FA Cup 1st Round Draw

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Southern League Paulton Rovers pulled out a dream home tie against League One Norwich in their debut appearance in the FA Cup first round draw.
Fellow Southern Leaguers Stourbridge have a local derby with Walsall while Conference North side Northwich will entertain Charlton.
Blue Square South Bromley take on Colchester, Conference club Gateshead meet Brentford while York meet Crewe.
Leeds travel to League One rivals Oldham and Notts County face Bradford.

Gillingham v Southend
Grimsby v Bath City
Gateshead v Brentford
Chesterfield v Bournemouth
Blyth or AFC Telford v Lincoln
Stockport v Tooting & Mitcham or Eastbourne
Burton v Oxford City
Barrow or Chester v Eastleigh
Oldham v Leeds
Lincoln Utd or Cambridge Utd v Ilkeston
York v Crewe
Wycombe v Brighton
Hereford v Sutton
Nuneaton Town v Exeter
Bristol R v Southampton
Carlisle v Morecambe
Forest Green v Mansfield
Oxford Utd v Yeovil
Paulton Rovers v Norwich
Swindon v Woking
Port Vale v Stevenage
Luton v Rochdale
Bromley v Colchester
Accrington v Farnborough or Salisbury
Millwall v Crawley or AFC Wimbledon
Stourbridge v Walsall
Shrewsbury v Staines
Wealdstone v Rotherham
Torquay v Cheltenham
Barnet v Darlington
Notts County v Bradford
Huddersfield v Dagenham & Redbridge
MK Dons v Macclesfield
Rushden & D v Hinckley Utd
Northwich Vic v Charlton
Aldershot v Bury
Wrexham v Gloucester or Lowestoft
Hartlepool v Kettering or Redditch
Tranmere v Leyton Orient
Northampton v Kidderminster or Fleetwood

Ties to take place on weekend of 7/8 November

[Barry the bird boggler]

Might go to Wycombe v Brighton or *xford v Yeovil - anything would be better than watching Reading lose to Ipswich.

[cmonurz]

I'll be taking in Brommers game with Colchester.

[1871 Royal]

Blyth or AFC Telford v Lincoln

Moves Lincoln closer to the 3rd round and that home tie v Reading

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Looks like AndyRFC will be heading to Shrewsbury.

[AndyRFC]

Looks like AndyRFC will be heading to Shrewsbury.

VMS. decent draw, heart in mouth when Carlise got drew at home. New ground to tick off an' all

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

Southern League Paulton Rovers pulled out a dream home tie against League One Norwich in their debut appearance in the FA Cup first round draw.

That is a brilliant draw...It just has to be a live game, although you can imagine the idiots at ITV picking Oldham v Leeds as the "big clash" of the ex-premiership clubs.

[floyd__streete]

Looks like AndyRFC will be heading to Shrewsbury.

VMS. decent draw, heart in mouth when Carlise got drew at home. New ground to tick off an' all

Bit of a pickle of a journey m8! I've been through Shrewsbury on the train en route to Wrexham, opening day of 98/99 and you'll have to go via Birmingham NS. The old ground was visible from the train station, I bet the new ground is a heck of a hike.....

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

Looks like AndyRFC will be heading to Shrewsbury.

VMS. decent draw, heart in mouth when Carlise got drew at home. New ground to tick off an' all

Bit of a pickle of a journey m8! I've been through Shrewsbury on the train en route to Wrexham, opening day of 98/99 and you'll have to go via Birmingham NS. The old ground was visible from the train station, I bet the new ground is a heck of a hike.....

It's a piece of piss to get to if you drive, but it's probably about a mile and a bit south of the old ground, so not such a pleasant walk, unless you really enjoy walking along arterial roads.

I've been there once, and after the charm of Gay Meadow, it's a quite depressingly characterless ground. It makes the Madejski stadium look like St Basil's Cathedral in comparison.


I was at the Hayes v Staines tie, so I'll watch how Staines get on with interest. Hayes, with a poor home record, had loads of the ball but hardly had a shot, let alone really looked like scoring. Strangely familiar.

[Jerry St Clair]

Southern League Paulton Rovers pulled out a dream home tie against League One Norwich in their debut appearance in the FA Cup first round draw.

That'll be a hoot hoot.

[Jerry St Clair]

A few near misses there. The ties I'd like to have seen:

Oxford City v Oxford United
MK Dons v Wimbledon
Cheltenham v Gloucester.