The Emirates FA Cup 2022/23

[Lineker]

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Two former FA Cup winners face potentially tricky trips to non-league opposition after the first round draw was made on Monday. Ipswich Town, currently second in League One, will travel to face Bracknell Town of the Southern League Premier South. Portsmouth, the winners in 2008, go to National League North side Hereford FC.

The lowest-ranked side in the first round, seventh-tier Alvechurch, will travel to League One side Cheltenham Town. “We’re excited. It’s not a million miles away from here so hopefully the fans will follow us down,” the Southern League Premier Central side’s manager, Ian Long, told BBC One after the draw. Coalville Town and Needham Market, who play in the same division, will visit Charlton and Burton respectively.

South Shields, who are currently managed by the former England striker Kevin Phillips, will welcome Forest Green Rovers to their First Cloud Arena home. “It’s a day the club deserves,” Phillips told Sky Sports News. “They got into the first round a couple of years ago, but it was during Covid where there were no fans allowed.”

Hendon, who are currently bottom of the Southern League Premier South, could face Lincoln City at home if they can win their replay against Chippenham. Derby County, who enter at the first-round stage for the first time since 1985-86, will face non-league opposition at either Torquay or Hampton & Richmond.

Curzon Ashton of the National League North will host Cambridge United, with Altrincham or Gateshead the destination for League Two leaders Stevenage. Weymouth will entertain AFC Wimbledon, while Oxford United visit historic giant killers Woking. League Two’s bottom side, Hartlepool, travel to Solihull Moors.

National League promotion chasers Wrexham could face local rivals Chester in an all-non-league affair, if the two sides can come through replays. Another intriguing tie pits two sixth-tier sides, Merthyr Town and Buxton, against each other.

The League One leaders, Plymouth, will visit Grimsby, while Bolton host Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday welcome Morecambe and Exeter travel to Port Vale in all-League One clashes. The ties will be played from 4-7 November.

 

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FA Cup first round draw

South Shields v Forest Green
Bolton v Barnsley
Boreham Wood v Eastleigh
Curzon Ashton v Cambridge United
Maidenhead United v Dagenham & Redbridge
Crawley v Accrington Stanley
Solihull Moors v Hartlepool
Kidderminster or AFC Fylde v Gillingham
Peterborough v Salford City
Sutton United v Farnborough
Grimsby v Plymouth Argyle
MK Dons v Yeovil or Taunton
Ebbsfleet United v FC Halifax Town
Carlisle v Tranmere
Bracknell Town v Ipswich Town
Hendon or Chippenham v Lincoln City
Sheffield Wednesday v Morecambe
Hereford v Portsmouth
Shrewsbury v York City
Buxton v Merthyr Town
Charlton v Coalville Town
Weymouth v AFC Wimbledon
Newport v Colchester
Stockport County v Swindon
Doncaster v King’s Lynn
Altrincham or Gateshead v Stevenage
Fleetwood Town v Oxford City
Burton Albion v Needham Market
Bradford City v Harrogate
Port Vale v Exeter City
Torquay or Hampton & Richmond v Derby County
Bristol Rovers v Rochdale
Wycombe v Walsall
Blyth Spartans or Wrexham v Oldham or Chester
Crewe v Leyton Orient
Barnet v Chelmsford
Woking v Oxford United
Chesterfield v Northampton
Cheltenham v Alvechurch
Barrow v Mansfield.

Ties to be played between 4-7 November.

 

[Benji]

Man U to AEW, think of the matches.

[Szumi]

Wrexham's match today and from Saturday were both on ESPN 2 because of the success of Welcome to Wrexham. Saturday morning's match actually got pretty good numbers, more watchers than MLS matches. Wrexham's getting a good amount of American support now

[Lineker]

Ronnie Radford has died.

 

[Colly]

This coverage is lovely.

[Lineker]

Hereford take the lead against Portsmouth live on the BBC!

Goalscorer is a former Pompey player!

[Chris2K]

Connor Wickham has just scored what has to be the best halfway line goal I've seen. It somehow still managed to go in the top corner.

[Colly]

On first watch I thought the keeper had had a mare, but it's an absolute worldy.

[Bobfoc]

Good win for Chippenham.

[Adam]

King's Lynn Town have knocked Doncaster out of the FA Cup. Not sure I can ever remember us being upset by a non-league side!

[Lineker]

1 minute ago, Adam said:

King's Lynn Town have knocked Doncaster out of the FA Cup. Not sure I can ever remember us being upset by a non-league side!

Don't get cupset about it.

[Bobfoc]

1 minute ago, Adam said:

King's Lynn Town have knocked Doncaster out of the FA Cup. Not sure I can ever remember us being upset by a non-league side!

It's a feeling I'm quite used to.

[The Lusophone]

Do we still have a resident Grimsby fan? Congratulations to them, wherever they are.

[Bobfoc]

6 hours ago, MadJack said:

Do we still have a resident Grimsby fan? Congratulations to them, wherever they are.

It was quite a surprising result. How much of it was down to Grimsby playing well and how much to Plymouth playing poorly?

[The Lusophone]

7 minutes ago, Bobfoc said:

It was quite a surprising result. How much of it was down to Grimsby playing well and how much to Plymouth playing poorly?

Plymouth uniquely bad - 5 or 6 changes from the win over Exeter but should've done much better than that.

Ah well. I'd rather drop a result like this in the FA Cup than the league, which we hopefully won't do until the next time we play Charlton.

[9 to 5]

9 hours ago, Lineker said:

Don't get cupset about it.

Final warning.

[Lineker]

 

 

[Lineker]

Third round draw on BBC Two at 7pm tonight.

[Bobfoc]

Brave of them to go head-to-head with Portugal v Uruguay.

[Lineker]

Portsmouth at home. That'll do.

 

Man City vs. Chelsea, you love to see it.