King's Lynn boss expects a tough Vase tie at Gresley.
Gresley v King's Lynn Town
The FA Carlsberg Vase
Second Round Proper
3pm, Saturday 19 November 2011
Moat Ground, Gresley FC
Winning clubs receive £1200 from The FA's prize fund
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King's Lynn Town will be hoping to keep up their sensational cup record of recent times when they meet Gresley in a mouth-watering FA Vase Second Round clash.
The Linnets, who reformed at the start of last season after being wound up in November 2009, have emerged as a real force at the non-League's Step Five level.
Last season, the club amassed a superb 103 points in the league, finishing second in the United Counties League, as well as reaching The FA Vase Semi-Finals.
They have maintained that form this year, reaching the final Qualifying Round of The FA Cup before going down 2-1 against Conference side Tamworth.
It is a start that has pleased boss Gary Setchell, who also admits that his side couldn't have been handed a much tougher Second-Round draw.
"I'd have thought that both ourselves and Gresley are among 40 or so clubs who could realistically get to Wembley," said Setchell.
"We've had them watched twice and they're a very good team. We can't read too much into it though because they've got a lot of good players and rotate their team around.
"We know we couldn't have had a much more difficult game. This tie could easily have been a quarter final, but we've been dealt the draw now so we just have to get on with it."
Certainly, whoever comes through this clash will be among the tournament's favourites. Gresley currently lie in third place in the Midland Football Alliance, and are unbeaten in eight games heading into the weekend's crunch encounter.
Similarly to Kings Lynn, Gresley are a reformed club having been founded in 2009, and Setchell knows the advantages that come with such a situation.
"It is really hard building a club from scratch, but we were lucky because we were able to attract good players," he said.
"King's Lynn is a good place to play your football. We get around 700 people watching every week, and there's also the lure of having a chance of getting to Wembley."
