FA Trophy draw thread

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Captain Jack Sparrow

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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 King’s 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 Bishop’s 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 <laugh>

















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&#8217;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.