LEISTON head to Essex at the weekend as they play Brentwood Town in the Emirates FA Cup Second Round Qualifying.

A good 3-2 win in the rain on Tuesday night at home to AFC Sudbury helped secure a second league win of the season and meant Leiston moved up a place into 15th, with nine points now on the board from seven games. Blues captain Seb Dunbar continued his road back from fitness after coming on as a 74th minute sub.

Brentwood Town went down 2-1 at home to Heybridge Swifts on Tuesday night in league action. They are currently 13th in the Isthmian Division One North, and last season lost to Bowers & Pitsea in the Play-Off Final.

In the FA Cup this season, Brentwood have beaten Ware (1-0, A) and Enfield (5-0, A) in the Preliminary and First Round Qualifying Rounds.

Leiston have played Brentwood Town before in an FA competition. They lost to the Essex side away from home 1-0 in an FA Trophy match in September 2011. But Leiston defeated Brentwood Town twice that season in the league. The Blues won at home before, in March 2012, Rhys Henry’s goal helped Leiston to a 1-0 away win. Leiston also beat Brentwood Town twice in the 2015/2016 season.

Brentwood Town were formed in 1954 and are currently managed by Keith Rowland. Brentwood Town reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1886, losing to Blackburn Rovers, 3-1. Their best FA Cup performance, however, came in the 1970 FA Cup when they reached the Third Round. They beat Reading (1-0) and Hendon (2-0) before losing 1-0 to Northampton Town in Round Three, with a crowd of 4,000 witnessing the game.

This will be the Blues 115th game in the competition. Leiston first played in the FA Cup in 1919, and won their first game in the competition a year later, in 1920, at Clacton Town. Leiston have now played over 60 games in the FA Cup since 2004, after having not played in it since 1958.

If Saturday’s game ends in a draw, the Blues will host the replay back in Suffolk on Tuesday evening.

Chris Wigger’s side are due to play at Bury Town FC in the Suffolk Premier Cup on Tuesday night before heading to Barwell (Sat 21st Sep) and Bedford Town (Tues 24th Sep).

Full Second Round Qualifying Draw: -

1 Dunston v Scarborough Athletic
2 Crook Town v Witton Albion
3 Southport v Hyde United
4 Mossley v Chorley
5 Stockton Town v Marine
6 Newcastle Benfield v Wythenshawe Town
7 Guiseley v 1874 Northwick
8 Newton Aycliffe v Warrington Rylands
9 Chester v Hebburn Town
10 Farsley Celtic v Hallam
11 Curzon Ashton v Barnoldswick Town
12 Warrington Town v Radcliffe
13 Blyth Spartans v Bury FC
14 Spennymoor Town v Morpeth Town
15 Macclesfield v South Shields
16 West Didsbury & Chorlton AFC v Darlington
17 Newcastle Town v Scunthorpe United
18 Gainsborough Trinity v Grantham Town
19 Hereford v Ilkeston Town
20 Kidderminster Harriers v Leek Town
21 Kettering Town v Cleethorpes Town
22 Mickleover v Anstey Nomads
23 Harborough Town v Stourbridge
24 Spalding United v Alfreton Town
25 Shifnal Town v Redditch United
26 Bromsgrove Sporting v Bottesford Town
27 Buxton v Barwell
28 Rushall Olympic v Sheffield
29 Leamington v Carlton Town
30 Rugby Town v Hednesford Town
31 Worksop Town v Basford United
32 Needham Market v St Albans City
33 Lowestoft Town v Newmarket Town
34 Hemel Hempstead Town v Bishop’s Stortford Town
35 King’s Lynn Town v Cheshunt
36 Canvey Island v Felixstowe & Walton United
37 St Ives Town v Berkhamsted
38 Bowers & Pitsea v Biggleswade Town
39 Tilbury v Chelmsford City
40 Haringey Borough v Witham Town
41 Gorleston v Barking
42 Hornchurch v Hashtag United
43 Enfield Town v Peterborough Sports
44 Aveley v Royston Town
45 Biggleswade v AFC Dunstable
46 Brentwood Town v Leiston
47 Ashford United v Corinthian
48 Ramsgate v Broadbridge Heath
49 Burgess Hill Town v Amersham Town
50 Hanwell Town v Chertsey Town
51 Welling United v Chatham Town
52 Eastbourne Borough v Boreham Wood
53 Carshalton Athletic v South Park (Reigate)
54 Hastings United v Harefield United
55 Lordswood v Sittingbourne
56 Tonbridge Angels v Merstham
57 Chichester City v Slough Town
58 Maidstone United v Hampton & Richmond Borough
59 Dartford v Leatherhead
60 Worthing v Havant & Waterlooville
61 Horsham v Dorking Wanderers
62 Bognor Regis Town v Margate
63 Cray Valley (PM) v Chesham United
64 Walton & Hersham v Farnborough
65 Cray Wanderers v Wingate & Finchley
66 Herne Bay v Hendon
67 Poole Town v Taunton Town
68 Frome Town v Larkhall Athletic
69 Wimborne Town v Weston Super Mare
70 AFC Stoneham v Salisbury
71 Nailsea & Tickenham v Chippenham Town
72 Truro City v Brackley Town
73 Oxford City v Willand Rovers
74 Bath City v Merthyr Town
75 Sholing v Weymouth
76 Bishop’s Cleeve v Torquay United
77 Winchester City v Hungerford Town
78 Plymouth Parkway v Westbury United
79 Melksham Town v Banbury United
80 Gosport Borough v Gloucester City.

Match Information
Brentwood Town v Blues
Emirates FA Cup Second Round Qualifying
3pm kick off
The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9NN.
Tel: - 07939 544364.

Admission Prices
Adults £10, Concessions £7, U16’s FOC.