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Sunderland RCA have drawn Hemsworth Miners Welfare away in the second round of the FA Vase.

The match is to be played on Saturday, 21st November 2015. More details and travel arrangements to follow.

Also note that we have drawn Durham City in the Durham Challenge Cup to be played in January. I am not 100% sure where that one will be played.

Harry Pearson at Meadow Park.

Author and journalist Harry Pearson is into his second spell of Northern League football. Last week, he took in the entertaining match between RCA and Washington in what was, I think, his first visit to Meadow Park. I asked Harry if he could pen a few words for us about what Northern League football means to him and here they are.

I first went to a Northern League game when I was writing The Far Corner. The original idea was that the book would be mainly about the North-East’s ‘big three’ with a few bits about non-League. That all changed when I heard my first cry of ‘Away Liner, get involved’ from one of the old blokes in car coats who used to stalk the touchlines back then. After that I went to a lot more Northern League games than League matches. There was so much material from the crowds it practically wrote itself.

On Saturday, 31 October Sunderland RCA travel to Silsden, near Keighley in West Yorkshire to play Silsden FC in the FA Vase.

There are some places on the bus, so if you would like to join us for the day out please be sure to speak to Colin, Graham or Rob as soon as possible, or ring Colin on 07802 523533.

The fare is £6.00. The provisional timings are: meet at Meadow Park for 9:30am, leaving around 10:00, stopping over briefly on the way there and back, leaving Silsden at around 6/6.30pm and aiming to be back in Sunderland around 10.00.

Once again the injury hoodoo strikes. This time to our influential club captain Clayton Davis, a torn groin and snapped tendons mean a long lay-off.

The initial indication is that he will be out of action for at least two months with a further period for re-habilitaion.

It couldn't have come at a worse time for him as he was playing some of the best football of his career and is the motivating force behind the team, he is the manager's voice on the pitch and will be a great loss.