William Bewsey
11:32am, Wed 9th Oct 2024
Woking vs Slough Town
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
Saturday 12th October 2024
15:00 Kick-Off
Woking enter the 2024/25 FA Cup with the visit of National League South side Slough Town to the Laithwaite on Saturday. In what will be Michael Doyle’s first FA Cup game in charge of the Cards, he will hope to avoid a big banana skin in the form of the high-flying Rebels.
As mentioned in Ben Turner’s interview last Saturday, Timi Odusina could be back in contention for this game, whilst Dennon Lewis and Harry Beautyman have also made recoveries from injury and featured against York. Max Dyche served his suspension for five bookings on Saturday and will also be available, giving Doyle plenty of options.
Opposition Watch
Slough Town finished 10th in last season’s National League South and gave themselves a solid foundation to build on for this season. Despite the likes of former Woking hero John Goddard and defenders Temi Eweka and Tyrese Dyce departing for Maidstone and Maidenhead respectively, manager Scott Davies has made some impressive additions, including former Woking striker Sam Evans.
Slough’s top scorer is none other than former Cardinal loanee Slavi Spasov, the 22-year-old Bulgarian with four goals in six games. One to watch is 25-year-old centre half Dan Bayliss, enjoying his second season at National League South level following his move from Bracknell Town.
The Rebels have had to overcome two qualifying rounds to get to this stage, beating two step 3 sides in Chichester City, who were defeated 2-1 at Arbour Park, before a 3-0 away win at Chatham Town, which was ‘anything but straightforward’, according to assistant manager Tony Fontenelle.
Last season in the FA Cup, Slough held National League side Ebbsfleet United to a draw, defeating them 2-0 in the replay at Arbour Park to set up a tie with League Two outfit Grimsby Town. A 1-1 draw at home saw boss Davies score, but in the replay, the Mariners were 7-2 victors, including a goal for Woking midfielder Jamie Andrews.
Around the Ground
Tickets are available to purchase online
here.
Please remember that this is an all-pay fixture, further details are
here.
Last Time Out
In the last two meetings between the sides, both fixtures were won 1-0 by the away side. Following promotion for the Rebels and relegation for the Cards, the sides met in November 2018 at Arbour Park for the first time in 20 years. Ben Gerring secured the points for Woking with a first half goal.
The reverse fixture saw Slough win at the Laithwaite for the first time since 1993, with Francis Amartey, now back at the Rebels, with the only goal.
Overall, there have been 49 meetings between the sides, with Woking victorious on 22 occasions, Slough triumphant 17 times, and 10 draws.
