FA Cup 1st Round Draw

Two words... Carlton Palmer.

 

“Carlton”
“Hit Les”

 

Dont care what anyone says ..............that is the greatest documentary ever

 

Agree and I'd think Stuart would be the first to admit that, all heart and 100% player unfortunately in that era you needed more.

 

Pretty much the same as Billy Bonds, possibly the best of his type, but never made an England team

 

Halifax or York away please or failing that any non league team away to ensure we at least get on the goggle box

 

A bit more info ahead of the draw:

https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/oct/10/emirates-fa-cup-first-round-proper-draw-details-20251010

 

Hard to understand why the first two rounds aren't regionalised.

 

Why, it never was in the past? It’s the FA Cup, playing semi finals at Wembley to help pay for its existence is enough tinkering for me!
Newquay Town Away it is

 

Newquay AFC are out. Lost to Frome Town in a Preliminary round !

 

What would be the benefit of that?

 

Oh cobblers .

It sadly wouldn’t count as another to add to the “ 92” !

Went to a donkey derby on the ground when on holiday about 1976 !

I kid you not .

 

I get that Rod, you are right but it takes away the romance of the cup and those “ away days” to oddball places .

Was it Tow Low town at Spennymoor …Cripes!

 

A few interesting results today, Maldon and Tiptree beat Flackwell Health in the all tier 8 tie to be the last tier 8 side left in. 1 tier 7 side got through with Chatham Town beating Tonbridge, 3 more could get through after they took their tie to a replay. Truro got a late equaliser against AFC Totton so a trip to Cornwall is still a possible. Both Yorkshire sides are through.

With where we are in the league and the media interest in the last few months I think if we get any non-league side away we are very likely to be on TV

Full ball numbers for Monday's draw:
1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnet
4. Barnsley
5. Barrow
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Cardiff City
14. Cheltenham Town
15. Chesterfield
16. Colchester United
17. Crawley Town
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Doncaster Rovers
20. Exeter City
21. Fleetwood Town
22. Gillingham
23. Grimsby Town
24. Harrogate Town
25. Huddersfield Town
26. Leyton Orient
27. Lincoln City
28. Luton Town
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Newport County
32. Northampton Town
33. Notts County
34. Oldham Athletic
35. Peterborough United
36. Plymouth Argyle
37. Port Vale
38. Reading
39. Rotherham United
40. Salford City
41. Shrewsbury Town
42. Stevenage
43. Stockport County
44. Swindon
45. Tranmere Rovers
46. Walsall
47. Wigan Athletic
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. AFC Telford United
50. Macclesfield
51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United
52. Carlisle United
53. York City
54. Buxton
55. Morecambe or Chester
56. South Shields
57. Tamworth
58. Scunthorpe United
59. Gateshead
60. Spennymoor Town
61. FC Halifax Town
62. Altrincham or Harborough Town
63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
64. Maldon & Tiptree
65. Woking or Brackley Town
66. Wealdstone
67. Slough Town
68. Boreham Wood
69. Eastleigh
70. Southend United
71. Ebbsfleet United
72. Braintree Town
73. Chatham Town
74. Weston Super Mare
75. Hemel Hempstead Town
76. Banbury United or St Albans City
77. Chelmsford City
78. AFC Totton or Truro City
79. Aldershot Town
80. Farnham Town or Sutton United

 

I thought it was obvious, teams like Truro possibly travelling to Carlisle, ridiculous costs.

 

Pot luck, costs are shared are they not anyway?

 

Thought it would be on BBC2 or summat...no, TNT sports

The draw will be available to watch on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and on the TNT Sports YouTube page during this tie’s pre-match coverage from approximately 6.40pm BST.

 

That’s disappointing for those of us that don’t have TNT Sports. Don’t suppose it’s live on radio 5 like the good old days ?