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TO say that Guiseley’s preparations for this afternoon’s FA Cup date at Plough Lane have not been straightforward is the understatement of the decade, let alone year.

For a variety of reasons, the Lions had a colossal 15 players unavailable for last weekend’s 5-1 National League North defeat at Darlington, with six players added to their squad including four from the club’s academy.

The absences did not stop there with joint first-team bosses Marcus Bignot and Russ O’Neill also not in attendance as they were self-isolating, with assistant Paul Clayton taking charge of the side at Blackwell Meadows.

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