Match Preview

Sutton will be feeling more positive after last Saturdays much improved performance against Loughborough Dynamo, and their mindset will now turn to the last of the cup competitions with the Walsall Senior Cup game against Rushall Olympic.

The Walsall Senior Cup holders, Rushall Olympic won the final last season against Sporting Khalsa. They won 2-0 and will be favourites to win this competition again.

Rushall Olympic are a local football club based in Rushall, a former mining village and part of the northern suburbs of Walsall. The team now plays in the Southern League Premier Division Central.

They were play-off winners of the Northern Premier League Division One South in 2010/11, and were recent winners of the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 2015/16 and the Walsall Senior Cup in 2011/12. Rushall Olympic were founded in 1893 and are nicknamed ‘the Pics’. They play at Dales Lane ground in Rushall, a stadium which holds 1500 supporters. Their first kit is an amber and black top, black shorts and black socks; their second kit is an Aquamarine and dark blue shirt, dark blue shorts and socks.

The Pics have had a great start to the season, winning 15 of their opening 26 games, and sit in third place in the Southern Central Premier league. The last time Sutton met the Pics was in the FA Cup where the Royals won 1-0.

The Pics are in a higher league than Sutton and look set to be in the mix to progress to the one above. This will be a very tough test for Stringer’s men, but as they have shown against Leamington already this season in the cup, form and standing can go out the window.
This should be a great local derby fixture, and here’s to a great game and the right result.

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