The SSML have released details of their cup draws and we have been handed a very tough First Round Tie at home to Premier Division Harefield United in the Challenge Trophy. Harefield have finished in the top five of the Premier Division for the past six seasons which shows the calibre of the team we are due to face, but over the seasons we have proved that we can more than hold our own here at Kingsway against teams from a higher league. Should we win this tie, which is to be played on Saturday 6th September, then we will again be at home in the next round, to the winners of the Sport London e Benfica vs Hertford Town match. In the Division 2 Cup we have also been given a home draw, where we shall be entertaining new boys to the SSML Hadley FC, who we also face at Kingsway early on in the league. The date of this match hasn’t been announced yet. The Reserve Challenge Trophy Draw has seen our 2nd XI drawn away to Old Bradwell United. Challenge Trophy Draw: First round 1 Hanwell Town V Bucks 2 Arlesey Athletic V Biggleswade Town 3 Bedford Town Reserves V Tring Athletic 4 Broxbourne Borough V Tring Corinthians 5 Amersham Town V AFC Dunstable 6 Sport London E Benfica V Hertford Town 7 Oxhey Jets V Harpenden Town 8 Aylesbury Vale V Winslow United 9 Brache Sparta V Hoddesdon Town 10 Kentish Town V Caddington 11 Crawley Green V Welwyn Garden City 12 Wodson Park V London Colney 13 Hatfield Town V Cockfosters 14 Biggleswade United V Ruislip Manor 15 Padbury United V Chalfont St Peter 16 Mursley United V Sun Postal Sports 17 MK Wanderers V Royston Town 18 Kent Athletic V Pitstone & Ivinghoe 19 Kingsbury London Tigers V Holmer Green 20 Risborough Rangers V Aston Clinton 21 Markyate V St Margaretsbury 22 New Bradwell St Peter V Bedford 23 Buckingham Athletic V Colney Heath 24 Ampthill Town V Cranfield United 25 The 61 F.C (Luton) V Harefield United 26 Berkhampstead Town V Brimsdown Rovers 27 Langford V Bletchley Town 28 Hadley V Totternhoe 29 Kings Langley V Leverstock Green Second Round 30 Winner 25 V Winner 6 31 Haringey Borough V Winner 4 32 Winner 24 V Winner 9 33 Winner 26 V Winner 29 34 Winner 20 V Winner 5 35 Winner 27 V Winner 12 36 Winner 23 V Winner 1 37 Stony Stratford Town V Winner 28 38 Winner 7 V Winner 18 39 Winner 2 V Winner 16 40 Winner 17 V Old Bradwell United 41 Winner 10 V Winner 21 42 Winner 3 V Winner 14 43 Winner 11 V Winner 13 44 Winner 15 V Winner 19 45 Winner 22 V Winner 8 Division 2 Cup Draw First Round 1 Padbury United Wodson Park 2 Kent Athleic Bucks FC Second Round 1 Markyate V AFC Dunstable 2 Tring Corinthians V Bletchley Town 3 The 61 FC (Luton) V Hadley 4 Pitstone & Ivinghoe V Caddington 5 Aston Clinton V Winner 2 6 Risborough Rangers V Mursley United 7 Winner 1 V Old Bradwell United 8 MK Wanderers V Totternhoe Third Round 1 Winner 8 V Winner 1 2 Winner 6 V Winner 4 3 Winner 2 V Winner 5 4 Winner 3 V Winner 7 Semi Finals 1 Winner 3 V Winner 1 2 Winner 4 V Winner 2
Reserve Challenge Trophy Draw First Round 1 Totternhoe V Oxhey Jets 2 Caddington V Harpenden Town 3 Royston Town V Tring Corinthians 4 Hadley V Brache Sparta 5 Hatfield Town V Sun Postal Sports 6 London Colney V Colney Heath 7 Buckingham Athletic V Biggleswade Town Second Round 1 Winslow United V New Bradwell St Peter 2 Winner 6 V Biggleswade United 3 Langford V Sawbridgeworth Town 4 AFC Dunstable V Hoddesdon Town 5 Winner 2 V Broxbourne Borough 6 Holmer Green V Leverstock Green 7 Old Bradwell United V The 61 F.C (Luton) 8 Cranfield United V Kent Athletic 9 St Margaretsbury V Winner 7 10 Stony Stratford Town V Wodson Park 11 Cockfosters V Winner 3 12 Crawley Green V Winner 1 13 Tring thletic V Kings Langley 14 Risborough Rangers V Winner 5 15 Aylesbury Vale V Bletchley Town 16 Winner 4 V Ampthill Town Third Round 1 Winner 9 V Winner 15 2 Winner 1 V Winner 14 3 Winner 4 V Winner 2 4 Winner 8 V Winner 12 5 Winner 13 V Winner 16 6 Winner 3 V Winner 7 7 Winner 6 V Winner 5 8 Winner 10 V Winner 11 Fourth Round 1 Winner 4 V Winner 6 2 Winner 1 V Winner 3 3 Winner 5 V Winner 7 4 Winner 2 V Winner 8