Rugby Town face local Warwickshire rivals Atherstone Town in the FA Cup sponsored by E.On Preliminary Qualifying Round this Saturday at Butlin Road.

	Date Saturday 28th August 2010 Kick-off 3pm Venue Butlin Road, Rugby, CV21 3SD. Comp FA Cup Preliminary Qualifying Round

Rugby have started the league season with three straight draws but will hope to get into winning habits to make progress to the First Qualifying Round.

Five games stand in the way of Valley and a place in the First Round Proper - a place Rugby have not been since 1993.

Valley's FA Cup record in recent seasons has seen mixed success with runs to the 3rd Qualifying Round in 2006 & 2008 before unfortunate exits at the hands of Chelmsford City and Bishop's Stortford respectively.

Martin Sockett will be without the services of centre back Callum Burgess who has decided to join Blue Square North side Hinckley United.

Sockett has been successful in securing the signatures of two new players - defender Gary Moran and striker Joe Harris.

Moran rejoins the club from Redditch five and a half years after leaving. The right back made over 100 league appearances for Valley in his first spell for the club between 2002 and 2005.

Harris joins from Hucknall Town. The tall striker spent last season at Ilkeston Town after coming through the youth system at Swansea City.

Atherstone Town : Like Rugby, the Adders have made an unbeaten start to the season with a win and two draws.

Head2Head: Valley have a long history against Atherstone including several meetings in the FA Cup. The last meeting came in 2007 in the Birmingham Senior Cup with the Adders winning 1-0.

Team news: With no Burgess, Martin will have to select a new partner for Niki Preston with Chris Charles expected to deputise.

Moran and Harris will both be available for selection while Chad Sheppard and Dave Timmins will both still be unavailable through injury.

Paddy Connolly will miss Saturday's game after sustaining a badly cut lip against Biggleswade. Danny Edmond should be fit to feature after missing last Saturday through illness.

Valley squad from: Dave Clarke; Nick Heath, Danny Hall, Chris Charles, Niki Preston, Gary Moran, Chris Sockett; Craig Civzelis, Ben Steane, Lee Thomas, Richard Wesley, Kieran Fitzharris; Danny Edmond, Seb Hamilton, Warwick Alexander, Joe Harris.