Leatherhead are a decent outfit. Hitchin Town boss Mark Burke hailed his ten-man side for their battling qualities after they salvaged a hard-fouoght 1-1 draw against Leatherhead at Top Field to keep their FA Cup dreams alive
Earlier today I encountered a minibus full of Dover Athletic fans on their way to Concord Rangers. They were stocking up on booze and pies from the BP garage on the A13. Dover won 1-0 and are now in the hat for Monday's draw.
Two years running we reached the 2nd round knocking out league teams Hereford and one of the Bristols. Someone should make a movie.
The reason the facilities at the ground are so shabby and old is that the landlords “the Cow Commoners” will not allow any permanent structures to be built. A shame that the oldest football team in the world are not allowed to build the gigantic state of the art stadium befitting them.
Never mind you lazy ****s, here is the update... The full draw: Haringey v AFC Wimbledon Maidstone Utd v Macclesfield Ebbsfleet Utd v Cheltenham Town Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oldham Athletic Swindon Town v York City Mansfield v Charlton Athletic Torquay Utd v Woking Scunthorpe Utd v Burton Albion Port Vale v Sunderland Aldershot Town v Bradford City Grimsby Town v MK Dons Chorley v Doncaster Rovers Alfreton Town v Fleetwood Town Bromley v Peterborough Utd Southport v Boreham Wood or Dagenham & Redbridge Plymouth Argyle v Stevenage Chesterfield v Billericay Town or Taunton Town Lincoln City v Northampton Barnet v Bristol Rovers Yeovil v Stockport County Bury v Dover Athletic Gillingham v Hartlepool Oxford Utd v Forest Green Rovers Tranmere v Hemel Hempstead Town or Oxford City Accrington Stanley v Colchester Utd Barnsley v Notts County Shrewsbury v Salford City Met Police v Newport Walsall v Coventry City Rochdale v Gateshead Hitchin Town or Leatherhead v Solihull Moors Sutton Utd v Slough Town Guiseley v Cambridge Utd Exeter City v Blackpool Luton Town v Wycombe Morecambe v Warrington Town or Halifax Town Crewe Alexandra v Carlisle Southend Utd v Crawley Town Chippenham Town or Maidenhead United v Portsmouth Weston Super Mare v Harrogate Town or Wrexham
All matches will be played between 9 and 12 November. Not sure about the times, but... Other highlights from the draw include a potential home tie for National League South team Chippenham Town against League One leaders Portsmouth - first they must overcome National League side Maidenhead United in a replay.