Speaking after Saturday’s goalless draw, Steve Cunningham said: “Frustrating because I felt that the game was there for us to go and take the three points.

“One loss in five tells you we are a hard team to beat but we’re just lacking that bit of quality in the final third.

“We should be up there challenging higher than we are and it’s just one of them season’s at the minute where unfortunately that's not unfolded the way we wanted it to.”

Looking ahead to tomorrow evening's MPC semi-final tie, the gaffer said: “Going into Tuesday, if we perform like we did today in terms of the control of the game, the work rate, the effort, the professionalism, we’ve got a good chance of winning the game.”

Opposition Watch

Droylsden are the current league leaders in the North West Counties First Division North, sitting a point clear of Nelson after playing an extra match (28).

Tomorrow night’s visitors will arrive in high spirits, following five consecutive league victories in which they have scored 14 and conceded just three.

Last Time We Met

Both sides last faced off in October 2019 in the Manchester Premier Cup, where Droylsden ran out 1-0 winners, following a Simon Woodford own goal just after the hour mark.

Matchday

Tickets for the game are available via cash and card turnstiles or online, priced at £10 for Adults, £5 for concessions (Over 65s and Students 16-21+), £2 for 12-15-year-olds and under 12s.

Tomorrow night’s semi final is a ticketed game - season tickets are not valid.

Please note, ID will need to be presented for any concessionary tickets if requested by a turnstile operator.

Turnstile 3 (on Surrey Street next to The Cross Bar) will be open from 6pm, for cash, card and pre-paid tickets.

The Cross Bar will be open from 6pm and access is from inside the ground only, there will be no access from the main entrance on Surrey Street.

We welcome both sets of fans into The Cross Bar for refreshments both prior to and after the match.

Alcohol not purchased from Ashton United is not permitted in the ground and stewards will be conducting bag searches on the turnstiles at their discretion.

At 7pm, the remaining turnstiles on Surrey Street and on Rowley Street will open as normal, as will the Robins Nest and the Robins Beer Hut inside Hurst Cross.

50/50 draw tickets will be on-sale both in The Cross Bar and on the ground, with match day programmes also available at the programme stand.

The AUFC Supporters club shop will open at 7pm, with memorabilia available to purchase from throughout the years.

If you cannot make it to the game, keep up on our Twitter feed @AshtonUnitedFC.