The date of Hassocks’ Sussex Principal RUR Charity Cup Quarter Final with local rivals Haywards Heath Town has been announced with the game scheduled for Tuesday 11th December.
Kick off will be at 7.45pm at the Beacon with the winners set to face either Eastbourne United Association or Chichester City in the semi finals of the competition.
Heath will go into the tie as the overwhelming favourites. The reigning Southern Combination League champions have made an excellent start to life in their first season in the Bostik League South East and currently sit just outside the play off places having won four, drawn three and lost four of their 11 games to date.
Shaun Saunders side have progressed to the last eight of this competition with two highly impressive wins. They hammered Lancing 10-0 at Culver Road in the previous round having dispatched of Bexhill United 1-0 in round two.
Hassocks meanwhile knocked out fellow Premier Division side Crawley Down Gatwick in round two before seeing off Seaford Town 6-2 a week ago.
The Robins will be hoping for an improvement on last seasons meetings with Heath. The Blues scored nine goals and conceded just once as they picked up six points in last seasons Mid Sussex Derby meetings on their way to winning lifting the league title.
The Hanbury Park trophy cabinet also currently contains the Peter Bentley League Cup and the Sussex Community Shield. Adding the RUR Cup would complete a hugely impressive clean sweep.
Remarkably, this will be the first ever time that the two clubs have met in a knockout competition. The only previous meetings have all come in the league with Heath winning five of the eight encounters, two draws and just one Hassocks win.
The sides last met in pre-season when Heath ran out 3-1 winners. George Brown got the Hassocks goal that day before going onto sign for Heath this season.
Entrance for the tie will be £6 adults and £3 concessions with under 16s going free.
