KEN Wright will have to upset some old friends if he's to rekindle the FA Cup magic he generated during his first spell in charge of Chorley.

And if he manages to oust former club Radcliffe Borough from the competition, Wright will also take his Chorley side along the Road to Wembley with the BBC.

"There will be some coverage from the television people and if we're fortunate enough to progress they will follow us into the next round which is a little bit more of an incentive," he said.

Wright guided Chorley to a memorable triumph over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the first round proper of the cup 13 years ago, when the part-timers won 3-0 in a second replay

And to go into the hat with the Nationwide League's Second and Third Division clubs once again, the Magpies need to win three more ties.

The second will be away to Barrow or Marine.

But first, Chorley need to win a second qualifying round clash away to the club where Wright launched his managerial career.

He had been a player with Radcliffe for three years when the club, then in the Cheshire County League, asked him to become player-manager at the age of 29, a job he held for three seasons.

"I have good memories, although they were never very affluent and it was always a struggle. We spent most of the time just keeping our heads above water.

"But they are nice people at Radcliffe and I'm looking forward to going back," said Wright, who returned later for a second, briefer spell at Stainton Park.

And the link doesn't end there. Radcliffe, now riding high nine places above Chorley in joint top spot of the UniBond League's First Division, are managed by Kevin Glendon, who played under Wright for Chorley in their Vauxhall Conference days, and then again at Borough.

"When I left Radcliffe and went back to Horwich I would have taken Kevin with me but he decided to stay and he's been there ever since and he's done a good job," Wright added.

"He's also a personal friend and we are close enough to one another geographically and individually to know about most of the players at the two clubs.

"They've had a good start to the season and we're not doing too badly so it should lend itself to being a decent game. They always try and play football which should us."

Chorley, who will include former Radcliffe midfielder Paul Allen in their line-up, have recovered from a sluggish start to the campaign and Wright is upbeat about their prospects of putting together a decent cup run.

He added: "My track record in the FA Cup is good. I've been fortunate enough to reach the First Round proper with various teams about half-a-dozen times and I'm looking forward to that possibility this year. We have got a good chance on Saturday to make further progress and hopefully we will be well prepared to go there and get a result."

However, Chorley may be without highly-rated midfielder Damian Corcoran, who arrived at Victory Park last season in the swap deal which saw Steve Aspinall go to Bamber Bridge. Corcoran is a keen churchgoer and those activities have affected his football commitments in recent weeks.

"He's a student and he's also involved with the Church and they've asked him to do some extra things.

"He's not played for the last couple of games but I'm hoping I might be able to persuade him to stay with us," explained Wright, who hasn't given up hope of Cor- coran returning to the squad for Saturday's game.

Neil Mitchell (hamstring) is Wright's biggest injury worry.

But Adam Critchley (ankle), Simon Kay (stitches) and Ian Leather (thigh), who all missed the midweek league cup defeat to Marine when Wright took the chance to look at some of his other players, may all be fit to return.

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