Witton kick off their Emirates FA Challenge Cup campaign on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Midland Football League Premier Division Congleton Town in a Preliminary Round tie.
The Bears enjoyed a successful season last time round with an excellent excellent run in the FA Vase which saw them reach the Semi Finals and they also won the Cheshire Senior Cup by overcoming Altrincham on penalties.
Their Midland Football League Premier Division season kicked off last weekend with a 2-0 defeat at Lichfield City and they were due to host Uttoxeter Town in their opening home gamer on Tuesday night.
The game on Saturday sees the return of Albion striker Tom Pope, who gave excellent service to the Bears during his time there and he is likely to come up against former Witton defender Darren Chadwick.
FA Cup games have a habit of throwing up a few upsets and Jon Macken will be doing his utmost to make sure that Witton are not amongst them.
Kick off at the Cleric Stadium is 3pm.
CONGLETON TOWN FC,
CLERIC STADIUM,
IVY GARDENS,
CONGLETON,
CHESHIRE,
CW12
Directions: From King Street/A530. Continue to follow A530 for 0.3 miles. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A530 for 0.3 miles. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A530 for 2.3 miles. Continue straight onto King Street/B5309 and follow for 1.0 mile. Turn left on B5309 and follow for 0.4 miles. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Centurion Way/B5309 and follow for 0.4 miles. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Holmes Chapel Road/A54 and follow for 1.8 miles. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the M6 slip road to Stoke-on-Trent/Birmingham and follow for 0.5 miles. Merge onto M6 and follow for 3.0 miles. At junction 17, take the A534 exit to Congleton/Sandbach and follow for 0.3 miles. Keep left at the fork and merge onto Old Mill Road/A534. Continue to follow A534 for 4.2 miles. At Walhill Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A534 for 1.2 miles. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Holmes Chapel Road/A34. Continue to follow A34 for 0.4 miles. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto West Street and continue for 446 ft. Turn right onto Astbury Street and follow for 0.1 mile. Turn left onto Crescent Road and continue for 289 ft. Turn right onto Ivy Gardens. Destination will be on the left after 190 ft.
Please note: Directions are taken from the internet. Other alternative routes may be considered.
Parking: There is no parking for spectators at the stadium. The nearest Car Park is in West Street and is 5 minutes walk from the stadium.
Admission Prices: Adults: £8, Concessions(Over 65’s/Under 16’s): £5, Under 12’s: £3.
Matchday Programme: There are NO printed matchday programmes available. An electronic version may be available online.
Social Club: The Social Club is inside the stadium. Alcohol is permitted inside the stadium but MUST be in a plastic beaker.
Refreshments: The Tea Bar is at the side of the Social Club.
Toilet Facilities: There are toilets inside the Social Club including wheelchair accessible facilities. There are also toilets near to the players tunnel but please note: these are NOT wheelchair accessible.
Additional Information: Should the game be drawn, the replay will take place at the U Lock It Stadium on Tuesday night with a 7.45pm kick off. Should the game be decided then we will travel to Bootle FC also on Tuesday night in a Northern Premier League West Division fixture also with a 7.45pm kick off.
Witton team news & latest score updates will appear here as and when they become available.
Team news: Witton make five changes to the starting line-up that beat Mossley on Tuesday night. New signing Harry Wright makes his debut in goal in place of Ollie Martin who misses out due to injury whilst Joe Mwasile, Ryan Baxter, Connor Hughes & Aarron Grewal all start. Elliot Rokka, Oli Roberts & Cameron Fogerty drop down to the bench. Lee Jackson is still missing due to injury, whilst Joe Duckworth is still suspended & Tom Pope on holiday.
Witton team:
Harry Wright, Mike Koral, Taylor Kennerley, Ben Harrison, Oliver Hitchcox, Kingsley Williams, Joe Mwasile, James Lawrie, Ryan Baxter, Connor Hughes. Aarron Grewal.
Subs: Elliot Rokka, Oli Roberts, Cameron Fogerty, Harry Cain, Dorian Jedrzejczyk.
Congleton Town have former Albion centre half Darren Chadwick in their starting line-up.
Latest Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Emirates FA Challenge Cup Preliminary Round:
Congleton Town 0 Witton Albion 0.
20 minutes played.
Half Time Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Emirates FA Challenge Cup Preliminary Round:
Congleton Town 0 Witton Albion 0.
Connor Hughes & Ryan Baxter have both gone close for Albion.
A reminder that if the game is drawn, the replay will take place at the U Lock It Stadium on Tuesday night with a 7.45pm kick off.
GOAL
Latest Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Emirates FA Challenge Cup Preliminary Round:
Congleton Town 1 Witton Albion 0.
Daniel Needham gives the Bears the lead on 55 minutes from George Sankey’s pass.
Witton Substitutions:
Connor Hughes replaced by Elliot Rokka on 56 minutes.
Joe Mwasile replaced by Cameron Fogerty on 56 minutes.
GOALLLLL
Latest Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Elliot Rokka equalises for the Albion on 57 minutes his shot from an angle beats Town keeper Dave Parton.
Witton Substitution:
Aarron Grewal replaced by Harry Cain on 57 minutes.
Three red cards on the sidelines!
Yellow card:
Witton’s James Lawrie on 64 minutes.
Get in 
Surely we can see this out.
Yellow card:
Witton’s Kingsley Williams on 74 minutes.
Red Cards:
Witton Manager Jon Macken on 77 minutes.
Witton Coach Josh Hull on 77 minutes.
Congleton Town manager Richard Duffy on 78 minutes.
GOALLLLL
Latest Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Emirates FA Challenge Cup Preliminary Round:
Congleton Town 1 Witton Albion 2.
Elliot Rokka gets his second of the afternoon on 82 minutes firing Mike Koral’s cross past Dave Parton in the Bears goal.
Job done boys, great result 
Yellow card:
Witton’s Mike Koral on 90+5 minutes.
Full Time Score from The Cleric Stadium:
Emirates FA Challenge Cup Preliminary Round:
Congleton Town 1 Witton Albion 2.
Today’s Attendance: 492.
Through to the First Qualifying Round and £1,444 in the bank.
We are away at Bootle FC on Tuesday night in a Northern Premier League West Division fixture - kick off 7.45pm.
Any idea when the draw for the next round is
Usually Monday lunchtime.