Farsley Celtic and South Shields will battle it out for a third time in two weeks on Tuesday, with a trip to Stafford Rangers in the FA Trophy 2nd qualifying round at stake. A Carl Finnigan penalty cancelled out James Walshaw’s opener in Saturday’s draw, with the previous meeting in the Integro League Cup seeing South Shields prevail on penalties following a 2-2 draw at Mariners Park.

The Celts are without a win in five, although conversely have lost just one of their last nine games. In their last five Farsley have drawn with Lancaster City (1-1), South Shields twice (2-2 and 1-1) and Ashton United (3-3), whilst losing to Mickleover Sports (3-0). Farsley will be without the services of the injured Richard Marshall and Nathan Turner, whilst Adam Porritt will be a doubt after missing the original tie. Ahead of the game Farsley manager Adam Lakeland said “It is unfortunate not to see the game out with only a couple of minutes to go, but we will dust ourselves down and look to go again on Tuesday in what will be another competitive and exciting game.”

South Shields are still yet to lose an FA Trophy game, with this being the FA Vase champions’ first campaign in the competition. The Mariners defeated Scarborough Athletic 5-2 in the preliminary round, before scoring an injury-time equaliser at Throstle Nest on Saturday to secure the draw. South Shields are now unbeaten in four games with draws against Farsley Celtic twice, and wins over Mossley (3-2) and Jarrow Roofing (4-0). Their last defeat came to National League side Hartlepool United (2-1) in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round. They have no apparent injury concerns.

The game takes place on Tuesday at Mariners Park, postcode NE32 3UP. Kick off is at 7.45pm with admission prices £8 adults, £6 adults and £2 U16s. If you can’t make the game there will be updates on Twitter with @FarsleyCelticFC or you can listen to the game on Live Sports FM HERE.