The proper start of the 137th edition of the world's oldest knockout competition - the FA Cup - is decided tonight with the first round draw.
Three teams from Tier 8 remain: Hyde United (who infamously had three successive relegations a few years ago) Heybridge Swifts (whose last appearance at this stage saw them lose 7-0 to Bristol City) and Ossett Town (whose location is more renowned for the Worms games than football).
The 89 teams and their 80 numbers are to follow in the next post.
Coverage starts at 7:00pm UK time on BBC Two with the draw starting approximately 10 minutes later.
Dylan Richardson
>The all-important numbers
1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 AFC WIMBLEDON 3 BARNET 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 BLACKPOOL 6 BRADFORD CITY 7 BRISTOL ROVERS 8 BURY 9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 10 CARLISLE UNITED 11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 CHELTENHAM TOWN 13 CHESTERFIELD 14 COLCHESTER UNITED 15 COVENTRY CITY 16 CRAWLEY TOWN 17 CREWE ALEXANDRA 18 DONCASTER ROVERS 19 EXETER CITY 20 FLEETWOOD TOWN 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 22 GILLINGHAM 23 GRIMSBY TOWN 24 LINCOLN CITY 25 LUTON TOWN 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 27 MILTON KEYNES DONS 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 30 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 31 NOTTS COUNTY 32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 33 OXFORD UNITED 34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 36 PORT VALE 37 PORTSMOUTH 38 ROCHDALE 39 ROTHERHAM UNITED 40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 41 SHREWSBURY TOWN 42 SOUTHEND UNITED 43 STEVENAGE 44 SWINDON TOWN 45 WALSALL 46 WIGAN ATHLETIC 47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 48 YEOVIL TOWN
49 TRANMERE ROVERS 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 51 HARTLEPOOL UNITED 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION 53 CHORLEY OR BOSTON UNITED 54 AFC TELFORD UNITED 55 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 56 NANTWICH TOWN OR KETTERING TOWN 57 GATESHEAD 58 GUISELEY 59 AFC FYLDE 60 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 61 HYDE UNITED 62 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 63 BRACKLEY TOWN OR BILLERICAY TOWN 64 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR LEYTON ORIENT 65 HEREFORD 66 ALDERSHOT TOWN 67 BATH CITY OR CHELMSFORD CITY 68 OXFORD CITY 69 MAIDENHEAD UNITED 70 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 71 WOKING OR CONCORD RANGERS 72 TRURO CITY 73 DOVER ATHLETIC OR BROMLEY 74 SLOUGH TOWN 75 DARTFORD 76 BOREHAM WOOD 77 MAIDSTONE UNITED OR ENFIELD TOWN 78 LEATHERHEAD 79 SUTTON UNITED 80 EAST THURROCK UNITED OR EBBSFLEET UNITED
Xavier Wilson
FA draws are always no-nonsense and quick. I wish we had that as well.
William Kelly
>Hyde United
Who here /lifelong/ supporters of The Absolute Madmen?
Bentley Moore
Which colours do they play in nowadays anyway?
Chase Reyes
For me, it's Woking or Concord Rangers.
Brayden Roberts
For me, it's Slough Town.
Daniel Thompson
Who /leatherhead/ here?
Joseph Brooks
best tournament in europe
Noah Hill
who /Oxford/ here?
Tyler Watson
against modern football
Charles Hall
Who /comfy/ here?
Carson Parker
harold bishop loitering at the bar
Gabriel Sanders
>Julio Arca's accent
Hunter Lewis
...
Mason Myers
When you have 80 balls to pick, you sort of need a quick draw.
Jaxon Thomas
You now remember when Man City made Hyde United play in light blue and drop the "United" from their name for a few seasons.
Justin Foster
Biggest side in the draw? Blackburn?
Owen Rogers
>wigan oh boy, time to repost this
Parker Turner
wigans ground is a dump
Nathan Howard
bt studio
Samuel Russell
The Swifts ofc
Gabriel Powell
>you now remember Hyde winning 1 game in the Conference >it wasn't even at home
Alexander Watson
There's always got to be a woman making the draw
Luis Bell
is dean a fag
Jeremiah Hernandez
>Woman doing the draw
Odds on a cock up?
John Moore
>that abysmal ball dropping >women
Jonathan Kelly
She's probably a lesbo and doesn't like a cock up at all
Brandon Butler
Looks like she's had botox.
Can barely smile.
Parker Jackson
>trimmed fingernails
Yeah deffo
James Powell
NANTWICH
Jackson Bennett
Her teeth are way too white
Jaxon Morris
G'won Hereford
Leo Brown
>you now remember Portsmouth
Landon James
>blackburn in round 1 Jack Walker is spinning in his grave
Colton Walker
Not keen on sponsored names, but I wish Shaw Lane Association were still the Aquaforce.
Liam Jones
>"""rewarded""" with a home tie against Mansfield
This is horseshit
They should dump championship and pl sides in at th first round
Jose King
...
John Wilson
SWINDON W I N D O N
Cameron Stewart
I'm serious about this. Would inject an additional bit of magic if there was more chance of non league vs premier league ties, would properly reward minnows for getting to the first round proper, and would make it more likely a non big six club would win.
What's two additional games max for pl and championship clubs?
Josiah Perry
>tranmere away at peterborough Boring. Like a league fixture from a few years ago and 98% chance >we will get knocked out.
Bentley Long
Gainsborough Trinity vs Scunthorpe would have been a right laugh, shame.
Brayden Lee
Big reward for Truro City. Away day at Charlton.
Carter Collins
Tigerbowl when
Ryan Wright
I live in Woking AMA
Wyatt Thompson
>tfw will never be British
Nolan Mitchell
Gateshead/Truro would have been a logistical nightmare.
>Exeter v meme non-league team IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN
Matthew Cruz
>Schetve McClaren goes undercover
Juan Davis
>home to Hartlepool
Winnable game.
Jeremiah Adams
wonder which london team the bbc will choose to show
Adam Miller
Charlton v Truro pretty much guaranteed.
Nathaniel Reyes
Well is would be Manchester United come the 3rd round
Brody Adams
>STAT: Pools have visited Morecambe's Globe Arena four times and remain undefeated, having won three and drawn one.
Ahhh fuck maybe not.
Hunter Gomez
>TV money could keep a lower tier side going for several years >BBC only ever pick games like Man Utd v Coventry or sugar-daddy clubs like $alford City
They even did it in the preliminarily rounds on red button this year, picking Billericay with their drug dealer owner. Boils my piss.
Kayden Clark
>that description on the BBC website of Billyricky v Didcot embarrassing
Kayden Gutierrez
DFB pokal first round takes about 1.5 hours for 64 balls
Hunter Turner
>Hyde United >Heybridge Swifts >Ossett Town these are made-up teams, right? >still have my doubts about Scunthorpe United
