NEEDHAM Market and Lowestoft Town have avoided each other in the semi-finals of the FA Vase.In the draw made at Soho Square this morning, the winners of the Needham Market versus Chalfont St Peter replay will play Derbyshire side Glossop North End, while Lowestoft Town will play Tyneside club Whitley Bay.

NEEDHAM Market and Lowestoft Town have avoided each other in the semi-finals of the FA Vase.

In the draw made at Soho Square this morning, the winners of the Needham Market versus Chalfont St Peter replay will play Derbyshire side Glossop North End, while Lowestoft Town will play Tyneside club Whitley Bay.

Needham - should they get through - will play at home in the first leg (March 28) and away the following week (April 4). In contrast, Lowestoft will make the long trip north for the first leg before returning to Suffolk.

Lowestoft played Whitley Bay in the semi-finals of the FA Vase last season, scraping through 4-3 on aggregate having won the first leg 4-0.