Hyde get MK Dons while Truro earn trip to Charlton
Hyde United, from the eighth tier of English football, have been handed a home draw against League One MK Dons in the FA Cup first round.
Hyde, who sit seventh in the Evo-Stik North table, beat Scarborough on Sunday to earn a place in the draw and earn the chance to welcome one of the round’s bigger names to Ewen Fields.
Club chairman Steve Hartley said: “We couldn’t ask for more than a home game and against a big club, it’s absolutely perfect for us. These guys deserve it, it’s the best team this club has had in a long, long time.”
Ossett Town, who lie 15th in the same league as Hyde, face a replay with Solihull Moors, with a home tie against Wycombe awaiting the victors.
Heybridge Swifts, the third and final team from the eighth tier, were the last team to be drawn and were given an away game at League Two high-flyers Exeter. Swifts, who ply their trade in Isthmian League Division One, defeated Haringey Borough 4-2 in the previous round.
National League outfit Sutton, who last season made a thrilling run to the final 16 before being deposed by Arsenal, head to Cambridge.
Lincoln went one better than that, becoming the first non-league side to reach the quarter-finals in more than 100 years before they too fell foul of the Gunners, who lifted the cup at Wembley. The Imps went on to win promotion to League Two and will kick off their competition at AFC Wimbledon this year.
Shaw Lane, in their first ever first-round appearance, welcome Steve Evans’ Mansfield and Truro, Cornwall’s first representative at this stage since 1969, head for Charlton.
Wigan, the 2013 cup winners and highest-ranked side in the hat as League One leaders, host Harry Kewell’s Crawley, with six-time winners Blackburn facing Barnet at Ewood Park.
The ties will take place between November 3-6. PA
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Full draw
1 Stevenage v Nantwich Town or Kettering Town
2 Bradford City v Chesterfield
3 Port Vale v Oxford United
4 Newport County v Walsall
5 Morecambe v Hartlepool United
6 Yeovil Town v Southend United
7 Peterborough United v Tranmere Rovers
8 Cambridge United v Sutton United
9 Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town
10 AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers
11 Luton Town v Portsmouth
12 Shrewsbury Town v Aldershot Town
13 Hereford v AFC Telford United
14 Guiseley v Accrington Stanley
15 Blackburn Rovers v Barnet
16 East Thurrock United or Ebbsfleet United v Doncaster Rovers
17 Leatherhead v Brackley Town or Billericay Town
18 Boreham Wood v Blackpool
19 Shaw Lane Association v Mansfield Town
20 Colchester United v Oxford City
21 Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town
22 AFC Wimbledon v Lincoln City
23 Rochdale v Dover Athletic or Bromley
24 Coventry City v Maidenhead United
25 Chorley or Boston United v Fleetwood Town
26 Carlisle United v Oldham Athletic
27 Notts County v Bristol Rovers
28 Dartford v Swindon Town
29 Cheltenham Town v Maidstone United or Enfield Town
30 Woking or Concord Rangers v Bury
31 Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham United
32 Gillingham v Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient
33 Hyde United v MK Dons
34 Gainsborough Trinity v Slough Town
35 Solihull Moors or Ossett Town v Wycombe Wanderers
36 Northampton Town v Scunthorpe United
37 Charlton Athletic v Truro City
38 Wigan Athletic v Crawley Town
39 Gateshead v Bath City or Chelmsford City
40 Exeter City v Heybridge Swifts
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40. Exeter City v Heybridge
39. Gateshead v Bath City or Chelmsford City
38. Wigan Athletic v Crawley Town
37. Charlton Athletic v Truro City
36. Northampton Town v Scunthorpe United
35. Solihull Moors or Ossett Town v Wycombe Wanderers
34. Gainsborough Trinity v Slough Town
33. Hyde United v MK Dons
32. Gillingham v Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient
31. Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham United
30. Woking or Concord Rangers v Bury
29. Cheltenham Town v Maidstone United or Enfield Town
28. Dartford v Swindon Town
27. Notts County v Bristol Rovers
26. Carlisle United v Oldham Athletic
25. Chorley or Boston United v Fleetwood Town
24. Coventry City v Maidenhead United
23. Rochdale v Dover Athletic or Bromley
22. AFC Wimbledon v Lincoln City
21. Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town
20. Colchester United v Oxford City
19. Shaw Lane v Mansfield Town
18. Boreham Wood v Blackpool
17. Leatherhead v Brackley Town or Billericay Town
16. East Thurrock United or Ebbsfleet United v Doncaster Rovers
15. Blackburn Rovers v Barnet
14. Guiseley v Accrington Stanley
13. Hereford v AFC Telford United
12. Shrewsbury Town v Aldershot Town
11. Luton Town v Portsmouth
10. AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers
9. Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town
8. Cambridge United v Sutton United
7. Peterborough United v Tranmere Rovers
6. Yeovil Town v Southend United
5. Morecambe v Hartlepool United
4. Newport County v Walsall
3. Port Vale v Oxford United
2. Bradford City v Chesterfield
The first tie is: Stevenage v Nantwich Town or Kettering Town
They’re still chatting. We’ll get there at some point.
Joining Dean Saunders to pluck out the balls is Kelly Smith, the former Arsenal player.
Right, here we go ...
The draw for the first round is on BBC 2, should anyone want to tune in. I suspect the round two draw will be on BBC 2 as well, while the third round draw will get a bye straight into the One Show.
Following this draw, we’ll also have the 8pm Leicester City v WBA game for you, which you can find here:
While we wait for them to get this show on the road, here’s some pre-draw reading from Scott Murray:
The numbers
1 Accrington Stanley, 2 AFC Wimbledon, 3 Barnet, 4 Blackburn Rovers, 5 Blackpool, 6 Bradford City, 7 Bristol Rovers, 8 Bury, 9 Cambridge United, 10 Carlisle United, 11 Charlton Athletic, 12 Cheltenham Town, 13 Chesterfield, 14 Colchester United, 15 Coventry City, 16 Crawley Town, 17 Crewe Alexandra, 18 Doncaster Rovers, 19 Exeter City, 20 Fleetwood Town, 21 Forest Green Rovers, 22 Gillingham, 23 Grimsby Town, 24 Lincoln City, 25 Luton Town, 26 Mansfield Town, 27 Milton Keynes Dons, 28 Morecambe, 29 Newport County, 30 Northampton Town, 31 Notts County, 32 Oldham Athletic, 33 Oxford United, 34 Peterborough United, 35 Plymouth Argyle, 36 Port Vale, 37 Portsmouth, 38 Rochdale, 39 Rotherham United, 40 Scunthorpe United, 41 Shrewsbury Town, 42 Southend United, 43 Stevenage, 44 Swindon Town, 45 Walsall, 46 Wigan Athletic, 47 Wycombe Wanderers, 48 Yeovil Town, 49 Tranmere Rovers, 50 Solihull Moors or Ossett Town, 51 Hartlepool United, 52 Shaw Lane, 53 Chorley or Boston United, 54 AFC Telford United, 55 Gainsborough Trinity, 56 Nantwich Town or Kettering Town, 57 Gateshead, 58 Guiseley, 59 AFC Fylde, 60 Kidderminster Harriers, 61 Hyde United, 62 Macclesfield Town, 63 Brackley Town or Billericay Town, 64 Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient, 65 Hereford, 66 Aldershot Town, 67 Bath City or Chelmsford City, 68 Oxford City, 69 Maidenhead United, 70 Heybridge Swifts, 71 Woking or Concord Rangers, 72 Truro City, 73 Dover Athletic or Bromley, 74 Slough Town, 75 Dartford, 76 Boreham Wood, 77 Maidstone United or Enfield Town, 78 Leatherhead, 79 Sutton United, 80 East Thurrock United or Ebbsfleet United.
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Preamble
There are 80 balls in the bag and 90 teams represented. There are three teams from the eighth tier of the football pyramid in there and, in the shape of Truro City, there is the first Cornish side to reach the Cup since 1969. It’s the FA Cup first-round draw!
Clubs from the English Football League join the draw for the first time today, meaning the chance of a good giant-killing or two when the ties are played on the weekend of 3-6 November and each winning club gets £18,000 to put towards a few tins of paint for the old stands etc.
There are potential derbies galore, perhaps one of the tastier ones would pit Maidenhead United against Slough Town, less than 10 miles apart, or Oxford United v Oxford City, which would mean a 15 minute drive for the away team. There are plenty of others too.
Anyway, we’ll find out shortly enough – the balls will be pulled at 7.10pm BST by none other than Dean Saunders and someone else who they’ve not named yet. Dean Saunders, eh?
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