It's the 3rd and final qualifying round of the FA Trophy this weekend! The draw for the 1st round proper is this Monday, which is when our league joins. Here is the fixtures this weekend... 1 Boston United v Witton Albion or Workington 2 AFC Fylde v Hednesford Town 3 Gainsborough Trinity v Brackley Town 4 Stockport County v Colwyn Bay 5 Bradford (Park Avenue) v Leamington 6 Kingâs Lynn Town v Harrogate Town 7 Blyth Spartans or Halesowen Town v Gresley 8 Worcester City v Barrow 9 Chorley v Stalybridge Celtic 10 Tamworth v Hyde 11 North Ferriby United v Mickleover Sports or New Mills 12 Spennymoor Town or Leek Town v Chasetown 13 Barwell v FC United Of Manchester 14 Solihull Moors v Redditch United 15 Guiseley v Rushall Olympic 16 Banbury United v Ramsbottom United 17 Dereham Town or Sholing v Farnborough 18 Concord Rangers v Boreham Wood 19 Weymouth or Burnham v Cray Wanderers 20 Slough Town or Merthyr Town v Didcot Town 21 Bedford Town v Weston Super Mare 22 Hayes & Yeading United v Horsham 23 Oxford City v Lewes or Heybridge Swifts 24 Truro City v Hemel Hempstead Town 25 Tonbridge Angels v Bromley 26 Bishopâs Stortford v Chelmsford City 27 Eastbourne Borough v Lowestoft Town 28 St Neots Town v AFC Sudbury 29 Ebbsfleet United v Hendon 30 Maidenhead United v Metropolitan Police 31 Basingstoke Town v Whitehawk 32 Havant & Waterlooville v East Thurrock United or Arlesey Town 33 Peacehaven & Telscombe v Gosport Borough 34 Wimborne Town v AFC Hornchurch 35 St Albans City v Wealdstone 36 Gloucester City v Bath City 37 Staines Town v Poole Town 38 Burgess Hill Town or Folkestone Invicta v Leatherhead 39 Hereford United v Sutton United Leiston received a bye. So 40 teams from the leagues below us and 24 teams from our league will be in the hat on Monday! Cambridge won it last season & won promotion via the play offs. Anyone interested in a cup run?
Won't be to bothered if we go out straight away. Cup runs are always nice but we really do need to concentrate on getting out of the Conference.
I would love a day out at Wembley. The other year when we got to the play-off final against Shrewsbury, I was living in West London - only a couple of miles from Wembley. Couldn't get a ticket because you needed to be a Supporters Club member, or buy from the club shop, but I couldn't get to Bristol. Rocked up to Wembley on the day - would have paid anything for a ticket off a tout or whatever, but couldn't get one, spent hours trying - so f*cked off ! Was there in 1990 (?) for Sherpa Van / Leyland Daf / Mickey Mouse Cup - I would take that any day - great day out !
I would like to play in this tournament once, and once only! I suppose it will be novel to play in a tournament in which we're by far the biggest team! The Man Utd of the FA Trophy The Teds will be all over that
First Round draw Nuneaton Town v Grimsby Town Hyde v Spennymoor Town Altrincham v Macclesfield Town AFC Fylde v Gainsborough Trinity Guiseley or Rushall Olympic v Chorley or Stalybridge Celtic Lincoln City v Alfreton Town North Ferriby United v Boston United Gateshead v Halesowen Town Worcester City v FC Halifax Town Southport v Wrexham Ramsbottom United v Stockport County Bradford (Park Avenue) v Kidderminster Harriers AFC Telford United v Chester Barwell or FC United Of Manchester v Harrogate Town Aldershot Town v Burgess Hill Town Weymouth v Havant & Waterlooville Bishop’s Stortford v Torquay United Lowestoft Town v Dover Athletic Ebbsfleet United v Welling United St Albans City or Wealdstone v Hayes & Yeading United Wimborne Town v Oxford City Bedford Town or Weston Super Mare v Farnborough Dartford v Solihull Moors Woking v Eastleigh Hemel Hempstead Town v Sutton United Basingstoke Town v Gosport Borough Tonbridge Angels or Bromley v Leiston Forest Green Rovers v Merthyr Town or Didcot Town Bristol Rovers v Gloucester City or Bath City Maidenhead United v Staines Town or Poole Town Braintree Town v St Neots Town or AFC Sudbury Concord Rangers v Barnet Read more at http://www.thefa.com/news/competiti...c/first-round-proper-draw#rbPjHVp5QabirEs5.99
good draw. gives us a chance to get to the next stage but both teams see us as their cup final and will be up for it! tweet from bath... "Prize for winning replay on Tuesday night @Official_BRFC away in the next round. How's that for an incentive?" https://twitter.com/BathCity_FC/status/539391299842211840 tweet from gloucester... "How about that incentive for either us or @BathCity_FC, a trip to the Memorial Stadium against @Official_BRFC. #COYY" https://twitter.com/GCAFCofficial/status/539390258555920384 we will find out who we face tomorrow night. 7.45pm kick off and bath got the home advantage.
So the game will be played on Saturday 13th another game I can't go to then City also playing on the same day
Are City at home too that day? They dont normally let us both play at home the same day. Our game should have been moved to either Friday/Sunday. I didnt know that clubs in cup competitions can agree between them that the game must be settled in the 1st game so there will be no replay!! How is that allowed? Surely thats being given the advantage so they dont get to have a fixture pile up! http://www.footballconference.co.uk/mobile/news/details.php?news_id=13966
Having had the pleasure of attending a recent event in Weston super Mare a few weeks ago the question of the FA trophy and the seriousness which DC will take it came up. DC was very positive and in his response and stated that there is no reason why we should not aim to win it. Good positive attitude and who knows maybe do the the Double. Very impressed by DC shame cant say the same about his fellow attendee from the Board.
