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DIAL FACE STIFF TEST AGAINST CASUALS

DIAL FACE STIFF TEST AGAINST CASUALS

Andy Fitzsimons

Brown is up for the challenge

Dial have been drawn against non-league football royalty Corinthian-Casuals in the second round of the 2026/27 Southern Combination Challenge Cup. Date TBC.

It's the first time that Dial have been entered into the cup competition, which is open to clubs competing at steps 4, 5 and 6 of the National League System.

Formed in 1958, the competition is run independently of any league, although it has legacy ties with the Combined Counties Football League. Any club at steps 4 to 6 within 25 miles of Weybridge, Surrey, can apply to take part. Despite the name of the competition, It has no administrative connection to the Southern Combination Football League.

Sixteen clubs have applied to compete in this year's Challenge Cup, which includes Kingstonian and newly-promoted Cobham from the Isthmian Football League South-Central (step 4), with the majority of other clubs, like Casuals, plying their trade in one of the premier divisions (step 5) or division one (step 6) of the Combined Counties Football League. Dial is only representative from the Southern Combination Football League.

Full second round draw:
1. Knaphill v Horley Town
2 Abbey Rangers v Camberley Town
3. Kingstonian v Balham
4. Epsom & Ewell v Molesey
5. Virginia Water v Cobham
6. Sheerwater v Cove
7. Godalming Town v Reading City
8. Dial Square v Corinthian-Casuals

All 16 clubs received a bye from the first round. Second round ties need to be played on or before 30 November 2026.

The winner between Dial and Corinthian-Casuals will play the winner of Abbey Rangers and Camberley Town away in the quarter-final in January or February 2027.

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