WORCESTER CITY moved up to second place in the Midland Football League Premier last night with a 4-1 win over Stourport with a hat-trick from Dan Westwood (pictured) and one from Fortune Maphosa in front of 490 at Claines Lane.
There was a good crowd as well in the first division at Darlaston Town 1874 as well where the home side gained a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw with OJM Black Country.
In the other first division game, Paget Rangers grabbed a 2-1 victory at Nuneaton Griff.

WORCESTER CITY will attempt to move into second place in the Midland Football League Premier when they take on winless Stourport Swifts.
Stourport still have three points from five games and a large crowd is expected at Claines Laine for the all Worcestershire clash.
In division one,  Darlaston Town 1874 will attempt to close the gap on Atherstone at the top of the table when they entertain OJM Black Country.
Nuneaton Griff entertain Paget Rangers - all the games kick off at 7.45pm

JAI Verma hit two late goals tonight (Tuesday) to help Walsall Wood to a thrilling 2-1 premier league victory over Uttoxeter Town.
All the goals came in the last ten minutes, Verma scoring on 82 and 86 before Ross Haig got one back for Town two minutes from time.
Shifnal Town won the all Shropshire clash at Haughmond 1-0, with a Tom Hill header on 38 minutes.
Lye kept up their 100-per-cent home record with a 2-0 win over Highgate United, Justice Campbell and Jaden Owusu-Nepaul on target.
Boldmere came from 1-0 down to beat Tividale 3-1, Alex Mcskeane continuing his recent run of goal scoring form with two and Danny O'Sullivan getting the third.
Dan Smith had given Tividale a first half lead.
Full Tuesday results
Premier
Walsall Wood 2 Uttoxeter Town 1
Lye Town 2 Highgate United 0
 Haughmond 0 Shifnal Town 1
Boldmere 3 Tividale 1
Wolverhampton Casuals 3 Whitchurch Alport 2
Division One
Atherstone Town 1 Ashby Ivanhoe 1
Cradley Town 1 Bilston Town Community 2
Heath Hayes 1 Wednesfield 1
Khalsa Football Federation 1 Wolverhampton Sporting Community 3
Shawbury United 4 AFC Bridgnorth 0

​LEAGUE action tonight sees Lye Town take on Highgate United at home in the premier and Haughmond hosting Shifnal in a Shropshire derby.
Boldmere St Michaels will hope to continue their good start to the season when they take on Tividale at home and Walsall Wood are at home to Uttoxeter.
Wolverhampton Casuals are at home to Whitchurch Alport whilst in the first division, Heath Hayes take on Wednesfield.
The Stapenhill v Dudley Sports game tonight has been postponed due to Covid cases in the Dudley camp.
Full Tuesday fixtures (7.45pm)
Premier
Boldmere St Michaels v Tividale
Haughmond v Shifnal Town
Wolverhampton Casuals v Whitchurch Alport
Lye Town v Highgate United
Walsall Wood v Uttoxeter Town
Division One
Heath Hayes v Wednesfield
Cradley Town v Bilston Town Community
Atherstone Town v Ashby Ivanhoe
Shawbury United v AFC Bridgnorth

ROMULUS beat Racing Club Warwick 2-0 in tonight's Midland Football League Premier Division game.
First half goals from Trea Bertie and an own goal gave Roms the points.
The result lifts Romulus into fifth place, one point behind Worcester City and Lichfield City.

ROMULUS return to league action when they face Racing Club Warwick at Castle Vale tonight (Monday).
The Roms beat Shawbury away 4-0 in the FA vase first qualifying round on Saturday whilst Racing Club didn't have a game.
Warwick are 17th in the Midland Football League Premier and Romulus 12th - kick off tonight is 7.45pm.

Goals from Rhys Horton and Alex Perry secured Dudley Town's passage into the second qualifying round of the FA Vase with a 2-0 win over Alsager in Sunday's tie.
Horton scored from the spot on the stroke of half time and Perry added a second to book The Robins a trip to Sandbach in the next round on Saturday September 25.

DUDLEY TOWN are at home to Alsager Town today (Sunday) in the FA Vase first qualifying round.
Alsager play at the same level as Dudley, but in the North West Counties Division One South.
A large crowd is expected at the Guardian Warehousing Arena, Wilenhall,  with a kick off time of 2pm.

DANNY O'Sullivan hit a hat-trick as Boldmere St Michaels won 5-1 at Brocton in the first qualifying round of the FA Vase.
Alex McSkeane got two, the second one in injury time.
Bewdley Town edged out Hereford Lads Club 7-6 on penalties after the game had ended 2-2. Sam Lester and Simon Rudd were on target for Bewdley, the latter getting the equaliser on 89 minutes.
Full Saturday Results
FA Vase First Qualifying
Brocton 1  Boldmere St Michaels 5
Bewdley Town   2  Hereford Lads Club 2 
Haughmond  2  Ashby Ivanhoe 3
Lichfield City 2Stratford First 1 
Shawbury United 0 Romulus 4 
Shifnal 5 Smethwick Rangers 1
Stone Old Alleynians 2  Heather St John's 3 
Uttoxeter Town 2  Littleton 0
Hinckley Leiceter Road 3 Cradley Town 0
Whitchurch Alport 3 Tividale 0 
AFC Bridgnorth 2 Rocester 1 
Atherstone Town 2  Abbey Hulton United 1
Coventry Copsewood 2 Rugby Town 8
Studley 2 Paget Rangers 0
Winsford United 3  Stapenhill 1
Chelmsley Town 5 Nuneaton Griff 0
Gresley Rovers 7 Dudley Sports 0 
Premier
Worcester City 0 Hanley Town 1 
Division One
OJM Black Country 2 Wednesfield 3
Division Two
Cadbury Athletic 2 Coventry Alvis 0
Earlswood Town 0 Coton Green 2
Fairfield Villa 3 Barnt Green Spartak 1
Kenilworth Sporting 5 Bolehall Swifts 0
Knowle 2 Inkberrow 1
Lane Head 2 Hampton 2
Division Three
Coventry Rangers 3 AFC Birmingham 1
Balsall and Berkswell 4 DSC United 3
Bartley Reds 2 Catle Vale Town 2
Central Ajax P-P Enville Athletic
Continental Star 0 Sutton United 2
Coventrians 5 WLV Sport 1
Leamington Hibernian 3 Birmingham Tigers 3
Upton Town P-P AFC Solihull

THE FA Vase takes centre stage this weekend , with premier division and first division clubs both in action.
In a first versus premier clash Shawbury United take on Romulus and in an all premier game, Whitchurch Alport take on Tividale.
There is league action as well with Worcester City taking on Hanley Town in the Premier and OJM Black Country hosting Wednesfield in division one.
Full weekend games
FA Vase First Qualifying
BEWDLEY TOWN v    Hereford Lads Club
HAUGHMOND v  Ashby Ivanhoe
LICHFIELD CITY v FC Stratford First
SHAWBURY UNITED v Romulus
SHIFNAL TOWN v Smethwick Rangers
Uttoxeter Town v Littleton

STONE OLD ALLEYNIANS v Heather St Johns
WHITCHURCH ALPORT v TIVIDALE
AFC BRIDGNORTH  v Rocester 
ATHERSTONE TOWN v Abbey Hulton United
COVENTRY COPSEWOOD v Rugby Town
Leicester Road v CRADLEY TOWN
Studley v PAGET RANGERS
Winsford United v STAPENHILL
Premier
Worcester City v Hanley Town
Division One
OJM Black Country v Wednesfield
Division Two
Cadbury Athletic v Bartley Green FC
Earswood Town v Coton Green
Fairfield Villa v Barnt Green Spartak
Kenilworth Sporting v Bolehall Swifts
Knowle v Inkberrow
Lane Head v Hampton
Redditch Borough v Boldmere Sports and Social Falcons
Division Three
AFC Coventry Rangers v AFC Birmingham
Balsall and Berkswell v DSC United
Bartley Reds v Castle Vale Town
Continental Star v Sutton Utd
Coventrians v WLV SPort
Leamingto Hibernian v Birmingham Tigers

WORCESTER CITY have signed central defender Fortune Maphosa from fellow Midland Football League Premier Division side Racing Club Warwick.
The experienced player (pictured) counts Nuneaton Borough, Tamworth and Coventry United amongst his former clubs.
He is available for the home fixture with Hanley Town tomorrow at Claines Lane (3pm).
​Boss Tim Harris said: " I am pleased to have had the opportunity to bring in Fortune. He’s well known to myself following his time with Tamworth.
​"He is a talented lad with a big presence and whilst losing Craig Jones is a massive blow getting Fortune in will certainly help the situation.“

TWO Tividale youngsters have been loaned out to other clubs in order for them to get more game time.
Pete Hawk has joined Cradley Town and Ryan Grosvenor has gone to Bewdley. Each will be available for selection for their respective loan clubs tomorrow.
Meanwhile midfielder Liam Wilkinson, who left Tividale three weeks ago, has teamed up with Darlaston Town 1874 and will be available for their game on Wednesday against OJM Black Country.

IN Wednesday's premier league game, Lichfield City moved into second place with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Casuals.
A first half goal from Daniel Lomas gave them the advantage at the break and strikes from Reg Smith and Max Dixon tripled the score in the second half.

LICHFIELD City will be back in league action tonight (Wednesday) when they entertain Wolverhampton Casuals at Brownsfield Park.
City went out of the FA Cup to Nuneaton Borough on Saturday despite a battling display in front of the television cameras.
Casuals were not in action Saturday but got their first league win in their last game when they beat Romulus.
Kick off tonight is 7.45pm.

​SHIFNAL Town went goal crazy in their Tuesday night game at home to AFC Wulfrunians.
They won 7-0 with two goals from Tom Hill and strikes from Jake Web, Jay Holdcroft, Kieron Northwood, Kye Montague and Keane Cooper
There was a thriller at Walshes Meadow where Stourport and Bewdley shared six goals.
Bailey Fulller and Matt Gardner gave Stourport a two goal half-time lead before second half goals from Sam Lester and two from Dylan Harte, one a penalty gave Bewdley the advantage. But Gardner rescued a point for Swift six minutes from time.
Boldmere drew 1-1 with Highgate, Isaac Phillips on the mark for the Mikes and Jack Storer for Highgate.
In the Black Country Derby, Tividale drew 2-2 with Lye Town. Shaquille Whittingham gave Lye the lead on 22 minutes before Luke Carter and Darragh Bustin put Tividale in front. Ben Billingham equalised for Lye with 12 minutes left.
In the FA Cup, Hanley Town join Stone Old Alleynians in the second qualifying round after winning their replay at home to Hinckley Leicester Road 2-1. Hanley will now play Chasetown at home in the next round.
FULL TUESDAY RESULTS
PREMIER
Shifnal Town 7 AFC Wulfrunians 0
Stourport Swifts 3 Bewdley Town 3
Boldmere St Michaels 1 Highgate United 1
Tividale 2 Lye Town 2
Haughmond 3 Whitchurch Alport 4
Racing Club Warwick 0 Worcester City 1
DIVISION ONE
AFC Bridgnorth 0 Dudley Sports 2
Ashby Ivanhoe 1 Stapenhill 2
Coventry Copsewood 1 Chelmsley Town 0
Dudley Town 2 Shawbury United 1
Heath Hayes 0 Atherstone Town 1
OJM Black Country P-P Khalsa Football Federation
Paget Rangers 1 Darlaston Town 1874 1
Wednesfield 1 Cradley Town 2
Wolverhampton Sporting Community P-P Bilston Town Community​
FA CUP FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND REPLAY
Hanley Town 2 Hinckley Leicester Road 1

THERE'S a big night of action ahead in the FA Cup and the Midland Football League tonight (Tuesday).
Shifnal Town take on in-form AFC Wulfrunians at the Acoustafoam Stadium.
There is a Black-Country derby at The Beeches between Tividale and Lye Town and a Worcestershire derby at Walshes Meadow between Stourport Swifts and Bewdley Town.
In first division action, top-of-the-table Atherstone Town travel to Heath Hayes and second placed Darlaston Town 1874 travel to Paget Rangers.
Full fixtures (7.45pm)
Premier
Haughmond v Whitchurch Alport
Racing Club Warwick v Worcester City
Shifnal Town v AFC Wulfrunians
Stourport Swifts v Bewdley Town
Tividale v Lye Town
Boldmere St Michaels v Highgate United
Division One
AFC Bridgnorth v Dudley Sport
Ashby Ivanhoe v Stapenhill
Coventry Copsewood v Chelmsley Town
Dudley Town v Shawbury United
Heath Hayes v Atherstone Town
Paget Rangers v Darlaston Town 1874
Wednesfield v Cradley Town
Wolverhampton Sporting Community v Bilston Town Community
Friendly
OJM Black Country v Bromsgrove Sporting.​

IN tonight's game in the premier division, Romulus drew 1-1 with Walsall Wood at Castle Vale Stadium.
Umar Zuman gave Romulus the lead on 24 minutes straight from a free kick but Wood equalised close to half time through Sam Merson.
The result means Romulus are in ninth place with 11 points and Walsall Wood in 11th with six.

STONE Old Alleynians face a tough test in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup with a trip to National League North outfit Leamington.
It is Stone's reward for beating Leicester Road away 1-0 on Saturday. The Leamington game will be played a week on Saturday.
Hanley Town and Leicester Road will replay tomorrow night in the Potteries. The winners will play Chasetown at home.

ROMULUS will attempt to get back on track in the Midland Football League Premier when they play Walsall Wood at Castle Vale Stadium in Monday night's game (7.45pm).
The Roms suffered their first defeat of their opening three games last Tuesday when they lost 2-1 at Wolverhampton Casuals.
Walsall Wood lost 1-0 at Boldmere on Saturday but if they win tonight they will go above their opponents, Shifnal and Tividale into eighth place for at least 24 hours.

STONE Old Alleynians are through to the second qualifying round of the FA Cup after Jack Tomlinson's 15th minute goal aw them edge out Anstey Nomads away.
Hanley Town will replay with Leicester Road after a 1-1 draw. Tividale went out to Spalding after an early second half goal for the visitors. 
Max Black's penalty for Lichfield City proved a consolation as they went out to Nuneaton Borough in fron of nearly 900 fans and a televised audience at The City Ground.
League action in the premier saw Lye Town play at home for the first time this season and beat Racing Club Warwick 2-1 with goals from Jordan Harrison and Joe Lawley, Matt Gardner replying for the visitors.
Stapenhill stay third and unbeaten in division one after a 2-0 win over Cradley Town, George Teeney and Connor Richins the men on target.

Full Weekend Results
FA Cup First Qualifying round.
Anstey Nomads 0 Stone Old Alleynians 1 
Leicester Road 1 Hanley Town 1 
Lichfield City 1  Nuneaton Borough 3 
Tividale 0 Spalding United 1 
Premier,
Bewdley Town 0 Highgate United 5
Boldmere St Michaels 1 Walsall Wood 0
Lye 2 Racing Club Warwick 1
Shifnal Town 0 Highgate United 0
Uttoxeter Town 3 Haughmond 3 
Whitchurch Alport 1  Worcester City 2 
Division One
AFC Bridgnorth 1 Heath Hayes 2
Ashby Ivanhoe 8 Khalsa Football Federation 1
Atherstone Town 4 Paget Rangers 1
Bilston Town Community 1 Darlaston Town 1874 0
Coventry Copsewood 2 OJM Black Country 3
Dudley Sports 2 Nuneaton Griff 3
Shawbury United 1 Chelmsley Town 2
Stapenhill 2 Cradley Town 0
Wednesfield 1 Wolverhampton Sporting Community 1
Division Two
Alcester Town 2 Redditch Borough 1
Boldmere Sports and Social Falcons 5 Lane Head 0
Bolehall Swifts 0 Knowle 4
Coton Green 4 Hampton 1
Coventry Alvis 1 Fairfield Villa 3
Inkberrow 0 Earlswood Town 3
Division Three
Balsall and Berkswell 2 Enville Athletic 1
Bartley Reds 0 DSC United 5
Birmingham Tigers 3 Upton Town 5
Castle Vale Town 3 Coventrians 5
Continental Star 0 AFC Solihull 10
Leamington Hibernian 3 Central Ajax 6
Sutton United 2 AFC Coventry Rangers 4

IT'S FA Cup day today, with four of our teams bidding to get into the second qualifying round.
Lichfield City play Southern League Premier Nuneaton Borough with a 3.30pm kick off because of live coverage on the BBC I-player and Tividale are at home to Spalding United of the Northern Premier Midland division.
Hanley Town and Stone Old Alleynians travel to Leicester Road and Anstey Nomads respectively. Both of the home sides are in the United Counties Premier Division South.
Leagul action returns to the Sports Ground, Lye as Lye Town take on Racing Club Warwick and Shifnal Town are at home to Highgate United at the Acoustafoam Stadium.  
Full Saturday fixtures (3pm unless stated)
FA Cup First Qualifying round
Lichfield City v Nuneaton Borough (3.30)
Leicester Road v Hanley Town
Anstey Nomads v Sto
Stone Old Alleynians
Tividale v Spalding United
MFL Premier
Lye Town v RC Warwick
Shifnal v Highgate United
Bewdley Town v AFC Wulfrunians
Boldmere St Michaels v Walsall Wood
Uttoxeter Town v Haughmond
Whitchurch Alport v Worcester City
Division One
AFC Bridgnorth v Heath Hayes
Ashby Ivanhoe v Khalsa Football Federation
Atherstone Town v Paget Rangers
Bilston Town Community v Darlaston Town 1874
Coventry Copsewood v OJM Black Country
Dudley Sports v Nuneaton Griff
Shawbury United v Chelmsley Town
Stapenhill v Cradley Town
Wednesfield v Wolverhampton Sporting Community



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IT'S FA Cup day today, with four of our teams bidding to get into the second qualifying round.
Lichfield City play Southern League Premier Nuneaton Borough with a 3.30pm kick off because of live coverage on the BBC I-player and Tividale are at home to Spalding United of the Northern Premier Midland division.
Hanley Town and Stone Old Alleynians travel to Leicester Road and Anstey Nomads respectively. Both home sides are in the United Counties Premier Division South.
Football action returns to the Sports Ground, Lye as Lye Town take on Racing Club Warwick and Shifnal Town are at home to Highgate United at the Acoustafoam Stadium.  
Full Saturday fixtures (3pm unless stated)
FA Cup First Qualifying round
Lichfield City v Nuneaton Borough (3.30)
Leicester Road v Hanley Town
Anstey Nomads v Sto
Stone Old Alleynians
Tividale v Spalding United
MFL Premier
Lye Town v RC Warwick
Shifnal v Highgate United
Bewdley Town v AFC Wulfrunians
Boldmere St Michaels v Walsall Wood
Uttoxeter Town v Haughmond
Whitchurch Alport v Worcester City
Division One
AFC Bridgnorth v Heath Hayes
Ashby Ivanhoe v Khalsa Football Federation
Atherstone Town v Paget Rangers
Bilston Town Community v Darlaston Town 1874
Coventry Copsewood v OJM Black Country
Dudley Sports v Nuneaton Griff
Shawbury United v Chelmsley Town
Stapenhill v Cradley Town
Wednesfield v Wolverhampton Sporting Community
Division Two
Alcester Town v Redditch Borough
Boldmere Sports and Social Falcons v Lane Head
Bolehall Swifts v Knowle
Coton Green v Hampton
Coventry Alvis v Fairfield Villa
Inkberrow v Earlswood Town
Division Three 
Birmingham Tigers v Upton Town (2pm)
Balsall and Berkswell v Enville Athletic
Bartley Reds v DSC United
Castle Vale Town v Coventrians
Continental Star v AFC Solihull
Leamingt Hibernian v Central Ajax
Sutton United v AFC Coventry Rangers
WLV Sport v AFC Birmingham

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IN the final article this week featuring Midland Football League clubs past or present in the FA Cup, we speak to league chairman and Chasetown FC president Michael Joiner about the first time FA Cup fever hit the club.

Mick Joiner says his claim to fame is being featured live on Match of The Day - for around 30 seconds.
The occasion? The 2005-06 FA Cup tie between Chasetown and Oldham Athletic which was broadcast live on said BBC programme.
Mick, then the chairman and now president of Chasetown is also chairman of the Midland Football League. In that season Chasetown competed in - and won - the league's forerunner, the Midland Football Alliance.
The FA Cup run was a pivotal moment in Chasetown's history and came not with little effort to reach that stage. The Scholars had already played eight games including replays and as a result were getting way behind with the league programme.
They faced a race against time to get the ground up to standard, not just because it was going to be featured on television, but because they were in the first round proper and facing a league club,  both of which brings its own requirements from the authorities.
Indeed, even hosting a national and regional media presence rather than the usual local paper would prove problematic, and a whole new caravan type had to be brought in to deal with the demands.
Extra seating, securing the perimeter fencing and player's tunnel, big demands on catering on and off the pitch, plus any number of compliance issues required by the FA, police and local authority were all on the agenda.
Mick said: "It was a wonderful occasion and the club benefited to a massive degree both that season and subsequent ones in term of profile, numbers through the gate and just general interest.
"But when you get through to that stage - and we had to beat Blyth Spartans over two games to get there which was no mean feat - it is a whole new world for a part time club run by a committee and volunteers, even for an ambitious one.
"It was all hands to the pump to make sure we could stage the game and that was probably before the considerations of live television and radio coverage.
"Things come out of the woodwork or in the post that you had no idea you would have to address."Safeguarding issues, building temporary seating or stands, providing a press area and access for TV vans, not to mention an explosion in the amount of hospitality provided - the phone calls were none stop.
"There was also the money issue as we had to decide how gate receipts were divided between the two teams, taking into account the expenses which had to be paid for before either club made anything."
Chasetown received £75,000 in television money and both teams shared £18,000 for the game being broadcast on Five Live radio but very little of it went into the playing budget and Chasetown again found themselves up against it in the league when the initial game was a 1-1 draw.
"That meant another replay," said Mick, "And by the time the cup run was over we found ourselves playing catch up to the tune of nine games, with the main focus at the start of the season having been the league.
Chasetown lost the replay 4-0 but went on to win the Midland Alliance with a 2-0 victory over Romulus on the final day of the season, when the BBC revisited The Scholars to do a piece on them.
Mick said: "It was a wonderful day playing Oldham and having our day in the spotlight, and I always say I got my 30 seconds of fame being interviewed on the television at half time.
"It was to be repeated possibly even more famously two seasons later when we got to the third round and played Cardiff and possibly we were more prepared for the Cardiff game having had a taste of it.
"But to be a Midland Alliance club who up until then had played in front of an average gate of 100 to being featured live on national television for the first time was not only a memorable day but also at the time a daunting one.
"We made some money out of it yes although not as much as people thought because of the work that had to be done, but it did provide a base for us to continue to improve the ground and the club - it certainly didn't go straight into the playing budget.
"It's a cliche and it has been repeated many times possibly but it just shows what power the FA Cup can have in providing a means to progress on and off the field."
Clockwise from top: The Scholars with temporary stand in place; Action from Chasetown v Oldham; Mick Joiner with his Chasetown scarf and the matchday programme from the home game.

What do you think of when you think of Lichfield? The three spired cathedral? Author Samuel Johnson? An actress who grew up in nearby Shenstone and appeared in Friends? 
Perhaps the last one is now a quiz question, answer below,  but whatever you think of, the Staffordshire city is not really noted by the general public for its football team. Rugby Union in the 1980s? Yes but football, no.
But Lichfield City are about to change all that when they take on Nuneaton Borough on Saturday in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup, to a potential worldwide audience of millions.
Lichfield's attractive home tie with Nuneaton Borough has been chosen for coverage on the BBC and the 3.30 kick off on Saturday will be available on the red button, i-player, the BBC sport website and app. 
Ok you won't see hoardes of TV vans roll into the City Ground, one camera and one operator is all that is needed in this digital age and commentator Tom Gayle and summariser, former Everton midfielder Leon Osman will be broadcasting 'off tube' from Salford.
But make no mistake, this game and the occasion is massive for a club which has only existed in continuance since 2008 and before then had only had two seasons in the 1990s in the West Midlands League.
Darren Leaver is the secretary of Lichfield City and the man tasked with the preparations for the TV coverage, including an interview for Midlands Today because the chairman is 'camera shy'.
Seriously though, TV doesn't just 'happen' and Darren has spent a large part of the week taking calls off the BBC for their preparations, as well as dealing with any number of other things such as ticketing, a media list, hospitality, sponsorship and just general enquiries.
He said: "It's been non stop but an enjoyable non stop and if it brings in some money and -just as importantly - raises the profile of the club as a whole, then it will have been worthwhile.
"Sponsorship and hospitality packages have almost sold out now and this tie has really captured the imagination of people in the city and beyond."
Darren reckons the club will clear at least £5,000 when TV money, gate money, bar takings and prize money have been taken into account and he hopes the knock on effect of it all will be to not only promote the club but to get more people through the gate in the long term.
He said: "Lichfield has never really been known for football. In some ways it has been too easy to hop on a cross city line train and go and watch Villa or Blues or someone else but we are hopefully making a name for ourselves now.
"Promotion of the first team to the Premier division of the Midland Football League has helped and the TV coverage can only be good for us but Lichfield City is about more than that. We run 24 teams from under 7s to girls teams through to under 21, with facilities that are the envy of many teams - it has been hard work to get to this stage and any money we make will be invested in the club.
"When we agreed to take on the lease of the ground and the social club, people told us we would never get permission to put up lights for example - that the council didn't see the city as a footballing place.
"That was in 2008-09 when we were in Midland Combination Division Three and by 2017 we not only had lights but a 3G pitch which can be used seven days a week and were moving up the leagues, eventually moving up to the Midland Football League.
"This is the joint furthest we have been in the FA Cup, having only first entered in 2014 and it is one of the biggest home games in our short history - made spicier because of the fact our manager lives in Nuneaton.
Ivor Green cut his managerial teeth at Atherstone, winning  three trophies during his time at Sheepy Road, leaving them during the 2019-20 with them well placed to chase promotion.
He is on record as saying it was the team that had been assembled under former boss Jamie Hawkins, and the facilities the club had developed that attracted him to the job, when he wasn't particularly looking for one.
Darren said some of Ivor's friends from Nuneaton would be coming to the game on Saturday to shout Lichfield on and give him some stick and that it added to the occassion.
But what of the players?  Will they get camera shy?
He said: "We have a mainly young squad who are looking forward to their turn in the limelight but they are professional and will be focused when the game kicks off although there is obviously a lot of banter flying around before it.
"One of them, Kyle Patterson, has played for LA Galaxy and Hollywood United with some movie stars so he may be one who poses for the camera but seriously it is good to have a bit of experience on board.
"At the start of the season, having been fortunate to be promoted to the Premier we would have taken staying up as a success but the way we have started we are probably looking to push on to the top half and the FA Cup is just a bonus we can all look forward to."
*You can see Lichfield City on BBC Midlands Today and follow the game on the i-player or red button from 3.30pm on Saturday.
Below (Clockwise): Lichfield's famou three spiered cathedral; Lichfield City FC; Actress Helen Baxendale and Samuel Johnson-famous writer and son of Lichfield.