Steve Parmenter will be particularly keen to see Canvey Island's defence of the FA Umbro Trophy make further progress in Somerset tonight.

For the midfielder, in particular good form recently, was previously with Nationwide Conference Yeovil Town, who host holders Gulls in a fifth round tie this evening.

If the Islanders can win through to the quarter-finals it will mean a return home for another Canvey star as the victorious team from tonight will visit another Conference outfit, Northwich Victoria, on Saturday week.

Happy returns? - Steve Parmenter hopes to have plenty to celebrate when he goes back to former club Yeovil Picture: LUAN MARSHALL 42HXK25M

Wing-back Chris Duffy, also previously with Wigan and Crewe, played for Northwich and appeared for them as losing finalists in the FA trophy before joining the Park Lane club for a record £5,000 fee three years ago.

Yeovil, not surprisingly, have not produced their best results at home.

They may be defending a 16-match unbeaten run, but have played their best football away and shocked the non-league soccer world by bouncing back from a 3-0 deficit to beat fellow Conference side Doncaster 5-4 away in a fourth round replay.

Both sides will have a player out through suspension. Ben Chenery is missing for the visitors and is replaced by Mick Bodley having returned to central defence after a three-month injury-enforced break.

Similarly for Yeovil, the absence of 19-year-old striker Chris Giles due to suspension is compensated for by the recovery from an Achilles injury of ex-Charlton and Millwall man Kim Grant.

Published Tuesday, March 5, 2002