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Tranmere Rovers vs Cheltenham Town. The FA Cup First Round.

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    Image: Robinson: To return

    Team news ahead of Saturday's FA Cup first-round clash between Tranmere and Cheltenham at Prenton Park.

    Andy Robinson is ready to return for Tranmere at home this weekend. Robinson missed Wednesday's Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat to Chesterfield after suffered from stiffness in training earlier this week. However the attacking midfielder took a full part in Thursday's session and boss Les Parry expects him to be available to face the Robins. "Andy is fine," Parry told Tranmere Player. "He'll train on Friday and he'll be flying for Saturday." Mark McChrystal returned to the Rovers defence after more two months out with a foot injury, while Adam McGurk (shoulder) played in attack and Enoch Showunmi (groin) came on as a second-half substitute. On-loan Everton forward Jose Baxter will serve the final game of his three-match suspension. Cheltenham will be missing three key players for the trip. Goalkeeper Jack Butland is away on England Under-21 duty and will not be available to manager Mark Yates, with Scott Brown set to deputise in-between the sticks. On-loan full-back Luke Garbutt has not been given permission to play by parent club Everton, while it is a similar situation for forward James Spencer - with Huddersfield barring him from turning out in order to prevent him becoming cup-tied. Otherwise, Yates has a fully-fit squad to choose from for the trip to the npower League One outfit, although the Robins boss is likely to make a handful of changes to the team which lost 2-0 at home to Barnet in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Southern Section quarter-final on Tuesday.

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