ABERYSTWYTH Town manager Neville Powell is hoping that his side can make it third time lucky when they return to Richmond Park to take on Carmarthen Town in the quarter-finals of the JD Welsh Cup on Tuesday night (Ko 8pm).

The Football Association of Wales chose to postpone the tie on Saturday due to travelling concerns, after taking advice from South Wales Police and the public transport network.Looking to avenge their Boxing Day defeat in Carmarthen, the Seasiders were pegged back to a 3-3 draw by two injury time goals by the Old Gold the previous weekend, but Powell’s side will have a chance to put that right in the Welsh CupThe winners will take on either Llandudno or Newtown for a place in the showpiece final, whilst Bangor City will come up against Connah's Quay Nomads or The New Saints in the other semi-final.A hat-trick from Aber full-back Declan Walker, taking his tally to 10 goals this season, looked to have secured a crucial 3-1 win Aber 10 days ago, but quick-fire goals in added time by Dwayne Coultress and ex-Seasider Lee Surman snatched a home point.

“We’re obviously desperately disappointed, but we switched off, and that shouldn’t happen,” said Powell.

“Even at 3-2, we had a chance to put it in the corner, and we haven’t done that, and they’ve gone and scored, and they could have scored a winner.

“With three minutes to go, the game looked over and done with, we’ve had enough of the second half to have won the game, and haven’t seen it out.”

He added: “Declan (Walker) was the best player on the pitch, as he has been all season, and I was disappointed for him to have scored a hat-trick and still not have been on the winning team.”

The draw meant that Aber remained eight points clear of second-from-bottom Carmarthen, with six league games to go, but the Seasiders are now nine points adrift of Barry Town at the top of the Play-Off Conference.

“The points would have virtually guaranteed that we were safe, but we are back in the mix now,” said Powell.

“The players have got to stand up and be counted, because we have thrown away the points. We should be bigger and better than that, because we played well enough to win.”

Attention now turns to their Welsh Cup quarter-final tie at Carmarthen, and the Seasiders are just two wins away from only their fourth-ever final, and a potential place in Europe.

Powell guided Bangor City to four consecutive Welsh Cup finals, and a hat-trick of cup successes, including the 2009 final against Aberystwyth, and he is keen to revive that fortune.

The Seasiders have already knocked holders Barry Town out with a 4-0 win at Park Avenue, before winning 1-0 at top six side Cardiff Met in found four, but Powell expects another big test.

“The Welsh Cup will be a totally different game,” said Powell. “They will have a few players cup-tied, but it will still be a tough game, as it was today, and we have got to make sure that we defend better than we have done.”Aber will be hopeful that striker Craig Hobson has recovered from illness in time for Tuesday’s game, after missing last weekend’s league clash at Richmond Park.Meanwhile Carmarthen boss Neil Smothers won’t have the luxury of being able to pick former Seasiders Mark Jones and Luke Bowen, due to the pair being cup-tied..