Rovers must travel in FA Cup

From the archive, first published Tuesday 27th Sep 2005.

BROMSGROVE Rovers' next FA Cup encounter cannot come quick enough after an excellent second qualifying round win against Hinckley United.

Rovers' reward for their 3-1 success is a trip to local rivals Halesowen Town on Saturday week, a match likely to feature ex-Victoria Ground favourites Steve Pope and Chris Smith.

Assistant manager Bernard Mackie said: "It's a great draw for us and after beating Hinckley, I think the lads will be up for it."

Two strikes from Mark Danks and one from Wayne Dyer saw Rovers come back from a goal down to beat their Nationwide North opponents.

Mackie added: "It was fantastic because we lost a goal after 30 seconds and the lads just stuck in and we got the goals we deserved in the second-half."

Rovers look to stretch their unbeaten run to five games with a home Southern League Division One West match against Bedworth tonight (7.45).

Defender Matt Johnson is back following suspension, but striker Leon Mitchell has been released.

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