FA CUP PREVIEW: SEVENOAKS TOWN

This Saturday (16th August 2025), we welcome Sevenoaks Town to the Armada Group Stadium for an Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round tie, to determine who will advance to the 1st Qualifying Round.

The winners will be put into the hat on Monday, pocketing £1,444 in prize money (with the losers gaining £481 too).

Both sides have already won their first matches in this season’s competition with Casuals besting Abbey Rangers 4-2 and Sevenoaks defeating Athletic Newham 3-1 at the beginning of the month. Finding their name on the scoresheet that day was Warren Mfula – a familiar name to Casuals fans from his time here under James Bracken. Mfula, who scored 32 goals in 73 appearances for Corinth has hit the target twice for Town this season – most recently in a 2-2 draw with Ashford United on Tuesday.

They came from behind to snatch a point at the death – their first this season following a 2-0 defeat at home to Croydon Athletic on the opening day of the Isthmian League South East Division, playing one level higher than Casuals.

When we last met, the tables were turned. Corinth had been promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division, finding themselves one level higher than Sevenoaks at Step 4. The occasion was once again the FA Cup, meeting in the First Qualifying Round back in 2019 with the spoils going to the Casuals. A resounding 4-0 win (photo above) came about via goals from Nat Pinney, Coskun Ekim and Reyon Dillon.

But Oaks will be a different prospect six years on with Marcel Nimani’s side finishing in the top ten of the Step 4 league last term. With their status as higher league opponents, it’s likely they’ll be bookies slight favourite going into the tie. But Casuals Manager Mu Maan is relishing the challenge. “This is a massive game for us as a club,” said Maan on Monday. “This is exactly what football is about and why we do this. I know it’s still early doors but before you know it, you’ll be knocking on the door to getting into the first round proper.”

Kick-off at the Armada Group Stadium, Tolworth is at 3pm. Both bars along with the club shop will be open and our award-winning programme will also be up for grabs, subject to availability. Admission is Adults - £10, Concessions & Under 18's - £6, Under 16's - £3 and Under-13's come in for a quid. Season tickets DO NOT count towards this game as it is an FA Competition.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.