This is before yesterday's games.... Draw Numbers 1 Accrington Stanley 2 AFC Wimbledon 3 Bradford City 4 Brentford 5 Bristol City 6 Bristol Rovers 7 Burton Albion 8 Bury 9 Carlisle United 10 Cheltenham Town 11 Chesterfield 12 Colchester United 13 Coventry City 14 Crawley Town 15 Crewe Alexandra 16 Dagenham & Redbridge 17 Exeter City 18 Fleetwood Town 19 Gillingham 20 Hartlepool United 21 Leyton Orient 22 Mansfield Town 23 Milton Keynes Dons 24 Morecambe 25 Newport County 26 Northampton Town 27 Notts County 28 Oldham Athletic 29 Oxford United 30 Peterborough United 31 Plymouth Argyle 32 Port Vale 33 Portsmouth 34 Preston North End 35 Rochdale AFC 36 Rotherham United 37 S****horpe United 38 Sheffield United 39 Shrewsbury Town 40 Southend United 41 Stevenage 42 Swindon Town 43 Torquay United 44 Tranmere Rovers 45 Walsall 46 Wolverhampton Wanderers 47 Wycombe Wanderers 48 York City 49 Macclesfield Town or Vauxhall Motors 50 Stamford or Hednesford Town 51 Grimsby Town or Rushall Olympic 52 Worcester City or Lincoln City 53 Bradford (Park Avenue) or Kidderminster Harriers 54 Wrexham or Hyde 55 Workington or Stourbridge 56 Southport or Marske United 57 Colwyn Bay or Corby Town 58 Tamworth or Solihull Moors 59 Nuneaton Town or Halifax Town 60 North Ferriby United or Alfreton Town 61 Brackley Town or Barrow 62 Chester or Gateshead 63 Hemel Hempstead Town or Sutton United 64 Afc Hornchurch or Hereford United 65 Ebbsfleet United or Dartford 66 Barnet or Concord Rangers 67 Chatham Town or St Albans City 68 Dover Athletic or Oxford City 69 Boreham Wood or Heybridge Swifts 70 Bath City or Salisbury City 71 Gloucester City or Hampton & Richmond Borough 72 Weymouth or Braintree Town 73 Forest Green Rovers or Bishop’s Stortford 74 Needham Market or Cambridge United 75 Biggeswade Town or Canvey Island 76 Shortwood United or Aldershot Town 77 Woking or Luton Town 78 Brislington or Welling United 79 Hartley Wintney or Daventry Town 80 Staines Town or Poole Town Ties to be played on 9 and 10 November 2013 http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/News/2013/Oct/fa-cup-1p-draw-preview.aspx
Would quite like Ebbsfleet or Dartford away. Would be good to help out the local teams and could make for a decent match.
The money from a decent cup run could make a difference for us this season and as such a home draw versus any non league team not from Kent, or against a side that might give us a televised tie (thinking money again!) would suit me
I know its uninspiring but I want an awful non-league team that we can tonk and then another in round 2, for a club of our stature getting into round 3 is more important that a good round 1 draw.
FA Cup First Round Draw: Morecambe v Southend United Walsall v Shrewsbury Town Boreham Wood v Carlisle United St Albans City v Mansfield Town MK Dons v FC Halifax Town Bristol Rovers v York City Tamworth v Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United Bury v Cambridge United Corby Town v Dover Athletic Colchester United v Sheffield United Oxford United v Gateshead Hartlepool United v Notts County Wrexham v Alfreton Town Chesterfield v Daventry Town Bristol City v Dagenham & Redbridge AFC Wimbledon v Coventry City Preston v Barnet Bishops Stortford v Northampton Town Burton Albion v Hereford United Rotherham United v Bradford City Gillingham v Brackley or Barrow Salisbury v Ebbsfleet or Dartford Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers Brentford v Staines Town or Poole Town Stevenage v Portsmouth Shortwood or Aldershot v Port Vale Leyton Orient v Southport Peterborough United v Exeter City Torquay United v Rochdale Braintree v Newport County Oldham v Wolves Worcester City or Lincoln City Bradford PA or Kidderminster v Hemel Hempstead or Sutton Hednesford Town v Crawley Stourbridge v Biggleswade Town Welling United v Luton Town Macclesfield Town v Swindon Town Wycombe Wanderers v Crewe Alexandra Gloucester City v Fleetwood Town Read more at http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.c...w-october-27-1138872.aspx#6wAG7OHZoTmdY1Dt.99
A run in this competition is our best hope of getting money for new players, I know people look down their nose at the league cup, JP trophy, but these events can be large money spinners both gate receipts and prize money, we have blown both of those so this is our last chance.
Tenner would be fair, hope we make it cheap and try and create a good atmosphere, not to sound big headed but for either of those clubs a visit to the Priestfield is a real carrot for them to chase so I hope its noisy and a day to remember for there fans rather than a subdued 1,500-2,000 people
I wanted Gillingham to be drawn at home to non league opposition and that is precisely what we have got so I am really pleased with the draw
Im really pleased with the draw,I wanted a non league Team and we have got that at home.It did look for a while like we would get a League Team.Hopefully the Ticket prices are sensible so we can get around 5,000 in the ground.
Dont know how well they are supported but for atmosphere you would think Brackley may bring a few more as its a little closer to home. Be nice to see Mulligan back too of course. Edit perhaps not, i see Barrow get a fair few more on their home gate than Brackley. Lets just hope we give whoever it is a decent price. £10 and £5 for kids would be good i think
Brackley beat Barrow 0-1 in Extra Time.So we will see the return of Gary Mulligan next Saturday,FOM will be pleased .
Barrow have not been to Priestfield since 1972 when they were chucked out of the Football League. They used to play in black & white striped shirts and black shorts. When they ran out on to pitch we used to shout "Wheel 'em off!" Not very witty.... been good to see them again though, but happy to settle for Brackley and the Mighty Mulligan!
