You'd expect the Aldershot and Chesterfield ties to be televised given their upsets... Hope Ramsgate do get televised given they've shown Cray Valley at a League side.
Only 20 matches in 2nd round. Depends how many matches they are planning to show. Eastleigh v Reading is another guaranteed TV game.
Yeah wont be surprised if they show that one as well.
Six games have been televised if you include S4C showing Mansfield vs Wrexham, so you'd expect them to show Wrexham vs Yeovil.
The BBC and ITV will show five others
Maidstone vs Barrow Eastleigh vs Reading Aldershot vs Walsall Chesterfield vs Leyton Orient Derby vs Bristol Rovers
Full draw:
Maidstone United v Barrow
Wycombe Wanderers v Morecambe
Notts County v Shrewsbury Chesterfield v Leyton Orient Aldershot Town v Stockport County Alfreton Town v Walsall Wrexham v Yeovil Town Crewe or Derby v Bristol Rovers Peterborough or Salford v Doncaster or Accrington Eastleigh v Reading Gillingham v Charlton or Cray Valley Paper Mills Stevenage v Port Vale or Burton Albion Newport County v Barnet Oxford United v Slough Town or Grimsby Chester or York City v Wigan Athletic Sutton United v Barnsley or Horsham AFC Wimbledon v Ramsgate
You'd expect the Aldershot and Chesterfield ties to be televised given their upsets... Hope Ramsgate do get televised given they've shown Cray Valley at a League side.
Only 20 matches in 2nd round. Depends how many matches they are planning to show. Eastleigh v Reading is another guaranteed TV game.
Yeah wont be surprised if they show that one as well.
Six games have been televised if you include S4C showing Mansfield vs Wrexham, so you'd expect them to show Wrexham vs Yeovil.
The BBC and ITV will show five others
Maidstone vs Barrow Eastleigh vs Reading Aldershot vs Walsall Chesterfield vs Leyton Orient Derby vs Bristol Rovers
Would be the games I expect them to pick.
No chance they’ll show Derby v Bristol Rovers instead of Gillingham v Cray Valley Paper Mills
Least we have the potential to reach the third round I suppose
Why? Decent draw local game
Not very inspiring... I enjoy the Cup because of the prospect of facing different teams - Rather than one we've faced a few times the last few seasons.
As I say... Its a good opportunity to get a big game in the 3rd Round.
Thats it.
Agreed not perfect but much rather a local away game which I can go
Was up until fairly recently of the opinion that not having to be in the same league as Gills was a good thing, as it meant we didn't have to visit that dump of a ground.
However, I'll take this on the basis that its a local game which means its not a weekend without going to live football.
Same Pompey team that started at Reading last week, don't look anything special.
Played 15
Won 10
Drawn 5
Lost 0.
Doing OK me thinks.
Just shows how poor league one is this season ( including us) because Pompey look awful.
Just goes to show that 3 teams should come up from the conference
EFL teams will never vote for it but at the very least I think 21st and 22nd in League 2 should be thrown into the National League playoffs to keep their position in the league.
So often nowadays the quality of the top of the National League is equivalent to at least mid table League 2. Giving teams an opportunity to prove that via playoffs would be the best way forward IMO.
Same Pompey team that started at Reading last week, don't look anything special.
Played 15
Won 10
Drawn 5
Lost 0.
Doing OK me thinks.
Just shows how poor league one is this season ( including us) because Pompey look awful.
Just goes to show that 3 teams should come up from the conference
EFL teams will never vote for it but at the very least I think 21st and 22nd in League 2 should be thrown into the National League playoffs to keep their position in the league.
So often nowadays the quality of the top of the National League is equivalent to at least mid table League 2. Giving teams an opportunity to prove that via playoffs would be the best way forward IMO.
All three teams in the League Two auto spots, have been promoted from the National League in the last two years.
Of the teams in the top ten, only Crewe and Gillingham haven't been in the National League across the last 20-years.
Yeah I don’t think Chesterfield v Orient will be a TV game. Those clubs must’ve played each other a lot over the years, and was a regular league fixture until 4-5 years ago.
Theres no historical or geographical link between the clubs either (that I know of) that might make it more interesting…
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Six games have been televised if you include S4C showing Mansfield vs Wrexham, so you'd expect them to show Wrexham vs Yeovil.
The BBC and ITV will show five others
Maidstone vs Barrow
Eastleigh vs Reading
Aldershot vs Walsall
Chesterfield vs Leyton Orient
Derby vs Bristol Rovers
Would be the games I expect them to pick.
Maidstone United v Barrow
Wycombe Wanderers v Morecambe
Notts County v Shrewsbury
Chesterfield v Leyton Orient
Aldershot Town v Stockport County
Alfreton Town v Walsall
Wrexham v Yeovil Town
Crewe or Derby v Bristol Rovers
Peterborough or Salford v Doncaster or Accrington
Eastleigh v Reading
Gillingham v Charlton or Cray Valley Paper Mills
Stevenage v Port Vale or Burton Albion
Newport County v Barnet
Oxford United v Slough Town or Grimsby
Chester or York City v Wigan Athletic
Sutton United v Barnsley or Horsham
AFC Wimbledon v Ramsgate
Sometimes kids and reserves can be hungrier.
Eastleigh vs Reading will surely be the 1st pick. Chester or York City v recent winners Wigan Athletic is another cert (with Ben Watson as a pundit)
Sutton vs Barnsley (if they get through) is a possible.
However, I'll take this on the basis that its a local game which means its not a weekend without going to live football.
So often nowadays the quality of the top of the National League is equivalent to at least mid table League 2. Giving teams an opportunity to prove that via playoffs would be the best way forward IMO.
If Cray Valley Paper Mills from the Isthmian South East division win today please ignore the above bollocks.
Of the teams in the top ten, only Crewe and Gillingham haven't been in the National League across the last 20-years.
Chesterfield aren't traditional non league minnows, so their game vs Orient isn't especially "romantic" for example
Theres no historical or geographical link between the clubs either (that I know of) that might make it more interesting…