There are so many tantalising games there, Ebbsfleet,Bromley,Woking,Hartlepool,Maidstone,Dartford,Portsmouth,Gillingham,Dover, so whats the bets we end up with someone like.....Guiseley.?
I've not been to any of these, so one of these will do.
1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 BARNET 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 24 LINCOLN CITY 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION OR BARROW 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 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
I've not been to any of these, so one of these will do.
1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 BARNET 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 24 LINCOLN CITY 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION OR BARROW 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 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
Always look forward to seeing who we will squeak past in the 1st round before taking the next lower league oppo for granted, getting embarassed, then watching as we miss out on a plum tie in the 3rd round... fantastic!
My lad has played tournaments at East Thurrock (lovely pub opposite the ground) and Billericay.
Proper non league, would be a laugh and we might win.
Went there to watch Tonbridge Angels in the play-offs the year before last. Would have thought it would rank as the most primitive stadium we've played a competitive match at in modern times, apart from The Den of course.
Just don't want an away trip up north. Home or away is fine, just somewhere in the south.
-Non league would be fun for the novelty and potentially new ground if an away game. Potential for nationally broadcast embarrassment though... -League Two or lower League One should be a pass into the next round but at least losing wouldn't be newsworthy. -Mid table League One or higher, bye bye to FA Cup for another season and we were concentrating on the League anyway.
I find it strange that there seems to be some genuine excitement about the prospect of playing a non league team. I hate games against non league teams. Unless we win by 5 or more, it's unremarkable but if we scrape through or worse it's bad to terrible news.
Maybe in the near future we can get back to starting in the Cup after Christmas and dreaming of playing Man U or the like.
Maybe in the near future we can get back to starting in the Cup after Christmas and dreaming of playing Man U or the like but ending up with Huddersfield.
I'm hoping for Gateshead away as I'm in Berwickshire that weekend. Amazingly, another cup draw was messed up over the weekend, the Scottish cup draw was scrapped and re done, Berwick originally drawn at Formantine but have ended up away at Arbroath in the re done draw.
If I had to choose between losing against a Non-League team or getting promotion I'd choose the latter all day long.
Non-League teams are a part of what makes the English Football System so great and a cup run for any team like what Lincoln / Sutton had will help them immensely to survive for a good few more years to come.
As it is I think if a Non-League gets a draw against us they dont stand a chance... Our second string side involving players like Lapslie and Maloney played against a strong Crawley team and won, really wouldnt see a Northwich repeat.
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Do we really want another Northwich Victoria on our hands live on the ITV Sunday Afternoon giant killers slot?
Granted we shouldn't come unstuck with the squad we have now compared to what we had then but this is Charlton in cup competitions
I'd take a bland MK Dons at home again and hope for the same kind of draw in the 2nd round to set us up for a big away game in the 3rd round.
1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
3 BARNET
21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS
24 LINCOLN CITY
26 MANSFIELD TOWN
28 MORECAMBE
29 NEWPORT COUNTY
50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN
52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION OR BARROW
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
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
Proper non league, would be a laugh and we might win.
-Non league would be fun for the novelty and potentially new ground if an away game. Potential for nationally broadcast embarrassment though...
-League Two or lower League One should be a pass into the next round but at least losing wouldn't be newsworthy.
-Mid table League One or higher, bye bye to FA Cup for another season and we were concentrating on the League anyway.
Maybe in the near future we can get back to starting in the Cup after Christmas and dreaming of playing Man U or the like.
Non-League teams are a part of what makes the English Football System so great and a cup run for any team like what Lincoln / Sutton had will help them immensely to survive for a good few more years to come.
As it is I think if a Non-League gets a draw against us they dont stand a chance... Our second string side involving players like Lapslie and Maloney played against a strong Crawley team and won, really wouldnt see a Northwich repeat.