Next up - Kings Langley on Tuesday, 31st January at Wodson Park, SG12 0UQ, Herts Senior Cup Round 3. Kick off 7.45pm.
The weather looks to be more favourable as we try again in the quarter-final of the Herts Senior Cup. The visitors are Kings Langley who, despite being in the same county as us, have only been intermittent opponents since out first meeting back in 1899. That too was in the Senior Cup and a comprehensive victory took us into the final where we gained our first triumph in the competition with a 2-1 defeat of Hitchin.
It's not going to be so easy on Tuesday. Kings Langley may never have risen above County League level until this century but they have now made it all the way to the Southern League Premier Division after winning Division One (Central) last season. We suffered two defeats to them in that competition and although they are inevitably finding life harder at the higher level I can't see them presenting any less of a challenge to us on Tuesday.
We are going to be without Gareth Price and Josh Oyibo on suspension and given that there are no league points at stake we may see other changes in the team if Anwar takes the opportunity to size up other members of his squad.
Luckily that's a decision for Anwar and not me though I note that the winners will be at home to Bishop's Stortford in the semi-final. It's not an easy draw but the National League South team are struggling against relegation and could be ripe for turning over. Kings Langley, founded in 1886 but yet to figure in the final, may also have noticed this. So there's a good reason to field a strong side and if both clubs see it that way an entertaining contest could be the result.
Our record against Kings Langley:-
25 February 1899 | Herts Senior Cup Semi-Final | H | 7 | 0 | H Blakes 4, Pearce 2, Wheeler |
18 October 1958 | Herts Senior Cup Rd 1 | H | 5 | 0 | Isaac 3, Cliss, Kenny |
14 October 1961 | FA Amateur Cup 1st Qual Rd | A | 1 | 1 | Isaac |
21 October 1961 | FA Amateur Cup Replay | H | 2 | 3 | Williams, Millbank |
28 September 1963 | FA Amateur Cup Prelim Rd | A | 1 | 1 | Tucker |
12 October 1963 | FA Amateur Cup Replay | H | 3 | 0 | Alderman 2, Kitchener |
23 September 1967 | FA Amateur Cup Prelim Rd | H | 3 | 1 | Myron 2 (2 penalties), Gentry |
15 January 1972 | Herts Senior Cup Rd 2 | H | 2 | 1 | Williams, Gigg |
21 November 2015 | Southern League Div 1 (Cent) | A | 2 | 4 | Bailey, Hartley |
30 January 2016 | Southern League Div 1 (Cent) | H | 1 | 2 | Ki Bishop |