RUGBY Town’s attentions shift back to the FA Cup this weekend when Evesham United are the visitors in the preliminary round of the competition.
Valley secured the tie after a deserved 2-1 victory at Coventry United in the extra preliminary round – a mirror image scoreline against the same club in the same round of their 2017 FA Cup adventure.
Saturday’s opponents Evesham currently play one level higher than Town in Southern League Division One South having failed to gain promotion via the play-offs for the third time in four years at the end of the previous campaign.
The two teams last faced each other nine seasons ago in the Southern League Premier Division when the Robins recorded a win and a draw against Lee Colkin and Michael Love’s side in what turned out to be the end of Rugby’s six-year stay at that level as a result of their bottom-placed finish at the end of the 2009/10 term.
The first meeting between the two clubs dates back to October 1979, though, when 116 people attended an FA Vase round one tie at Butlin Road – which the visitors won 1-0.
Adams will have been generally happy by what he saw of his side at Butlin Road last Saturday, with striker Danico Johnson continuing his excellent run in front of goal with three more strikes.
Johnson had also recorded a hat-trick in Valley’s opening league fixture at Peterborough Northern Star and followed this up with both goals in the cup at Coventry a fortnight later, with his Boston tally therefore taking his total for the season to eight in just four games.
