It will be difficult whichever side we draw - mainly because I suspect many, if not all, of our loan players will be prevented from playing by their parent clubs (did we allow our players to play in the Cup for their loan teams?) Also, we have a key defender suspended and, it seems, a couple of injuries which may not clear up in time. Add to this one striker returning from injury and another seemingly on the mend but not featuring, and we will be seriously challenged.
It will be difficult whichever side we draw - mainly because I suspect many, if not all, of our loan players will be prevented from playing by their parent clubs (did we allow our players to play in the Cup for their loan teams?) Also, we have a key defender suspended and, it seems, a couple of injuries which may not clear up in time. Add to this one striker returning from injury and another seemingly on the mend but not featuring, and we will be seriously challenged.
Gorman has played in the cup for St Albans and Young did for Bishop's Stortford however I have no idea whether our loanees can. Will Bush be suspended as we have a London Senior Cup game which was already scheduled before then?
Do County Cup games count for suspensions? I thought this was one reason why many teams do not take them too seriously because they cannot lose a suspension match.
I don't know if it has changed now but in past seasons LSC has counted for suspensions but KSC has not. If that is still the case, then Chris Bush will be ok.
Greenwich Borough beat Redhill today. Drawing them at home would be fun as we would see Craig Holloway and Scott Kinch back at Park View Road.
County Cup games do not count for suspensions once you rise as high as Conference Premier. We found this out last season when Fraser (Franks) was banned for the Trophy game at Braintree even though we had a County Cup game beforehand.
County Cup games do not count for suspensions once you rise as high as Conference Premier. We found this out last season when Fraser (Franks) was banned for the Trophy game at Braintree even though we had a County Cup game beforehand.
That's disappointing. Any booking or sending off counts towards a suspension but cannot be used for suspension is another example of FA double standards!
