| U's To Relish Saucy Tie 21:25 - Nov 6 with 800 views | RSCOSWORTH |
So it’s the magic of the FA Cup this weekend as we welcome to the JCS Worcester City from the Southern Football Premier Central division in the FA Cup 1st Round.
Worcester are in the seventh tier of English football and play in the same league as Bury Town, Needham Market, Leamington (remember them?) and poor old Kettering Town. They’ve not got off to the best of start’s this season, sounds familiar, and were in the relegation places a few weeks ago but some great results in the FA Cup seemed to have transferred to their league form as they’ve won their last two games 3-0 and 4-1. The 4-1 victory coming against the current league leaders Real Bedford. In the FA Cup this season they’ve already defeated Knowle, Stratford, Kettering and Chorley. It’s certainly been a while since the U’s had four wins in the FA Cup. They were actually minutes from going out of the cup away at Chorley but a stoppage time equaliser saved them and they won the replay with a 90th minute winner which was a real belter of a goal. They really must think it’s their year and where better to come than to a League Two team who hasn’t won a football match since August!
It’s been widely reported that Worcester are going to be physical and direct and there’s no doubt that their players are going to well up for it. We really can’t afford to take them lightly and I feel Danny will name a pretty strong team whilst also giving a few of the fringe players a run out so I’m expecting the U’s to lineup as follows:
Smith
Kuffour Jr Tucker Raggett Terry
Digby Hunt
Thorn Sesay
Payne
Williams
Subs
Akande, Connolly, Perry, Harvey, Iandolo, Vincent-Young, Lo-Tutala
I’m not sure if Ihionvien will be allowed to play by Peterborough, if he is then I expect him to take Akande’s spot on the bench.
In a week where our youth team were humbled at the JCS by Sudbury in the FA Youth Cup this tie really does have shock written all over it…with a Col U win! Joking aside, Danny has yet to taste victory in the FA Cup in his time in charge of the U’s despite two decent enough performances the last two seasons. Will it be third time lucky on Saturday? We really could do with something to kickstart our season and defeat would be pretty disastrous.
Our FA Cup 1st Round record is not the best in recent years:
2025-26 – MK at home lost 3-2
2024-25 – Swindon away lost 2-1 after extra time
2023-24 – Shrewsbury away lost 3-2
2022-23 – Newport away lost 2-0
2021-22 – Sudbury away won 4-0
2020-21 – Marine home lost on penalties after 1-1 draw
2019-20 – Coventry home lost 2-0
2018-19 – Accrington away lost 1-0
2017-18 – Oxford City home lost 1-0
2016-17 – Chesterfield home lost 2-1
Makes for pretty horrendous reading that. One victory in our last 11 FA Cup games!
I’m pretty sure there’s no one in either squad who has played for both but I did discover that Ashley Vincent both played (2015-16) and managed Worcester (2019-20) I don’t know of any other players that have ever figured for both but there might be the odd one of two out there. It seems they do have a bit of history with the FA Cup and back in in the 1958-59 season defeated Chelmsford City, Millwall and Liverpool on their way to the 3rd Round where they would lose 2-0 to Sheffield United. More recently they beat Coventry away in the 1st Round in 2014 but would go on to lose 14-13 to Scunthorpe on penalties after a replay. Evidently the longest penalty shoot-out in FA Cup history.
The weather at the JCS tomorrow is set to be cloudy and cool at 10 degrees with light winds from the west. Tomorrow looks like it's the first ever meeting between the two clubs and I’m backing the U’s to come through an uncomfortable game with a 3-1 win, goals from Sesay, Payne and Connolly.
Up the U’s! |  |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 07:25 - Nov 7 with 0 views | bwildered |
First meet has a professional club.
U’s played Worcester City regularly in the Southern League between end of WWll and being elected into the Football League .
And no I did not see any ! |  |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 11:09 - Nov 7 with 0 views | wessex_exile |
Lovely thread title, very Durhamesque! Think this is going to be a bruising affair tbh, but we won’t have a better chance to score a few and get some confidence back in the team. Might be a slightly confusing afternoon for their support, given they play in the same strip as we do. ColuData does list on notable name, Rene Gilmartin. I’m on my way over right now, first home game this season. |  |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 11:23 - Nov 7 with 0 views | wessex_exile |
An interesting factoid, our 1948 Southern League match against Worcester was postponed because we were playing Reading in the first round on the FA Cup. 19,072 turned up, our record attendance, and the game was abandoned in the first half because of fog. | |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 16:57 - Nov 7 with 0 views | CrashBandicoot |
2nd round here we come! |  |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 17:25 - Nov 7 with 0 views | wessex_exile |
| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 16:57 - Nov 7 by CrashBandicoot |
2nd round here we come! |
It’s never going to feature as match of the round, but for the most part it was comfortable. Fair play to the Worcester supporters, turned up in better numbers than most League 2 sides, and stayed behind their side before, during and after the game. Time to start thinking about preferences for Monday’s draw. | |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 17:36 - Nov 7 with 0 views | noah4x4 |
Should have won comfortably given the number of U’s squandered chances. Worcester GK man of match by a country mile. Decent match, but spoilt by a weak referee. I thought I was watching Worcester Warriors RFC at times not Worcester City given the visitors holding and shirt pulling that went unpunished.
Next round, I fancy a pub crawl in Kidderminster, my place of birth. Some awesome pubs near Aggborough Stadium. [Post edited 7 Nov 17:38]
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 18:27 - Nov 7 with 0 views | bwildered |
Second Remberance ceremony of the week immaculately observed.
Looked 66 places between the clubs . Visitors worried by the pace of full time players from the start and spent the entire game grappling guys over with no support from the ref. Defence won first header to make it comfortable. Professionalism showed in the end, though second touches were not convincing at times. Worcester keeper kept them in the tie throughout has frontline generally lacked the killer touch of finishing things off. Scoreline made it looked a lot closer than it was.
A win and in the cup , at least positives . [Post edited 7 Nov 18:29]
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 21:32 - Nov 7 with 0 views | Witham |
Feel sorry for those Worcester fans caught in the tailback from the A12 accident. Bad enough 1-0 and a long way home without another 2.5 hours |  | | |
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| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 09:31 - Nov 8 with 0 views | wessex_exile |
| U's To Relish Saucy Tie on 17:36 - Nov 7 by noah4x4 |
Should have won comfortably given the number of U’s squandered chances. Worcester GK man of match by a country mile. Decent match, but spoilt by a weak referee. I thought I was watching Worcester Warriors RFC at times not Worcester City given the visitors holding and shirt pulling that went unpunished.
Next round, I fancy a pub crawl in Kidderminster, my place of birth. Some awesome pubs near Aggborough Stadium. [Post edited 7 Nov 17:38]
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Not really many surprises in the first round so far. As for the draw, for obvious reasons I’ve got my eye on Salisbury, but Leyton Orient away would be a good day out, though probably the end of our FA Cup as well. [Post edited 8 Nov 9:32]
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