Recovering Blues draw Rangers

Leek Town must travel to Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division Stafford Rangers in the first round of the Staffordshire Senior Cup.

At the same stage of the county cup last season the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South side defeated Stafford 2-0 at Harrison Park with second half goals from Tim Grice and Sean Turner.

Striker Grice is out of their FA Cup Second Qualifying Round clash with Bridgnorth at Harrison Park this Saturday after picking up a hamstring injury in the FA Trophy win at Warrington at the weekend.

Grice was forced to limp out of the game shortly before the break and he joins Danny Roberts, broken finger, Ant Danylyk, ankle, and Dan Cope, knee, on a growing injury list.

Cope is set to see a specialist on Tuesday for the results of the scan on his knee but Blues manager Lee Caswell can definitely look forward to the return of two key players for the FA Cup match.

Striker Peter Wright is back after missing the Trophy win for a family wedding while midfielder Sam Hall also returns after being away on business in Poland.