County Cup draws completed as the road to Culver Road gets underway
After a year’s absence, the Sussex Principal RUR Charity Cup returns with the draw for the second round pitting Hassocks against opponents whom they have never faced before.
The Robins will welcome to the Beacon the winners of the first round clash between Division One newcomers Forest Row and Montpelier Villa.
Both clubs are embarking on their first ever seasons in senior football, Villa having been elevated from Division Two and Frow after being bumped up from the Mid Sussex Premier Division.
They are both making a good stab at life at the highest level they have ever played at too. Villa sit seventh in the table with four wins, two draws and four defeats from 10 matches. Forest Row meanwhile are 10th having won four and lost five of their fixtures.
No date has yet been set for the second round tie, but the Robins will know their opponents by October 20th as that is the date Villa and Frow must have completed their first found match by.
The Under 23s also have a home tie in the Sussex Under 23 Challenge Cup, hosting Saltdean United of the East Division at the Beacon.
Just like with the first team, it again offers a clash with opponents who Hassocks have never faced at Under 23 level before.
The Tigers are eighth out of 10 in the East Division. Their record reads one win, one draw and three defeats from five games.
They will make the trip to Mid Sussex on Thursday 8th October with a 7:45pm kick off. The normal admission prices of £3 adults, £1 concessions and free for under 16s will apply.
It is the Under 18s who have the toughest draw of the lot having been given a trip to Eastbourne Borough on Sunday 10th October in the Sussex Bluefin Dennis Probee Youth Cup
Hassocks can at least take solace from the fact that upsets do happen; the last time a Robins youth team faced Borough was when the treble winners of 2017-18 pulled of a shock 2-1 win at Priory Lane in the first round of the competition via a Jake Lindsey brace.
The Veterans will kick off their first Sussex Veterans Challenge Cup campaign for four years with a trip to Sussex Sunday Veterans League outfit Woodingdean Wanderers on Sunday 24th October.
