Farsley Celtic boss John Deacey is hoping for a speedy recovery for goalkeeper Tom Morgan, who fractured his collarbone in their Setanta Shield exit at Droylsden.
* Click here for latest Farsley Celtic news.Celtic were seemingly cruising in the fourth round tie after Mark Jackson gave them a first-half lead, but when Morgan had to leave the field early everything changed.
With no reserve keeper on the bench, full-back Scott McNiven stepped into the breach and Blue Square Premier relegation rivals Droylsden beat him twice.
Farsley Celtic set for biggest test: Click here for Altrincham preview.Deacey wasn't too despondent about the cup defeat – survival is the be all and end all for Farsley this season.
But he was disappointed to lose Morgan who was offering stiff competition to new arrival Curtis Aspden, from Hull City.
Deacey said: "He will be out for six weeks and it is a real blow. We are going to miss him.
"He's a nice kid as well. He has been loyal to Farsley Celtic. Whenever we have asked him to step in he has done a good job.
"Hopefully, he will be back as quickly as possible."
Aspden will almost certainly start in Tuesday night's crunch encounter at Altrincham.
Both sides have a cushion between themselves and the bottom three, but with four teams going down there is barely anything between Celtic and the Robins and Tuesday's match is a real six-pointer.
"They don't come any bigger," admitted Deacey. "It's a massive game.
"But we have 18 cup final left now – and it is a hell of a month.
"We just have to stay in there, keep in touch and then we've got a chance. That's the important thing.
"But the last three or four performances have been really encouraging, we just have to turn it into points now and I think we will do.
"I am confident we will stay up."
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