FA Cup 1st. Round Proper

[Shredding Green]

First of all, my mighty congratulations to the players, management and fans who made Saturday's 4th. Qualifying Round win possible. I was at Barnet v Braintree Town myself.

As was the case last season, I am on holiday in Whitby for the 1st. Round. There are six away possibilities of my attending the Slough Town tie which are in my order of preference :-

55 York City 

43 Sunderland

52 Hartlepool United

17 Doncaster Rovers

57 Gateshead 

10 Carlisle United

They all sound rather tasty possibilities!

I will be looking forward to watching 65 coming out of the hat tomorrow evening.

[Reading Rebel]

7 hours ago, Shredding Green said:

First of all, my mighty congratulations to the players, management and fans who made Saturday's 4th. Qualifying Round win possible. I was at Barnet v Braintree Town myself.

As was the case last season, I am on holiday in Whitby for the 1st. Round. There are six away possibilities of my attending the Slough Town tie which are in my order of preference :-

55 York City 

43 Sunderland

52 Hartlepool United

17 Doncaster Rovers

57 Gateshead 

10 Carlisle United

They all sound rather tasty possibilities!

I will be looking forward to watching 65 coming out of the hat tomorrow evening.

 

Not surer Gateshead and Hartlepool are exactly appealing.

[BFR]

I'm meant to be in North Somerset on First Round Weekend (thanks very much for that wife). Hoping beyond hope for a plumb TV tie at Arbour Park on the Monday night...... bit much to wish for given we had that last season. But given that I missed the Rochdale game as my kid was in Wexham A&E, I'd love there to be a repeat!

[rebelbrewer]

In order my preferences

1. Anyone beatable at home in rounds 1 and 2 to give best chance of making round 3 for 1st time if not
2. Plum tie like Sunderland or Portsmouth (NOT Peterborough!)
3. Localish tie like Wycombe or Oxford

Just pleased to be in the draw tbh.

[Bernie Gogan]

I'm in Sri Lanka for 1st. round, no chance of getting back for that!! Might make a replay though assuming it would be Tuesday/Wednesday the week after and not the very next week!

[Tuffley Rebel]

Forest Green Rovers or Cheltenham Town away would be great for me ?

 

[rebelbrewer]

Sutton away - tough to win and no glory but not out of sight

[GlenSTFC]

Very disappointing draw that. A very tough game away where we’ll make no money from the crowd. Obviously it’s possible we can go there and get something but that’s pretty difficult as I think they’re full time too?

[Jafooly]

They currently average 1,800 for home matches. 

Doing well in the league but struggled to beat Wealdstone on the weekend. Were 1-1 late on and had to save a penalty before getting a last minute winner.

[GeorgeS]

Well I guess it’s better than Woking's draw ?

[Rebellier]

Oh well.....at least Bakes and Unders can scout them easily enough as Sutton play 3 home games before us.

[Gashimoto]

Damn, with lots of decent clubs still available sutton were one of the worse clubs left for us. 

Still once we beat them we may get kucky in the next draw

Coyr

[SuttonJared]

Hi, friendly Sutton fan here. Memories of late 90s/early 2000s Isthmian fixtures. 

Firstly, we’re not full-time. Whilst we have a competitive squad it’s a part-time one. It’s also a squad that has had a fair share of injuries so far this season. We’re 9th, but we’ve played a game less than virtually all the league due to playing in the Scottish Challenge Cup. It should be an interesting tie and we’ll be sure to show plenty of respect to the tie

[Irishadrian]

Tough but winnable Another team that for some reason are struggling at home Won their first two home league games back on Aug 7th and 11th  only one home win since Win this and we've gone further than ever before with an increased chance of a plum tie!

[rebelbrewer]

Just now, Irishadrian said:

Tough but winnable Another team that for some reason are struggling at home Won their first two home league games back on Aug 7th and 11th  only one home win since Win this and we've gone further than ever before with an increased chance of a plum tie!

Win and then same as before (2nd round) 8 times!

[carols52]

At least it is not too far to go,being underdogs so no pressure. Had some great battles in the past with Sutton so let's hope we can take 500+.

[Irishadrian]

Rebel brewer. Thanks for that  of course you're right!! 

[Reading Rebel]

Delighted with Sutton away.

Not far to travel, renew old rivalries, a good ground with 4G and winnable, what's not to like?

COYR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, GlenSTFC said:

Very disappointing draw that. A very tough game away where we’ll make no money from the crowd. Obviously it’s possible we can go there and get something but that’s pretty difficult as I think they’re full time too?

No money from the crowd?

I reckon there will be over 2,000

[Reading Rebel]

53 minutes ago, Irishadrian said:

Tough but winnable Another team that for some reason are struggling at home Won their first two home league games back on Aug 7th and 11th  only one home win since Win this and we've gone further than ever before with an increased chance of a plum tie!

Form is irrelevant, it's a one off game in the FA Cup.