Non-League: Moles are on a roll
Hellenic Divison 1 East side Binfield have rightly justified the tag of 'title contenders' with four wins from six games, but the Moles are facing a goalkeeping crisis ahead of champions Bisley Sports' trip to Stubbs Lane.
Regular keeper Martin Hutt (pictured) is a long-term absentee, and Courtney Isaacs, brought in as cover, injured himself on the morning of last Saturday's win over Prestwood.
Midfielder Carl Withers donned the gloves for that game, but was subsequently sent off and Dave Fenton took over.
Despite being down to 10 men, the Moles ran out 2-0 victors, and manager Richard Whitty is now confident his side can pick up all three points against Bisley.
The reigning champions, who effectively became Farnborough FC's reserve side in the close season, were beaten twice over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Sports, though, managed by former Bracknell Town midfielder Ian Savage, won their first three games of the season and will prove a stern test of Binfield's title credentials.
Elsewhere in Division 1 East, Finchampstead travel to Chinnor looking for their first win of the season, while Wokingham & Emmbrook boss Jeremy Lynch has called for some 'big performances' from his top players – who travel to Rayners Lane this weekend, as the division's whipping boys slumped to the bottom of the table.
Marlow United host Prestwood at Wilks Park, Ascot United travel to Penn & Tylers Green and Holyport visit Thame United.
British Gas League sides Didcot Town, Bracknell Town and Thatcham Town are all in FA Cup Preliminary Round action this weekend with prize money of £1,000 on offer for the victors of each tie.
The Railwaymen of Didcot Town face a tricky trip to Wessex League side Christchurch, who hammered Aylesbury Vale 6-1 in the Extra Preliminary Round.
Scott Davis is definitely out of the tie, and is expected to be sidelined for the next six weeks following ankle ligament damage sustained last weekend, while Grant Goodall is also a doubt.
Didcot will face either Windsor & Eton or Marlow in the next round if they beat Christchurch.
Bracknell Town also face a trip into the unknown when they visit Wootton Bassett Town of the Hellenic League Division 1 West on Sunday.
The Robins are struggling in the league, and lost assistant manager and former Reading Town boss Colin Millard last weekend, but manager Jon Underwood is hoping the cup tie will kick start his side's season.
Underwood stressed he will not be taking the lower league side lightly, and knows he has a lot to live up to with Bracknell's decent FA Cup pedigree in recent years – the Robins have reached both the first round proper and final qualifying round in the last seven years.
Thatcham Town visit Kidlington, while Hellenic League side Henley Town face Reading Town's conqueror's Bemerton Heath Harlequins and Sandhurst Town travel to the South Coast to face Fareham.
Blue Square Southern League side Maidenhead United are looking to build on their first league win of the season at Sutton United on Monday when they welcome a struggling Bognor Regis Town side to York Road tomorrow.
Manager Johnson Hippolyte will have to make do without midfielders Darti Brown and Dave Clarke who both begin suspensions, but he was buoyed by the performance of Leon Fisher last weekend and is expecting Serge Makofo to be in contention.
Hippolyte admitted though that his side has been low on confidence following their slow start to the season and blamed individual mistakes for poor form on his side's return to the Blue Square Premier, that has yielded just four points from five games.