup form which has seen them win their last two games 4-1, including a trophy success at Staines, where Richie Whittingham, David Ray, Aaron Redford and Aaron Jarvis all scored.
This time, the Dragons face fellow Southern League Premier side Dorchester and the Magpies are eight places below them in the table.
Town boss Terry Brown said: “This is a competition we want to do well in and the National League side’s come in at the next round. I would love to play the likes of Tranmere or Aldershot “But first we have to beat Dorchester and this is a game both sides will feel is winnable.”
Headline makers in the FA Vase last season Hartley Wintney start their campaign with a mouth watering home tie against top Western League Premier side Melksham Town Both sides have been in great form this season, having lost just once in 20 games.
Last year, the Row came through seven rounds to the last 16 in the Vase, before being beaten by finalists Hereford.
Joint Hartley Wintney boss Daniel Brownlie said: “We are taking the Vase very seriously, we did well last season but we want to go further this year. The club deserve memorable days, hopefully we can provide some.”
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