WESTSIDE V HOOPS FA VASE PREVIEW

The Hoops will be looking for their fifth win in their last six matches when they travel to Surrey on Sunday to take on Westside in the FA Vase first round proper.
Manager Derek Hares said: “We want to keep our good run going and our away form has been pretty good so far this season. But we fell at the first hurdle in the FA Cup at Sutton Athletic and Sunday’s tie gives us the chance to make up for that. It’s good for the players to meet different teams and we’re all looking forward to it as the FA Vase is always a very important competition for us.”
Westside are a Christian-based club who are lying in fifth place in the Cherry Red Combined Counties League First Division, and Hares added: “They are effectively a grade down from us but from what I can gather they are quite lively going forward and so we can’t take anything for granted.”
The Wandsworth-based club are currently sharing Chessington & Hook United’s Chalky Lane ground which is why the tie has had to be put back 24 hours to Sunday because Chessington, who are the owners of Chalky Lane, have a home league game on Saturday.
Although it will be the first occasion that Deal have met Westside the Hoops have played at Chalky Lane before. Deal were drawn against Chessington & Hook in an FA Cup preliminary round tie in August 2014 and lost 2-1 at Chalky Lane in a replay after drawing 1-1 at the Charles Ground.