FA Trophy 3rd Round Draw

[Reading Rebel]

Anyone at home and not in our division will do.

[GlenSTFC]

Away to Gateshead surely! Sadly we can’t get Dartford… I’d prefer the lowest ranked team although that obviously guarantees nowt! I guess at home is the preference for the club but I’d like a ‘smaller’ club away somewhere I’ve not been to.

[Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB)]

Just as long as it's not Horsham. I've already had to sit po-faced and silent in the home directors' seats once this season.

[GlenSTFC]

Home to Maidenhead or Woking could be juicy? 

[Reading Rebel]

6 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

Home to Maidenhead or Woking could be juicy? 

These are the ones we always wish for but never get.

Just don't want the ones like Hungerford or Chippenham away

Edited November 20, 2023 by Reading Rebel

[Connor McNeish]

Been confirmed that the draw is regionalised. Here is the list of the Southern side with their ball numbers: 

1 Maidenhead United
2 Dagenham & Redbridge 
3 Southend United 
4 Aldershot Town 
5 Eastleigh 
6 Boreham Wood 
7 Bromley
8 Ebbsfleet United
9 Barnet
10 Wealdstone
11 Oxford City 
12 Dorking Wanderers
13 Woking
14 Gloucester City
15 Brackley Town
16 Leiston or Peterborough Sports
17 Hereford
18 Billericay Town
19 Chelmsford City
20 Aveley
21 Bishop’s Stortford
22 Horsham
23 AFC Totton
24 Hendon
25 Bognor Regis Town or South Park (Reigate)
26 Torquay United
27 Chippenham Town
28 Whitehawk
29 Frome Town
30 Weymouth
31 Weston Super Mare
*32 Slough Town*
33 Hythe Town
34 Bath City
35 Hungerford Town
36 Welling United or Taunton Town
37 Maidstone United
38 Hampton & Richmond Borough

[GlenSTFC]

1,3,4,13 for big home games.

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, GlenSTFC said:

1,3,4,13 for big home games.

I think 2 would be pretty big as well.

Followed by 9,10,12 and 26.

 

[GlenSTFC]

3 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I think 2 would be pretty big as well.

Followed by 9,10,12 and 26.

 

None of those would bring that big an away following or be an attractive enough to entice more home or casual support. Whereas the 4 teams I picked I feel would give the biggest crowds and aside from Southend all being very local.

[Reading Rebel]

45 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

None of those would bring that big an away following or be an attractive enough to entice more home or casual support. Whereas the 4 teams I picked I feel would give the biggest crowds and aside from Southend all being very local.

I think Dagenham are a big draw.

Not sure on what their away support is like but not too far to travel.

Again Barnet are a reasonably big draw and just down the road Wealdstone would have a decent following.

Over 1100 in the league game so Torquay at home would also be a decent draw.

Edited November 20, 2023 by Reading Rebel

[GlenSTFC]

16 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I think Dagenham are a big draw.

Not sure on what their away support is like but not too far to travel.

Again Barnet are a reasonably big draw and just down the road Wealdstone would have a decent following.

Over 1100 in the league game so Torquay at home would also be a decent draw.

Dagenham ‘only’ took 250 to Ebbsfleet which is their local Derby so much further distance to us and first round for them I’d doubt they’d bring much more than 100.

[DonnyNo6]

Bognor Regis Town away....'Oh we do like to be beside the seaside'

[Nathan]

Away vs Bromley. So we won't be seeing George Alexander for that one.

[Connor McNeish]

FA Trophy 3rd Round Southern Section:

Horsham v AFC Totton
Bath City v Boreham Wood
Southend Utd v Hampton & Richmond
Dorking Wanderers v Maidenhead
Bromley v Slough
Aveley v Hungerford Town
Hereford v Bognor Regis or South Park
Dagenham & Redbridge v Leiston or Peterborough Sports
Frome Town v Torquay Utd
Hythe Town v Whitehawk
Barnet v Maidstone Utd
Welling Utd or Taunton v Brackley
Ebbsfleet Utd v Bishop's Stortford
Weston-super-Mare v Woking
Eastleigh v Aldershot
Oxford City v Chelmsford City
Wealdstone v Billericay Town
Hendon v Weymouth
Chippenham Town v Gloucester City

Edited November 20, 2023 by Connor McNeish

[Reading Rebel]

Just now, Nathan said:

Away vs Bromley. So we won't be seeing George Alexander for that one.

Don't know for certain but presumably both Bromley and Wealdstone wouldn't let George and Dom play against Farnborough.

[michaelSTFC]

Horrible draw again!

[Reading Rebel]

Couldn't have had a much harder draw.

Bromley flying in the NL currently 3rd in the table

Won the Trophy in 2021/2022 beating Wrexham 1-0. 

Highest attendance this season 3,338 against Southend Lowest 1,733 against Eastleigh.

[Sir Rebel1965]

13 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

Don't know for certain but presumably both Bromley and Wealdstone wouldn't let George and Dom play against Farnborough.

So having all these loan players really works well!

This will mess up the any understanding in the team.

The quicker the squad is made up of players who are tied in to the club directly the more settled the team will be and more consistent results will come.

[Reading Rebel]

On the plus side it'll be a new ground to visit.

[Reading Rebel]

3 minutes ago, Sir Rebel1965 said:

So having all these loan players really works well!

This will mess up the any understanding in the team.

The quicker the squad is made up of players who are tied in to the club directly the more settled the team will be and more consistent results will come.

I think we've done alright so far in the cup games.

As long as they are available for league games which is our main priority.