NEWPORT Football Club will be hosting one of its biggest games in several years when they take on National League side Aldershot Town in the Hampshire Senior Cup tonight (Tuesday).

The Port, currently playing their home games at Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes, face a team off to a good start, sitting in mid-table, in the fifth tier of English football.

Newport go into the tie sitting in eighth spot after they too have got the season off to a decent start.

They are buoyed by beating Folland Sports 4-0 on the road on Saturday.

Shots boss, Tommy Widdrington, said, ahead of the tie: "On to the Isle of Wight — Europe, aren't we," he joked.

"Some of the lads have got some holes to be digging themselves out of to do, so I'll imagine we'll see a lot of the first team players there.

"The vast majority of the first team squad will go. The bench will be more of the kids."

Kick off will be at 7pm.

Also playing tonight are Brading Town and Shanklin in the first round of the Isle of Wight Senior (Gold) Cup, at the Peter Henry Ground, kick off at 7pm.

RESULTS — SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Wessex League Premier Division: Cowes Sports 1, Baffins Milton Rovers 3.
Division 1: East Cowes Vics 2, Frimley Green 1; Folland Sports 0, Newport 4.
Island League, Division 1: Northwood St Johns 4, Binstead & COB 3; Ventnor 3, Shanklin 1; West Wight 4, Cowes Sports Reserves 3.
Division 2: Niton 3, Ryde Saints 2; Newchurch 0, ECS 4; Newport Reserves 3, Oakfield 8.
Combination 1: Shanklin Reserves 8, Northwood St John Reserves 0; Brading Town Reserves 0, Sandown & Lake Reserves 2; Bembridge Reserves 5, ECS Reserves 1; Binstead & COB Reserves 3, Ventnor Reserves 2; Osborne Coburg Reserves 5, High Park Reserves 2; West Wight Reserves 5, Whitecroft & Barton Sports Reserves 1.
Combination 2: Oakfield Reserves 4, Newchurch Reserves 1; Niton Reserves 6, Ryde Saints Reserves 1; Sandown & Lake A 4, Osborne Coburg A 2; Ventnor A 3, West Wight A 0.
Isle of Wight Challenge Cup, first round: Brading Town 2, Vectis 1; Whitecroft & Barton Sports 3, Osborne Coburg 3.

FIXTURES —​ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

Hampshire Senior Cup, second round: Newport v Aldershot Town (7.45pm).
Isle of Wight Senior (Gold) Cup, first round: Brading Town v Shanklin (7pm).