This will be the fourth meeting between Ware and Dunstable Town although the first, a 2-0 win at Buryfield in the FA Cup of 1973, was against an earlier team under that name. This folded in the 1975/6 season and there was a delay, only partly filled by a Dunstable FC, until 1998 when the current Town side was formed.

We met in the FA Vase in 2001 at Creasey Park where we lost 2-1 but didn't meet again until a pre-season friendly two seasons ago which saw us go down rather embarrassingly by 6-0 at home.

Last season's campaign saw them finish 14th out of 23 premier sides.