A place in the last 32 of the FA Vase beckons for five Jewson Wessex League clubs next weekend - and at least four of them will fancy their chances of being in the fourth round draw.

AFC Totton, Cowes Sports, Lymington & New Milton and 1992 trophy winners Wimborne Town all have home advantage next Saturday.

Only Brockenhurst, who overcame horrendously wet conditions to beat fancied Paulton Rovers 3-2 in the last round, have to travel.

They head off on a magical mystery tour to Biggleswade, ten miles north of Letchworth on the A1.

Sixth-placed Totton have landed the toughest tie of the lot.

Their reward for spanking Molesey 4-0 is a home tie with Ryman League Division 2 side Horsham, whose recent eye-catching FA Cup run was climaxed by a 1-1 final qualifying round draw at Vauxhall Conference leaders Yeovil Town.

Totton manager Ian Richardson certainly won't be fooled by Horsham's relatively low Isthmian standing.

The Sussex club lie 16th in the Ryman log, but they've been up to their neck in cup ties.

"They've won six of their last eight games - and drawn with Yeovil.

"That suggests they can play a bit," smiled Richardson.

Horsham lost the replay 2-0, leaving Yeovil to put five past Colchester United in the FA Cup five days

later!

Cowes, who like Totton reached the fifth round last season, will start as favourites at Westwood Park against Essex-based Hornchurch, who are languishing fifth from bottom of Ryman 3.

Spearheaded by 17-goal strike pair Adam Barsdell and Paul McDonald, Cowes are more than holding their own in the JWL this term.

They thumped Horsham YMCA 4-0 last time out and will expect to beat Hornchurch, who won't fancy the long haul to the Island.

Lymington & New Milton manager Derek Binns has his eyes firmly fixed on Dr Marten's League status for the Linnets next season.

But he wouldn't mind a spot of Vase glory spiced in between a likely two-horse scrap for the JWL title with Andover.

Lymington have got to be among the fancied runners in the Vase, particularly now the bulk of Binns' first choice players are free from injury and suspension.

But even the normally thorough Binns is quick to hold his hand up and confess to knowing precious little about United Counties outfit Stotfold, who visit Fawcetts Field next week.

The Bedfordshire club aren't pulling up too many trees in the UCL - and they've just lost their assistant manager Dick Newman, who has linked up with old Pompey favourite Alan Biley, now boss of Barton Rovers.

Bedfordshire Senior Cup winners last season, Stotfold lie 12th in the United Counties League.

But they did put eight goals past basement side Long Buckby last week, top scorer Mark Phillips and Justin Griffiths grabbing hat-tricks.

Wimborne Town, with games in hand in the waterlogged Wessex League, have a potentially awkward home tie with East Thurrock United, whom Bashley beat on the way to the 1989 Vase quarter-finals.

Unbeaten in Rymans Division 2 since mid-September, East Thurrock have won six of their last eight games.

But physically strong Wimborne ought to make Cuthbury advantage count against the East Londoners.

Brockenhurst are enjoying their best season in a national cup competition since the heady days of 1974 when they reached the second round of the old FA Amateur Cup.

And they won't have written off their prospects of further progress in the Vase, despite being the only JWL club drawn away.

Fourth from bottom with only three wins from 14 games, Biggleswade certainly aren't setting the Spartan South Midlands League alight.

And, if Ben Thompson and Co can reproduce their second round exploits, the Badgers could find themselves in next Monday's fourth round draw.