Cray Wanderers are in Kent Senior Cup action on Wednesday, 5th October and for the second straight year they have been drawn against the holders of the competition. 
Dartford won the Cup for the eleventh time in the history of this long running tournament back in May when they beat the then holders Charlton Athletic 3-1 in the final at Princes Park. Kick off at Hayes Lane is 7.45pm
Although Cray are likely to field some of their younger players for this game, Dartford always take the competition seriously and are likely to send over a very experienced team.
Cray in the league have started to run into good form with three straight wins but now take in a couple of cup games over the next few days. There were reals signs against Molesey on Saturday that Cray were really starting to crank up the gears and the 3-0 win certainly didn’t flatter the visitors. The Wands sit sixth in the table after 11 games and a continuation of that form over the next few weeks will keep Cray up there with the leading teams.
Many of the Cray team who will play on Wednesday have already performed well in league and cup matches this season and the likes of Jai McKinlay, Timi Osidobu, Anthony Adesite, Ben Mundele and Max Williams have made positive contributions and will not look out of place against their more higher ranked opponents.
Tony Burman’s Dartford side have made a good start to their Conference South season and are currently seventh in the table, nine points behind the leaders Maidenhead United. They come into the game on the back of a dramatic FA cup win as a last minute winner sent the Darts through at Slough Town to an intriguing looking 4th Qualifying Round tie at Tonbridge Angels.
Wands fans will recall some good battles with Dartford particularly in cup ties, in Kent League games for three seasons in the mid 90’s, and most recently in the Ryman South and Premier. There has always been a friendly rivalry between the two clubs though and this should continue under the lights at Hayes Lane on Wednesday evening. It was the Wands that helped Dartford in the 90’s get back on a sound footing with allowing a ground sharing arrangement at Oxford Road.