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Away trip to Slough Town home at Wexham Park. There were five draws in those
City are back in action on Tuesday evening when they matches and our only victory in the Berkshire town
came in the Trophy in 1991 when goals by Sean
head up the M4 to face Slough Town in the FA Cup
3rd Qualifying Round. Having faced a team two levels Lundon. Keith Brown, Tiv Lowe and Phil Underhill gave
City a 4-2 win.
below at home in Winchester last Saturday, the draw
was not so kind this time and for the fourth season We have to go back to the 87/88 season for the only
running we travel to a club in the same division as time that the two clubs have clashed in the Cup when
ourselves. After those defeats at Chelmsford, Weston a Paul Bodin hat-trick provided us with a 3-1 win in the
and Billericay, supporters will be hoping for a change 4th Qualifying Round at Twerton Park. We went on
in our fortunes this time but unfortunately won’t be to reach the third round that season, eventually losing
present to cheer the team on. at Mansfield, so hopefully, being paired again with
In the previous round, the Rebels gained some revenge Slough is a good omen!
for their play-off defeat in July by Dartford with a However the Rebels have the better record in the
somewhat surprising win in Kent. Reports suggest competition in recent seasons, reaching the second
that they were under the cosh for much of the match round twice since 2017 with defeats to Rochdale and
against a much hyped team but won through with a Gillingham. Twelve months ago they were knocked out
penalty in the 90th minute. at the same 3QR stage by Chippenham in a replay at
Arbour Park.
City supporters will be able to follow the match as
usual via the BCIR commentary and may wish to
supplement this with a live stream, details of which can
be found at the Slough website.
MARTIN POWELL

SLOUGH TOWN LOWDOWN:
GROUND: Arbour Park
COLOURS: Amber and Black
The City players celebrate Tom Richards’s stunning strike in the league game at Arbour
Park last season. NICKNAME: The Rebels

Slough had reached those play-offs after finishing in MANAGER: Neil Baker/Jon
5th position in the League just one place and three Underwood
points below City. The two clubs only met once, the
Good Friday fixture at Twerton Park being cancelled 2019/20 FINISH: 5th
due to the lockdown, while the trip to Arbour Park
on a baking hot day in August is best forgotten. But
if you wish to be reminded, City went into the match
unbeaten against their winless opponents and were
2-1 up at half time through goals by Tyler Harvey and
a screamer from Tom Richards. However the home
team came back strongly in the second half and in a
nightmare conclusion won the match with goals in the
87th and 90th minutes.
This will be our third visit to the well appointed Arbour
Park, having played nine times at the Rebels’ previous

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