Sutton Still On Trophy Road
- Mark Bravery
- Feb 6, 2017
- 2 min read
The games keep coming for Sutton United on three different fronts, and this Tuesday (7th February) they travel to Boreham Wood for a replay in the third round of the FA Trophy.
Sutton's interest in this competition looked to be hanging by a thread in last Saturday's encounter between these sides as referee Dean Treleaven reduced Sutton to nine men, but the depleted team kept the score at 0-0 and so earned a second chance. Having needed a replay and extra time to overcome Worthing in the previous round, Sutton now face their fifth match in this season's Trophy run.
The winners of this replay will be at home to another National League club, current leaders Lincoln City, in the quarter-finals.
Manager Paul Doswell will be missing four players through suspension, with midfield duo Nicky Bailey and Roarie Deacon completing their two-match bans and joined on the sidelines by the pair dismissed on Saturday, left back Ben Jefford and midfielder Craig Eastmond. As Jefford's dismissal was for a second booking, he will only miss this match. Eastmond's was a straight red and so he is set to miss three games.
Sutton may also still be without defender Dean Beckwith and wingers Bradley Hudson-Odoi and Jeffrey Monakana through injury.
Doswell does at least have five strikers available in Maxime Biamou, Craig McAllister, Matt Tubbs, Dan Fitchett and Pape Gueye. Dan Spence started in midfield on Saturday but is likely to revert to full back in Jefford's absence. That could mean Baboye Traore and Craig Dundas bolstering the midfield alongside Bedsente Gomis and Adam May. Simon Downer has been a more than able deputy for Beckwith in central defence but is one booking away from his own two-match suspension.
Should the scores by level after 90 minutes, and again after 30 minutes extra time, this tie would be settled by a penalty shoot-out.