A 600-MILE round trip awaits Pickering Town on February 11 after drawing former FA Vase winners Wimborne Town in the last 16.

The Pikes earned a first-ever foray into the fifth round of the non-league competition after beating Tavistock 3-0 at the Recreation Ground on Saturday and must face the late conquerors of Midland side Leamington complete with multi-million pound footballer Paul Rideout.

The former Aston Villa, Southampton and Everton forward got Wimborne's first in the nail-biting 3-2 victory at Leamington in front of a crowd of 746 and the 41-year-old is top-scorer this season with 11 goals.

Rideout scored the only goal in Everton's FA Cup final win against Manchester United at Wembley in 1995.

Wimborne Town are currently mid-table in division one of the Sydenhams Wessex League - the same level as the Northern Counties East League premier division in the national pyramid set-up.

They won the Vase in the 1991/92 season after beating favourites Guiseley 5-3 in the final at Wembley - and they will be more than up for a repeat of that performance.

Pikes chairman Tony Dunning said: "We wouldn't mind going away as long as we miss Buxton and Arnold from our own division."

And he believes there is no reason why his side should not go even further into the quarter-finals and beyond.

He said: "There's nobody better than us at our level of football.

"We had tremendous support on Saturday for every one of the players and we have an enthusiastic manager who doesn't like losing."

The Pikes will turn their attentions closer to home tonight when Glapwell arrive for their NCEL League Cup third round match that was last week KO'd by the weather (Kick-off 7.45pm).

Selby Town are also at home to tackle Thackley in the same cup competition, kicking off at 7.45pm.

Centre-half Chris Ellerker is the only concern for Harrogate Town ahead of tonight's Nationwide North clash of the titans at Wetherby Road against third-placed Northwich Victoria.

The influential defender picked up a groin strain during the first half of Saturday's 2-0 defeat of FA Cup heroes Nuneaton Borough but played through the pain.

Harrogate manager Neil Aspin, who kept him on against Nuneaton, said: "He was struggling to play in the second half but being the type of guy that he is he decided to play on and we're just waiting to see if he's okay."

Updated: 11:27 Tuesday, January 24, 2006