Falmouth Town manager Andrew Westgarth is happy to have been handed a home draw in the quarter-finals of the Cornwall Senior Cup.

Town will welcome fellow South West Peninsula Premier side Launceston to Bickland Park on Saturday, February 2.

Launceston are struggling in the league, sitting second from bottom with just four wins to their name, but earned a fine win at home to Division 1 West high-flyers Liskeard Athletic to book their place in the last eight.

Westgarth said: “They’re our bogey side really, we never do too well against Launceston. I suppose like any manager would say in cup competitions a home draw is what you want and we were delighted when we got a home draw when I heard about it.

“You always fear the worst like in the League Cup, getting St Austell away is a tough, tough game and you’re always fearful in the back of your mind that you might get another top side away, but a home draw is all you can ask for."

The match against the Clarets will give Falmouth the chance to avenge their 2-1 defeat at Bickland Park back in September, with the Premier Division strugglers coming from a goal down to register their third win of the season, and have only beaten bottom club Sticker in their 11 league games since.

Westgarth said: “That’s still fresh in my mind actually because they’re the sort of points that you look back on and think ‘we could have done with winning that.’

“Again we missed a lot of chances at 1-0 up and then they scored two quick-fire goals so that was disappointing.”

Next month’s tie will be one of two upcoming quarter-finals for the Ambers, with the side looking to continue their Walter C Parson League Cup defence at in-form St Austell a week on Wednesday.

Westgarth said: “I think the next two or three weeks can define our season because we’ve got St Austell on the Wednesday, then obviously the Senior Cup on February 2 so the next couple of weeks are massive really.”

The upcoming quarter-final double-header will be a welcome distraction for Westgarth’s men, who have seen their league prospects falter of late, with goals from James Ward and Tim Nixon rescuing a point against winless Sticker on Saturday.

“It does feel like a defeat and possession doesn’t win you a game of football unfortunately,” Westgarth said. “We’ve played a lot worse and won games. I really can’t fault the boys for the way we played, it just broke down too much in the final third and we weren’t good enough in that area really.”