OK Here we go

First tie out, Arsenal v Stoke or Newcastle

SHIT!!!!

Coventry v Walsall or Millwall

Wigan v Chelsea

Luton or Liverpool v Swansea or Havant & Waterlooville

Arsenal vs stoke city or newcastle

FFS OMG GOD HATES US

Man Utd v Tottenham or Reading

Portsmouth v Plymouth

Derby or Sheff Wed v Preston

Sheff Utd v West Ham or Man City

Mansfield v Middlesbrough

COMPETITON DRAWS
REVISED FA CUP 4th ROUND DRAW

1. Arsenal ....... v ...... Newcastle United
2. Coventry City ...... v ...... Millwall
3. Oldham Athletic ...... v ...... Huddersfield Town
4. Swindon Town or Barnet ...... v ...... Bristol Rovers or Fulham
5. Wigan Athletic ...... v ...... Chelsea
6. Liverpool ...... v ...... Havant & Waterlooville
7. Southend United ...... v ...... Barnsley
8. Southampton ...... v ...... Bury
9. Manchester United ...... v ...... Tottenham Hotspur
10. Portsmouth ...... v ...... Plymouth Argyle
11. Sheffield Wednesday or Derby County ...... v ...... Preston North End
12. Watford ...... v ...... Wolverhampton Wanderers
13. Peterborough United ...... v ...... West Bromwich Albion
14. Sheffield United ...... v ...... Manchester City
15. Mansfield Town ...... v ...... Middlesbrough
16. Hereford United ...... v ...... Cardiff City

FA TROPHY 3rd ROUND DRAW

1. Ebbsfleet United ...... v ...... Weymouth or Kidderminster Harriers
2. Burton Albion ...... v ...... Histon
3. Aldershot Town ...... v ...... Braintree Town
4. Farsley Celtic or Alfreton Town ...... v ...... York City or Grays Athletic
5. Stafford Rangers ...... v ...... Tamworth
6.Crawley Town ...... v ...... Droylsden
7. AFC Wimbledon ...... v ...... Torquay United
8. Bishops Stortford or Halifax Town ...... v ...... Rushden & Diamonds

FA VASE 4th ROUND DRAW

1. Whitley Bay ...... v ...... Long Buckby
2. Truro City ...... v ...... Bideford
3. Hungerford Town ...... v ...... Boston Town
4. Concord Rangers ...... v ...... Shawbury United
5. Kirkham & Wesham ...... v ...... Studley
6. St Ives ...... v ...... Bitton
7. Vickers Crayford & Dartford Athletic ...... v ...... Needham Markey
8. Mertsham ...... v ...... Pickering Town
9. Camberley Town ...... v ...... Tipton Town
10. Coventry Sphinx ...... v ...... Salford City
11. Dunston Federation ...... v ...... Shrivenham
12. Stanway Rovers ...... v ...... Formby
13. Greenwich Borough ...... v ...... Harefield United
14. Poole Town ...... v ...... Consett
15. Lymington ...... v ...... Crowborough Athletic
16. Lowestoft Town ...... v ...... Blackstones

Feel slightly guilty for Keegan taking all the attention away from Havant and Waterlooville. They deserved a moment in the spotlight, one of the biggest shocks ever in FA Cup history. Apparently Swansea hit the woodwork three times? Unbelievable stuff, that's what the competition is all about. Not sure what we predict for the fourth round but Torres must be licking his lips... Still, it'll be a fantastic day for Havant and etc. Sorry lads, can't be arsed to type your whole name out

Well everyone who's not a Liverpool fan wont give a jot if Torres is licking his lips at the prospect, In my view that game is all about Havant & Waterlooville, they're taking 6'000 fans with them and look set to earn just under £1million from the tie, enough to either run the club for the next 10 years or even build a decent sized new stadium.

As for Benitez, apparently he's not taking any chances, he's already asked for a DVD of their 4-2 win against Swansea and is also sending down an army of spies to their game against Newport County tomorrow

Anbody for Havant + Waterlooville to force a replay


I'm soooo putting money on that one

Draw Numbers

1. Arsenal
2. Coventry City
3. Huddersfield Town
4. Bristol Rovers
5. Chelsea
6. Liverpool
7. Southend United
8. Southampton
9. Manchester United
10. Portsmouth
11. Preston North End
12. Wolverhampton Wanderers
13. West Bromwich Albion
14. Sheffield United
15. Middlesbrough
16. Cardiff City

Only 6 premiership teams making it through to round 5, cant remember the last time there was'nt that many

Full draw

1. Bristol Rovers ...... v ...... Southampton
2. Cardiff City ...... v ...... Wolverhampton Wanderers
3. Sheffield United ...... v ...... Middlesbrough
4. Liverpool ...... v ...... Barnsley
5. Manchester United ...... v ...... Arsenal
6. Preston North End ...... V ....... Portsmouth
7. Coventry City ...... v ...... West Brom
8. Chelsea ...... v ...... Huddersfield Town

There will be a maximum of five Premiership teams in the quarter-finals. Bit of a surprise.

I think it'll be at least 4, Middlesbrough's tie i think has banana skin written all over it.

Games picked for Live TV

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16th
BBC - 12:45 - Bristol Rovers v Southampton
BBC - 17:15 - Manchester United v Arsenal

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th
BBC - 14:00 - Sheffield United v Middlesbrough
SKY - 16:05 - Preston North End v Portsmouth

Cup Draws

FA CUP ROUND 5 - To be played 16th February

1. Bristol Rovers ...... v ...... Southampton
2. Cardiff City ...... v ...... Wolverhampton Wanderers
3. Sheffield United ...... v ...... Middlesbrough
4. Liverpool ...... v ...... Barnsley
5. Manchester United ...... v ...... Arsenal
6. Preston North End ...... v ...... Portsmouth
7. Coventry City ...... v ...... West Bromwich Albion
8. Chelsea ...... v ....... Huddersfield Town

FA TROPHY QUARTER FINALS - To be played 23rd February

1. Tamworth ...... v ...... Aldershot Town
2. Rushden & Diamonds ...... v ...... York City
3. Torquay United ...... v ...... Crawley Town
4. Burton Albion ...... v ...... Ebbsfleet United

FA VASE QUARTER FINALS - To be played 1st March

1. Concord Rangers ...... v ...... Lowestoft Town
2. Kirkham & Wesham ...... v ...... Coventry Sphinx
3. Hungerford Town or Greenwich Borough ...... v ...... Whitley Bay
4. Mertsham ...... v ...... Needham Market

WOMENS FA CUP QUARTER FINALS

1. Arsenal ...... v ...... Birmingham City
2. Newcastle United ...... v ...... Everton
3. Cardiff City ...... v ...... Leeds United
4. Lincoln City ...... v ...... Blackburn Rovers

FA YOUTH CUP QUARTER FINALS

1. Aston Villa ...... v ...... Carlisle United
2. Port Vale ...... v ...... Chelsea
3. Plymouth Argyle ...... v ...... Manchester City
4. Charlton Atheltic or Swindon Town ...... v ...... Sunderland

Quarter final draw numbers

1. Bristol Rovers
2. Cardiff City
3. Sheffield United or Middlesbrough
4. Barnsley
5. Manchester United
6. Portsmouth
7. West Bromwich Albion
8. Chelsea

The team with "one of the greatest managers around currently" loses to Barnsley.

we beat barnsley under sam allardyce AT HOME in the carling cup, so that make sam allardyce a better manager than rafa benitez and newcastle a better team than liverpool.... right?

Now Barnsley have beaten Chelski and I for one am delighted that none of the top 4 are in the semi-final draw.

Also, Glenda's Norwich have done the double over Barnsley this season in the league.

portsmouth i can not belive it !!!!

us vs someone !! at wemberly beat man u on there own ground and got a pen and got there keeper sent off
!!!!

Interesting facts

1. For the first time since 1991, an FA Cup final will not feature one of the "big 4"

2. For the first time since 1987, the FA Cup Semi-Finals will not feature one of the "big 4"

3. Barnsley have reached the Semi-Finals for the first time since 1912, they went on to win the cup that year

4. If Bristol Rovers win tomorrow, they'll become the first league 1 side to reach the Semi-Finals since Wycombe Wanderers back in 2001

5. For the first time since 1973, an FA Cup Final will not feature a side from either London or the North West

6. Last 10 finals not to feature "big 4 clubs"

1991 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Nottingham Forest
1987 - Coventry City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur
1984 - Everton 2-0 Watford
1982 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 QPR
1981 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Manchester City
1975 - West Ham United 2-0 Fulham
1973 - Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United
1969 - Manchester City 1-0 Leicester City
1968 - West Brom 1-0 Everton
1966 - Everton 3-2 Shefield Wednesday

yea got a fact 4 u last 3 fa cups pompey been knocked out away ot manure

last time pomepy won the fa cup they beat preston north end!

What an omen, 1939 was'nt it?

so at least one of Barnsley, Cardiff, WBA or Bristol Rovers will be in Europe next year?

Dates for the 2008-09 FA Cup

EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND - Saturday August 16th
PRELIMINARY ROUND - Saturday August 30th
1st QUALIFYING ROUND - Saturday September 13th
2nd QUALIFYING ROUND - Saturday September 27th
3rd QUALIFYING ROUND - Saturday October 11th
4th QUALIFYING ROUND - Saturday October 25th
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1st ROUND - Saturday November 8th
2nd ROUND - Saturday November 29th
3rd ROUND - Saturday January 3rd
4th ROUND - Saturday January 24th
5th ROUND - Saturday February 14th
QUARTER - FINALS - Saturday March 7th
SEMI - FINALS - Sunday April 19th
FA CUP FINAL - Saturday May 30th

THE FA CUP
Here it is, the draw for the very first round of the FA Cup, see if you can find your local lot, also included are details of when the other local side enter (if it not a north east team, i'll try to find them for ya)

EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND DRAW - North east sides in bold

Bedlington Terriers ...... v ...... Chester Le Street
Consett ...... v ...... Pontefract Colleries
South Shields ...... v ...... Hebburn Town - BIG SOUTH TYNESIDE DERBY
Horden CW ...... v ...... Sunderland Nissan
Northallerton Town ...... v ...... Whitley Bay
Glasshoughton Welfare ...... v ...... Billingham Synthonia
Crook Town ...... v ...... North Shields
West Auckland Town ...... v ...... Hall Road Rangers
Jarrow Roofing ...... v ...... Spennymoor Town
Team Northumbria ...... v ...... Esh Winning
West Allotment Celtic ...... v ...... Sunderland RCA
Shildon ...... v ...... Leeds Carnegie
Marske United ...... v ...... Whickham
Billingham Town ...... v ...... Brandon United
Morpeth Town ...... v ...... Ryton
Washington ...... v ...... Stokesley
Bishop Auckland ...... v ...... Darlington Railway
Seaham Red Star ...... v ...... Selby Town
Bridlington Town ...... v ...... Guisborough Town
Norton & Stockton ...... v ...... Newcastle Benfield
Ashington ...... v ...... Thackley
Thornaby ....... v ...... Tow Law Town
Dunston Federation ...... v ...... Tadcaster Albion

EXEMPTIONS
To Preliminary Round - Durham City, Harrogate Railway, Newcastle Blue Star
To 1st Qualifying Round - Whitby Town, Kendal Town
To 2nd Qualifying Round - Blyth Spartans, Gateshead, Harrogate Town, Workington
To 4th Qualifying Round - York City, Barrow
To 1st Round - Carlisle United, Darlington, Hartlepool United
To 3rd Round - Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Sunderland

And here are the other comeptitions drawn today, again ties involving north east sides

THE FA TROPHY - 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND - Holders: Ebbsfleet United

Durham City or Curzon Ashton ...... v ...... Halesowen Town
Harrogate Railway or Halifax Town ...... v ...... Leigh Genesis
Newcastle Blue Star ...... v ...... Sutton Coldfield
Whitby Town ...... v ...... Trafford or Rossendale United

THE FA VASE - 2ND QUALIFYING ROUND - Holders: Kirkham & Wesham (Now known as AFC Fylde)

Horden CW ...... v ...... Washington or Sunderland Nissan
Peterlee Town ...... v ...... Billingham Town
Leeds Carnegie ...... v ...... Brandon United or Bottesford Town
Darlington Railway ...... v ...... Morpeth Town
Selby Town ...... v ...... Seaham Red Star or Glasshoughton Welfare
Thornaby ...... v ...... Willington or Thackley
Barton TOB ...... v ...... Crook Town or Billingham Synthonia
Ashington ...... v ...... North Shields
Birtley Town ...... v ...... Scarborough Athletic
West Auckland Town ...... v ...... Sunderland RCA
Tow Law Town ...... v ...... Spennymoor Town or Norton & Stockton
Esh Winning ...... v ...... Team Northumbria
Hall Road Rangers ...... v ...... Ryton
Armthorpe Welfare ...... v ...... Guisborough Town or Pontefract Collieries
Yorkshire Amateur ...... v ...... Shildon
West Allotment Celtic ...... v ...... Easington Colliery or Silsden
Eccleshill United ...... v ...... Bedlington Terriers
Northallerton Town or Marske United ...... v ...... Jarrow Roofing or Bishop Auckland
Whickham or Stokesley ...... v ...... Chester Le Street or South Shields
Hebburn Town ...... v ...... Tadcaster Albion
Penrith Town ...... v ...... Dinnington Town

THE FA CUP - PRELIMINARY ROUND DRAW
Ties to be played on Saturday August 30th

Ashington ........ v ........ Ossett Albion
Team Northumbria ........ v ........ Bedlington Terriers
Armthorpe Welfare ........ v ........ Crook Town
Wakefield ........ v ........ Stokesley
South Shields ........ v ........ Selby Town
Sunderland Nissan ........ v ........ Newcastle Blue Star
West Allotment Celtic ........ v ........ Shildon
West Auckland Town ........ v ........ Durham City
Bishop Auckland ........ v ........ Consett
Goole ........ v ........ Newcastle Benfield
Billingham Town ........ v ........ Whitley Bay
Whickham ........ v ........ Pickering Town
Jarrow Roofing ........ v ........ Bridlington Town
Garforth Town ........ v ........ Tow Law Town
Billingham Synthonia ........ v ........ Ryton
Dunston Federation ........ v ........ Harrogate Railway
Penrith ........ v ........ Clitheroe

THE FA CUP 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW
Bedlington Terriers ........ v ........ Bradford Park Avenue
Newcastle Benfield ........ v ........ Bridlington Town
Ashington ........ v ........ Durham City
Whitby Town ........ v ........ Dunston Federation
Bishop Auckland or Consett ........ v ........ North Ferriby United
Wakefield ........ v ........ Armthorpe Welfare or Crook Town
Ryton ........ v ........ Halifax Town or Silsden
Newcastle Blue Star ........ v ........ Shildon
Pickering Town ........ v ........ Whitley Bay
Ashton United ........ v ........ Kendal Town

THE FA VASE 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW
Ties to be played on Saturday September 20th

Horden CW ........ V ........ Sunderland Nissan
Peterlee Town ........ V ........ Billingham Town
Leeds Carnegie ........ V ........ Brandon United
Darlington Railway ........ V ........ Morpeth Town
Selby Town ........ V ........ Seaham Red Star
Thornaby ........ V ........ Willington or Thackley
Barton TOB ........ V ........ Crook Town
Ashington ........ V ........ North Shields
Birtley Town ........ V ........ Scarborough Athletic
West Auckland Town ........ V ........ Sunderland RCA
Tow Law Town ........ V ........ Spennymoor Town
Esh Winning ........ V ........ Team Northumbria
Hall Road Rangers ........ V ........ Ryton
Armthorpe Welfare ........ V ........ Guisborough Town
Yorkshire Amateur ........ V ........ Shildon
West Allotment Celtic ........ V ........ Silsden
Eccleshill United ........ V ........ Bedlington Terriers
Marske United ........ V ........ Jarrow Roofing or Bishop Auckland
Whickham or Stokesley ........ V ........ Chester-Le-Street or South Shields
Hebburn Town ........ V ........ Tadcaster Albion
Penrith ........ V ........ Dinnington Town

THE FA CUP 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW
This is where the clubs from conference north and south enter the competition so some names you might recognise, see if you can find your local side

Ties to be played on September 27th
NORTHERN SECTION

Nantwich Town or FC United of Manchester ........ v ........ Halifax Town
Kendal Town ........ v ........ Mossley Athetic
Southport ....... v ........ Vauxhall Motors
Frickley Athletic ........ v ........ Clitheroe or Leek Town
Consett or North Ferriby United ........ v ........ Newcastle Blue Star
Whitby Town ........ v ........ Blyth Spartans
Stocksbridge Park Steels ........ v ........ Curzon Ashton
FC Wakefield ........ v ........ Fleetwood Town
Droylsden ........ v ........ Bradford Park Avenue
Winterton Rangers ........ v ........ Newcastle Benfield or Bridlington Town
Durham City ........ v ........ Rossendale United
Whitley Bay ........ v ........ Hyde United
Selby Town or Guiseley ........ v ........ Garforth Town
Buxton ........ v ........ Burscough
Prescot Cables ........ v ........ Salford City
Workington ........ v ........ Harrogate Town
Gateshead ........ v ........ Witton Albion
Stalybridge Celtic ........ v ........ Farsley Celtic
Sheffield FC ........ v ........ Bacup Borough
Coalville Town ........ v ........ Stafford Rangers
Evesham United ........ v ........ Nuneaton Borough
Lincoln United ........ v ........ Eastwood Town
Friar Lane & Epworth or Rugby Town ........ v ........ Long Eaton United
Shepshed Dynamo ........ v ........ Alfreton Town
Chasetown ........ v ........ Rothwell Town
Hucknall Town ........ v ........ Cradley Town or Ellesmere Rangers
Belper Town ........ v ........ Redditch United
Boston United ........ v ........ Stamford
Retford United or Willenhall Town ........ v ........ Romulus
Stourbridge or Rainworth MW ........ v ........ Brackley Town
Meir KA or Halesowen Town ........ v ........ Gainsborough Trinity
Gornal Athletic or Southam United ........ v ........ Atherstone Town
Stewarts & Lloyds ........ v ........ Ilkeston Town
Kings Lynn ........ v ........ Worksop Town
AFC Telford United ........ v ........ Corby Town
Worcester City ........ v ........ Tamworth
Hinckley United ........ v ........ Solihull Moors

SOUTHERN SECTION
Bromley ........ v ........ AFC Hornchurch
Thurrock ........ v ........ Boreham Wood
Dunstable Town ........ v ........ Chipstead
Folkestone Invicta ........ v ........ Horsham
Wroxham ........ v ........ Heybridge Swifts or Uxbridge
Burgess Hill ....... v ........ Bognor Regis Town
Wealdstone or Bedford Town ....... v ........ AFC Wimbledon
Welling United ........ v ........ Horsham YMCA or Whyteleafe
Bishops Stortford ........ v ........ Wingate & Finchley
Hitchin Town ........ v ........ Stanway Rovers
St Albans City ........ v ........ Harlow Town
Erith & Belvedere ........ v ........ Godalming Town or Arundel
Dulwich Hamlet ........ v ........ Hendon
Mertsham ........ v ........ Thamesmead Town
Leighton Town ........ v ........ Crowborough Athletic
Dartford ........ v ........ Hampton & Richmond
Staines Town ........ v ........ Hayes & Yeading
Maidstone United ........ v ........ Fisher Athletic London
Bury Town ........ v ........ Chelmsford City
Hemel Hempstead or Harrow Borough ........ v ........ Ware or Barton Rovers
Carshalton Athletic ........ v ........ Leiston
Sutton United ........ v ........ Billericay Town
Cambridge City ........ v ........ Worthing
Kingstonian ........ v ........ Braintree Town
Dover Athletic ........ v ........ Needham Market or Yaxley
East Thurrock United ........ v ........ Hythe Town or VCDA
Brentwood Town or Arlesey Town ........ v ........ Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Paulton Rovers ........ v ........ Bitton
Fleet Town ........ v ........ Newport Pagnell Town
Poole Town ........ v ........ Frome Town or Bideford
Bath City ........ v ........ Clevedon Town
Aylesbury United ........ v ........ Mangotsfield United
Weston Super Mare ........ v ........ Chesham United
Eastleigh ........ v ........ Farnborough Town
AFC Totton ........ v ........ Thatcham Town
Havant & Waterlooville ........ v ........ Shortwood Town
Bashley ........ v ........ Maidenhead United
Basingstoke Town ........ v ........ Hamworthy United
Bracknell Town ........ v ........ Tiverton Town
Aylesbury Vale ........ v ........ Gosport Borough
Dorchester Town ........ v ........ Newport County
Chalfont St Peter ....... v ........ Team Bath
Truro City ........ v ........ Chippenham Town

THE FA VASE 1st ROUND DRAW
Ties to be played on Saturday October 4th

Esh Winning ........ v ........ Scarborough Athletic
Guisborough Town ........ v ........ Ryton
Crook Town ........ v ........ Shildon
Bedlington Terriers ........ v ........ Stokesley
Sunderland Nissan ........ v ........ Morpeth Town
Ashington ........ v ........ Leeds Carnegie
Sunderland RCA ........ v ........ Marske United
Tadcaster Albion ........ v ........ Spennymoor Town
Bridlington Town ........ v ........ West Allotment Celtic
Newcastle Benfield ........ v ........ Peterlee Town
Penrith ........ v ........ Squires Gate

THE FA CUP 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW
Ties to be played on Saturday October 11th

NORTHERN SECTION
Belper Town ........ v ........ Prescot Cables
Guiseley or Garforth Town ........ v ........ Sheffield FC
Buxton ........ v ........ Blyth Spartans
Curzon Ashton ........ v ........ Mossley
Retford United ........ v ........ Newcastle Benfield
Droylsden ........ v ........ Gateshead
Eastwood Town ........ v ........ Harrogate Town
Alfreton Town ........ v ........ Ilkeston Town
Stalybridge Celtic ........ v ........ Durham City
Fleetwood Town ........ v ........ Frickley Athletic
Whitley Bay ........ v ........ Nantwich Town
Newcastle Blue Star ........ v ........ Hucknall Town
Southport ........ v ........ Boston United

SOUTHERN SECTION
AFC Hornchurch ........ v ........ Mertsham or Thamesmead Town
Boreham Wood ........ v ........ Stourbridge or Brackley Town
Dulwich Hamlet or Hendon ........ v ........ AFC Telford United
Hitchin Town or Stanway Rovers ........ v ........ Hinckley United
Kingstonian ........ v ........ Staines Town or Hayes & Yeading
Hampton & Richmond ........ v ........ Welling United or Whyteleafe
Tamworth ........ v ........ East Thurrock United
Wroxham ........ v ........ Kings Lynn
Leiston ........ v ........ Coalville Town
Dover Athletic ........ v ........ Bedford Town or AFC Wimbledon
Evesham United or Nuneaton Borough ........ v ........ Chasetown or Rothwell Town
Halesowen Town ........ v ........ Maidstone United
Bishops Stortford ........ v ........ Rugby Town
St Albans City or Harlow Town ........ v ........ Crowborough Athletic
Bury Town ........ v ........ Cambridge City or Worthing
Southam Untied or Atherstone Town ........ v ........ Chipstead
Ware ........ v ........ Sutton United
Havant & Waterlooville or Shorewood United ........ v ........ Godalming Town
Horsham ........ v ......... Paulton Rovers
Basingstoke Town ........ v ........ Bashley
Oxford City ........ v ........ Chesham United
AFC Totton ........ v ........ Fleet Town
Ashford Town Middlesex ........ v ........ Truro City or Chippenham Town
Frome Town ........ v ........ Team Bath
Burgess Hill or Bognor Regis ....... v ........ Eastleigh
Dorchester Town or Newport County ........ v ........ Aylesbury Vale or Gosport Borough
Bath City ........ v ........ Aylesbury United

NORTH EAST PRIZE MONEY TOP 10 SO FAR

=1. Whitley Bay ................ £9,750
=1. Newcastle Benfield ................ £9,750
=3. Durham City ................ £9,000
=3. Newcastle Blue Star ................ £9,000
=5. Blyth Spartans ................ £4,500
=5. Gateshead ................ £4,500
=5. Harrogate Town ................ £4,500
8. Crook Town ................ £3,950
=9. Ashington ................ £3,150
=9. Bedlington Terriers ................ £3,150
=9. Ryton ................ £3,150
=9. Shildon ................ £3,150

THE FA VASE - 2nd Round Draw
Ties to be played Saturday November 15th

Spennymoor Town ........ v ........ Stokesley
Winterton Rangers ........ v ........ Ashington
Consett ........ v ........ Marske United
Ryton ........ v ........ Ashton Athletic or Nostell MW
Bridlington Town ........ v ........ Penrith
AFC Fylde ........ v ........ Newcastle Benfield
Scarborough Athletic ........ v ........ Sunderland Nissan
Whitley Bay ........ v ........ Abbey Hey
Formby ........ v ........ Dunston Federation
Thackley ........ v ........ Shildon

THE FA TROPHY - 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW

Durham City ...... v ...... Halesowen Town
Harrogate Railway ...... v ...... Leigh Genesis
Newcastle Blue Star ...... v ...... Sutton Coldfield
Whitby Town ...... v ...... Trafford

Going to watch Whitley today. Howay the bay!!!

FFS....

Just got back from watching South Shields get a 2-2 draw at Dunston.

What happened to the Bay, i cant find their result, but heres the ones i know

THE FA CUP 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND
Buxton ........ 0-1 ........ Blyth Spartans
Retford United ........ 1-0 ........ Newcastle Benfield
Droylsden ........ 3-2 ........ Gateshead
Eastwood Town ........ 2-2 ........ Harrogate Town
Stalybridge Celtic ........ 1-6 ........ Durham City
Whitley Bay ........ ??? ........ Nantwich Town
Newcastle Blue Star ........ Sunday ........ Hucknall Town

EDIT: Just found out, thrashed 5-1

Absolute raping in the 2nd half, we did ok in the first and created a few chances but they were stronger than us and won everything after half time.

When they went 2-1 up it was all over.

Well Nantwich were 2 leagues above the Bay in the pyramid, and i guess it showed, never mind, least you're still in the Vase

Well here it is Whitley, if you had beaten Nantwich on Saturday, youd have earned yourselves a trip to Fleetwood Town (another Unibond team)

Also, this is the final round of qualifying and it is nationalised so its completely random, this is also where the Blue Square Premier (Conference) sides enter the competiton, and the 32 winners will progress to meet the League 1 and League 2 teams in the 1st round proper

THE FA CUP - 4th Qualifying Round Draw
Winners will each recieve £10,000 and all ties to be played on the weekend of October 25th
North East & Cumbria sides in Bold

1. Hinckley United ........ v ........ Curzon Ashton
2. Kettering Town ........ v ........ Burton Albion
3. Tamworth ........ v ........ Barrow
4. Kings Lynn ........ v ........ Kidderminster Harriers
5. Boston United ........ v ........ Cambridge United
6. Newcastle Blue Star ........ v ........ Altrincham
7. Droylsden ........ v ........ Belper Town
8. Durham City ........ v ........ Histon
9. Retford United ........ v ........ Alfreton Town
10. Northwich Victoria ........ v ........ AFC Telford United
11. Blyth Spartans ........ v ........ Sheffield FC
12. York City ........ v ........ Mansfield Town
13. Fleetwood Town ........ v ........ Nantwich Town
14. Wrexham ........ v ........ Eastwood Town
15. Stevenage Borough ........ v ........ Horsham
16. Woking ........ v ........ Ebbsfleet United
17. Hampton & Richmond ........ v ........ Brackley Town
18. Oxford United ........ v ........ Hayes & Yeading
19. Maidstone United ........ v ........ AFC Wimbledon
20. Team Bath ........ v ........ Salisbury City
21. Dorchester Town ........ v ........ Bishops Stortford
22. Oxford City ........ v ........ Eastbourne Borough
23. Ashford Town Middlesex ........ v ........ Forest Green Rovers
24. Evesham United ........ v ........ Rushden & Diamonds
25. Bury Town ........ v ........ Basingstoke Town
26. Burgess Hill ........ v ........ Harlow Town
27. Grays Athletic ........ v ........ AFC Totton
28. Aylesbury United ........ v ........ Sutton United
29. Torquay United ........ v ........ Chipstead
30. Leiston ........ v ........ Lewes
31. Crawley Town ........ v ........ Havant & Waterlooville
32. Weymouth ........ v ........ Hornchurch

THE FA TROPHY - 2nd Qualifying Round Draw
Ties to be played on Saturday November 1st

Marine ........ v ........ Durham City or Halesowen Town
Newcastle Blue Star or Sutton Coldfield Town ........ v ........ Glapwell
Stocksbridge Park Steels ........ v ........ Whitby Town

what odds an afc wimbledon victory followed by a 1st round draw v mk dons?

Its in the srcipt that, what a draw that would be. I expect them to thrash Maidstone this weekend to put them in the hat.

Tough draws for Blue Star and Durham both at home to conference opposition, hopeful for Blyth though against Sheffield, if they get through, expect Setanta to show their match live and bring back memories of that full house at St James in 1978

<runs off to put fiver on possibility of Wimbledon v MK dons in 1st round>

Go Stevenage Borough!!!!!!!