Hassocks and AFC Uckfield Town will hope that it’s a case of fourth time lucky as they attempt to get their Southern Combination League Premier Division game played at the Beacon on Tuesday 15th January.
Kick off will be at 7.45pm for a fixture that has already been moved once due to the Oakmen’s FA Vase run and twice because of wet weather.
The match had originally been due to take place at the Oaks on Saturday 3rd November but had to be postponed due to the Oaks clash with AFC Croydon Athletic in the second round of the FA Vase.
They won that 2-1 to progress to the third round for the first time in their history where they defeated Sutton Common Rovers 5-2 to set up a home tie with Windsor which is scheduled to take place this coming Saturday.
As a result of their run in the national cup competition, the meeting with the Robins was moved to Tuesday 27th November and changed from Uckfield to the Beacon in a bid to protect the Oaks pitch for that meeting with Sutton which was due to take place four days later.
As it was, Storm Diana rendered the Beacon pitch unplayable and also saw Uckfield have to delay their FA Vase tie for a week.
The third and most recent attempt to get the game played was due to take place on Tuesday 18th December at the end of another extremely wet period of weather.
As games were postponed or abandoned midway through on December 15th, the Beacon not only withstood a horrible day of rain for the 4-0 defeat to Peacehaven & Telscombe but was also playable 24 hours later as the Ladies booked a semi-final spot in the Sussex Women’s Challenge Trophy by beating AFC Littlehampton 3-1.
The subsequent rainfall in the 48 hours before Martin Lee’s sides victory and the visit of Uckfield proved to be too much however and match referee Daniel D’Urso made an early decision to postpone after a pitch inspection.
This will be the 14th meeting between the two sides. Hassocks have won eight with Uckfield triumphing in six.
There has never been a draw, which means it won’t be one that you’ll want to include on your coupon. When Hassocks do win against Town, they tend to win big having plundered 34 goals in the fixture.
The visit of Uckfield will complete a run of three home games in 10 days which starts with this weekend’s visit of East Preston.
Horsham YMCA then visit the Beacon in a week’s time for another rearranged fixture before the Oakmen make the short trip to Mid Sussex three days later.
