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In pictures: Stourbridge FA Cup fever as second round tickets go on sale

[gallery] FA Cup fever has gripped Stourbridge again as priority tickets for their second round tie went on sale.

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Gary Hackett's Glassboys are potentially just 90 minutes from a place in the third round draw.

That would come alongside Premier League giants such as Manchester United and Liverpool and fans will be desperate to get their hands on a ticket to see if they can do it.

National League side Eastleigh stand in the way of the chance of a money-spinning tie against one of the game's heavyweights and will visit Amblecote on December 5.

Tickets were available to season ticket holders and members from the War Memorial Ground from 10am to 1pm yesterday.

They will go on sale again from 7pm to 10pm tonight to season ticket holders. If any remain , they will go on general sale.

On Sunday morning, the club tweeted:

Stourbridge put in a high quality performance on Merseyside to take Marine apart with a 3-1 win in Evo-Stik Premier on Saturday.

Right from the kick-off the Glassboys dominated and Karl Hawley scored the opener after just 10 minutes.]

His exquisite finish past Marine keeper Matthew Cooper came courtesy of a pinpoint cross from Chris Lait.

The home side had not had a shot on target when Tom Tonks toe-poked his first goal for the club just before half-time and, in truth, Stourbridge could have been five goals ahead at the break.

That pattern remained in the second half until Marine substitute Chad Whyte pounced on a defensive mix-up and Marine came to life.

Hawley soon extinguished the fightback though, slotting home deep into injury time to give a more realistic look to the scoreline.

Glassboys boss Gary Hackett said: "It is a tough place to come, but we deserved the win.

"Their keeper has had to make a lot of fantastic saves, there was maybe a bit of poor finishing but I think we deservedly came away winners."

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