It's a tie that pits possibly the 2 biggest clubs, the 2 favourites for the competition and 2 respective league leaders together and one which could have possibly sold out twice, as it is, the capacity at Worcester's Claine Lane ground is limited and only 210 Emley fans managed to get hold of tickets, that's still an impressive number and as always they will give the team their full backing.

It is the first ever meeting between Worcester City and Emley, although both clubs do have a rich FA Cup heritage, Emley going close to earning a draw at West Ham in 1998 after knocking out 2 football league clubs, but Worcester can add 2 FA Cup winners to their list of scalps, Coventry City in 2014 and unbelievably, Liverpool in 1959 on their way to the 4th round.

Many local fans may remember Worcester hosting Huddersfield Town at their old St George's Lane ground in 2005 which town won 1-0.

Emley are looking to make their 3rd appearance in a Vase semi final following 1987 and 1988 , where they lost to St Helens Town in 87, but beat Bashley a year later to reach Wembley where they lost to an extra time goal against Colne Dynamoes, Worcester's best effort in this competition was a 5th round defeat to Atherstone Town in 2020.

To get to this stage, both clubs have won 7 ties already and both clubs posting some impressive scoreline, in the previous round, Emley saw off previous winners Whickham in front of the biggest crowd at Emley since 1999, whilst Worcester hammered local rivals Stourport Swifts, 5-1 in front of 1,903, a record attendance for Stourport.

In their 7 games, Emley have scored 18 goals and conceded only 2, and haven't conceded in the previous 4 rounds.
Worcester, meanwhile have scored 24 including an 8-1 thumping of Bridgnorth in the first qualifying round, City have conceded 5.

THE PATHS SO FAR
Q1:
Emley 3-0 Sandbach Utd, Att- 233
Worcester 8-1 AFC Bridgnorth, Att- 431
Q2:
Brigg Town 1-3 Emley, Att- 251
Worcester 2-2 Rugby Borough (5-4) Att- 388
R1:
Emley 2-1 Guisborough Town, Att- 275
Worcester 2-0 Sleaford Town, Att- 586
R2:
Emley 1-0 Heaton Stannington, Att- 438
Wolverhampton Casuals 1-3 Worcester, Att- 169
R3:
Emley 4-0 West Didsbury & Chorlton, Att- 385
Worcester 2-0 Boston Town, Att- 180
R4:
Emley 3-0 Charnock Richard, Att- 439
Worcester 2-0 Lichfield City, Att- 769
R5:
Emley 2-0 Whickham, Att- 838
Stourport Swifts 1-5 Worcester, Att- 1,903

It will be a massive test for The Pewits but one they'll relish, Worcester, nicknamed The Faithful have won their last 14 matches and only lost once in the league all season.

HEAD TO HEAD

PREVIOUS MEETINGS: NONE

CURRENT FORM (last 5):
EML W W W W W
WOR W W W W W
CURRENT LEAGUE POSITION:
EML 1/20
WOR 1/20
GOALS SCORED:
EML 135
WOR 144
GOALS CONCEDED:
EML 49
WOR 45
TOP SCORER:
EML Ruben Jerome (34)
WOR Kyle Belmonte (31)
AVERAGE HOME CROWD:
EML 382 (391 league)
WOR (629 league)

MATCHDAY INFORMATION

WHEN? Saturday 9th March 3.00pm

WHERE? Claines Lane, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 7SS

HOW DO WE GET THERE? M1-A42-M42-M5 to J6 (A449) 5th exit off RDBT (s/p Kidderminster/Worcester N) take the A4536 towards Blackpole, left into Hindlip Lane, Left into Droitwich Rd, ground on right.

Public Transport from Worcester: Bus no.144 from Foregate St Station, every 20 mins, journey time approx. 10 mins.

PARKING INFORMATION Parking is limited around the ground, Worcester have made 3 car parks available in the vicinity, including the car park at the ground which must be pre booked online here!

Please see PDF for other parking areas https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.pitchero.com%2Fclubs%2F17656%2FcTwbPvmjS8yXXK8fWOGy_Emley+-+Match+Day+Parking.pdf

SUPPORTERS COACH INFORMATION: The coach leaves Emley at 10am sharp! Parking is available at the ground, the coach will pick up by the village cross, please make sure you arrive at Emley early so we can stick to departure time.

OWW MUCH? This game is all ticket and is sold out, no more tickets are available.

Please don't forget your ticket as there is no admittance without a ticket!

Will there be food and drink available for away support? There are toilets, burger van which will sell hot drinks and a separate area selling alcohol. This will be updated once we hear from the club on Friday.