CUP DRAWS ANNOUNCED
Posted by Brian Spurrell on 9 July 2021
It's one of those landmark moments of any season, and always makes me think of the much-missed Martin Tarrant. The Cup draws are out!
In the FA CUP extra preliminary round we visit Tooting & Mitcham on 7 August. Winners are at home to Crowborough Athletic or AFC Croydon Athletic in the preliminary round on 21 August.
We've faced Tooting & Mitcham 25 times and they lead by 13 wins to 9, the aggregate score 76-56. Our last meeting was a London Senior Cup 2nd round tie in 2016-17 when they beat us 4-0 at home. The biggest match in the series was the 1945 London Senior Cup Final which we won 5-3.
In the FA VASE first qualifying round we visit Lingfield on 11 September - winners visit Loxwood or Faversham Strike Force
on 25 September.
We've only played Lingfield twice before, when we were in the SCEFL together in 2014-15. Deres won 5-1 at home and 6-3 away, with Alfie May scoring a hat-trick in both games.
Finally, in the FA YOUTH CUP preliminary round the young Deres host Punjab United in w/c 30 August – the winners host Lordswood or Whitstable Town in w/c 13 September.
