BURY Town, last season’s losing finalists, have been drawn away to Walsham-le-Willows in the first round of this season’s Suffolk Under-18 Midweek Cup.

AFC Sudbury, who beat Bury Town 3-1 in last season’s final to complete a hat-trick of wins in the competition, are one of eight teams to get a bye in the first round.

Action from last season’s final at Colchester United FC is pictured above as AFC Sudbury (yellow shirts) attack Bury Town (blue shirts) in the first half.

Suffolk Under-18 Midweek Cup First-Round Draw: Mildenhall Town v Hadleigh Utd, Walsham-le-Willows v Bury Town, Bungay Town v Haverhill Rovers, Sporting 87 v Ipswich Wanderers, Cornard Utd v Framlingham Town, Whitton Utd v Brantham Athletic, Felixstowe & Walton Utd v Long Melford, Needham Market v Coplestonians.

Byes: AFC Sudbury, Beccles Town, Kirkley & Pakefield AFC Royals, Kirkley & Pakefield, Leiston, Stowmarket Town, Waveney, Woodbridge Town.

Ties to be played week commencing September 10th 2018.