Rye United boss Scott Price admits he would not mind another away draw in the last 16 of the FA Vase.

His side won 3-0 at Staveley Miners Welfare on Saturday and have yet to play at The Salts after the dressing rooms were destroyed by fire last August.

The club are due to return this week but Price is happy to go on the road again after an impressive performance against the Chesterfield-based Northern Counties League outfit.

Paul Tuppenney gave them a half-time lead from a free-kick and Rye underlined their superiority in the second half with goals from Scott Ramsay and Sam Cole.

Price said: “We’ve forgotten what it’s like to play at Rye. We’ve had Vase games at places like Tunbridge Wells and Lancing so we don’t mind going away from home again.

“It is a fantastic achievement to get this far and all credit to the players. It was a hard game as we expected but we did a job on them. We weathered the storm early on but once we had got in front I thought we played them off the park, the pace of our football was too good for them.”

Sussex’s other Vase survivors Lancing travel to Holbrook Sports on Saturday after the tie was postponed because of a frozen pitch but boss Martin Gander believes Rye’s performance will be an inspiration for them.

He said: “It’s an absolutely brilliant result for Rye and Sussex football and, hopefully, we can do the same this Saturday.”

Arundel boss Simon Butler celebrated a dream start as his side stunned leaders Three Bridges.

Butler, who replaced Gary Wheatcroft last week, felt his side had underachieved this season and a 3-0 win at the Jubilee Field was certainly proof of that.

Scott Tipper put them ahead on the stroke of half-time after good work by Josh Biggs and Lewis Hamilton produced a superb individual effort for the second before Biggs’ late shot was parried and Tipper swept in the third.

Butler said: “We have had that sort of performance in the locker all season. We went there with nothing to lose, stopped them from playing and produced a performance that, as a manager, was everything you could ask for.”

Crawley Down took advantage of Bridges’ slip up to cut the gap at the top to four points although they had their share of luck in a 1-0 home win over Wick.

Lee Bradshaw and Phil Turner both missed penalties for the visitors who were sunk by Tom Burton’s strike just before half-time.

Wick boss Gary Block said: “Lee put his 50 yards over the bar and the keeper made a great save from Phil’s penalty. We battered them and it was a very pleasing performance but Crawley Down showed why they might win the league. They got three points without playing well.”

It was a good day for struggling sides with the bottom three all winning.

Eastbourne United beat Crowborough 2-1 to secure their first league win of the season although they remain ten points adrift at the foot of the table.

Lingfield beat Hassocks 1-0 and Daley Clark’s penalty earned St Francis Rangers a 1-0 win at fading Shoreham.

Scott Murfin came off the bench to secure Pagham’s 2-0 win over Redhill, the hosts having led at half-time through James Temple.

They remain third, two points behind Crawley Down but they have played six more games.

Midfielder John Paul Collier was sent off in the second half in East Grinstead’s 1-1 draw at Ringmer while Selsey continue to climb away from trouble after a 2-0 win at Sidley.

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