AFTER progressing to the fourth round of qualifying, Western NSW FC has a tough task ahead in its latest match in the FFA Cup against St George FC.
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The NPL NSW4 team progressed to the fourth round of qualifying after defeating Gladesville Ravens 5-2, with the draw for the latest round made by Football NSW on Wednesday.
A date has not been confirmed for the match at the moment, but Western's opponents play two division above in NSW NPL2.
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St George FC currently play its football in NSW NPL2, two division up from Western and is currently sitting in last place.
Western coach Mark Rooke said he'll prepare himself for the game by going over footage of Saints' game.
"I'll look over their footage because they have a lot of their games on Facebook," he said.
"I'll look over it in the next week or so and figure something out."
The game has been booked as a St George FC home game, however, a date is yet to be confirmed due to Western rescheduling a match with Camden Tigers on Tuesday, April 20, the same week the FFA Cup match was meant to be played.
"We've got a catch-up game against Camden and we actually ticked off on that on Wednesday and I believe the FFA Cup was meant to be played in that time period, so there'll be a bit of negotiating to figure out dates and everything for games," Rooke said.
For this Saturday, Western has its regular competition to look forward to, with a match against Nepean FC at Marjorie Jackson Oval in Lithgow.
Western has yet to pick up a point in any of its first four games and is coming off a 8-0 defeat to Newcastle Jets.
"On the weekend against Newcastle, they were in a completely different space to where we are at," he said.
"They train six days a week and they're playing some really good young guys who don't work, they just play football.
"Hopefully we can take some good things into our match against Nepean."
Western's under 20s game on Saturday at Marjorie Jackson Oval will kick-off at 11am, followed by the first grade match at 1pm.
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