The FA Cup

[HastingsSeagull]

Hastings getting through and playing at the Amex please

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Any of these at the Amex in the 3rd Round would be good

Bournemouth
Pompey
Hastings United
Newport County
Accrington Stanley
Wrexham
Torquay
Plymouth Argyle
Bradford PA
FC Halifax
Bristol Rovers
Gosport
Leyton Orient
Altrincham

Still love the FA Cup,wouldn't like to get a premiership team away and go out at the 1st hurdle

Very much this, id love it if Hastings got to the 3rd round and we got them - would be a Sussex derby then !! Although we have of course already lost to them this season !!

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Hoping for an easy draw, I'm on holiday for out first round.

 

[Durlston]

I think the televised matches will be:

Braintree Town vs Tranmere Rovers.
Dorchester Town vs Plymouth Argyle.
Metropolitan Police vs Crawley Town.
Poor old Portsmouth (as they need the money) vs Notts County.

 

[SK1NT]

After the last 2 seasons you mean??!!

?? What im saying is way want to be knocked out first round... Try and win the thing... Stranger things have happened...

 

[Gritt23]

Same answer as every year. Everton away. Never been to Goodison.

This.

 

[GYM]

Pretty disappointing draw, not many games really stand out, I'm absolutely praying for a northern shithole away in the third round, Barrow would do nicely.

Guiseley away. They are in my back garden nearly.

No chance they will get near the 3rd round though

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think the televised matches will be:

Braintree Town vs Tranmere Rovers.
Dorchester Town vs Plymouth Argyle.
Metropolitan Police vs Crawley Town.
Poor old Portsmouth (as they need the money) vs Notts County.

Think you could be right there. A non-league team with a chance, a local-ish derby, the interest factor of the police team (not that they actually have many coppers playing these days), and Pompey because they always like to feature Pompey.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Perhaps Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Twats might be a TV option too: a non league side at home to a decent L1 team is reasonably attractive. Plus Cambridge City have been tweeting furiously this morning trying to get their game on telly

 

[crodonilson]

Kidderminster Harriers v Oldham Athletic
Hayes & Yeading or Boreham Wood v Brentford
Chelmsford City or East Thurrock v Colchester United
Metropolitan Police v Crawley Town
Luton Town v AFC Telford U or Nuneaton Town
Portsmouth v Notts County
Bishop's Stortford v Hastings United
Fleetwood Town v Bromley
Forest Green Rovers or Dartford v Port Vale
Torquay United v Hyde or Harrogate T
AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge
Morecambe v Rochdale
Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town
Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Dons
Cheltenham Town v Yate Town or Newport County
Dorchester Town v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Arlesey Town
York City v AFC Wimbledon
Bury v Exeter City
Chesterfield v Hartlepool United
Doncaster Rovers v Bradford Park Avenue
Gillingham v Scunthorpe United
Aldershot Town v Hendon
Lincoln City or FC Halifax Town v Walsall
Wrexham v Alfreton Town
Southend United v Stockport County
Crewe Alexandra v Wycombe Wanderers
Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United
Hereford United v Shrewsbury Town
Mansfield Town v Slough Town or Gosport Borough
Barnet v Oxford United
Rotherham United v Stevenage
AFC Fylde or Ilkeston Town v Accrington Stanley
Gloucester City v Leyton Orient
Burton Albion v Altrincham
Guiseley v Barrow
Northampton Town v Bradford City
Preston North End v Yeovil Town
Braintree Town v Tranmere Rovers
Carlisle United v Ebbsfleet United

TV Games in bold

 

[Brovion]

Doncaster v Bradford PA

tie of the round for me

They drew at Horsfall (Bradford's ground) in a pre-season friendly. I know friendly results mean nothing but the Bradford fans are confident of their team going there and giving a good account of themselves - unlike last year when they lost 8-2 or something in the first round to AFC Totton!

 

[Simster]

Was really hoping South Park would beat Met Police, Crawley would have been a great derby match for them.

Yep, they're a great club. I've got loads of friends connected to the club, and know lots of kids playing there.

 

[brakespear]

I like the sound of Gloucester City, Gloucester doesn't seem to get much in the way of football so hopefully they can get through and play us Shouldn't have too much trouble against Orient anyway

 

[Lady Whistledown]

TV Games in bold

Is that official now then? How utterly dull and pathetic of ITV. Don't bother about all those excited non-league clubs (Kidderminster excepted) who could really use a pay day, no, we'll just go for the well known sides, the so called big clubs at that level. The ones whose players Andy Townsend might actually recognise. Brilliant.

 

[stripeyshark]

?? What im saying is way want to be knocked out first round... Try and win the thing... Stranger things have happened...

I'm with you that.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Perhaps Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Twats might be a TV option too: a non league side at home to a decent L1 team is reasonably attractive. Plus Cambridge City have been tweeting furiously this morning trying to get their game on telly

A sad day when Cambridge City are in the first round of the FA Cup and Cambridge United are not.

 

[Durlston]

If those are the television choices of ITV and ESPN then that's very disappointing.

Portsmouth was inevitable (they're becoming the new Leeds United). Kidderminster is non-league but Aggborough is not a local park pitch as they were in the League for a few seasons and built a new stand. Gillingham v Scunthorpe will all be about media whore Martin Allen's good start at the Pikeys and Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United might be just about watchable with two old Brighton managers/players in the dugout.

Good opportunities wasted to show what the early rounds of the FA Cup are really all about though. The part-timers, the mud bath pitches, the high-profile managers shitting themselves about playing a team five divisions below them.

 

[patchamalbion]

cheltenham and gloucester play at the same ground so one could be on TV

 

[The Grockle]

Yep, they're a great club. I've got loads of friends connected to the club, and know lots of kids playing there.

Yeah a true community club with a lot of passionate people heavily involved. They’ve also grown massively over the last decade or so and have a pretty decent ground now too, put Reigate Priory fc to shame who although one of the oldest football clubs in the world and also being at their ground for longer than almost any club play second fiddle to the cricket club and even have to give up their pitch for car parking