FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round Draw - 2014/2015

First Team News and Views
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Witton away to Stocksbridge Park Steels or Sheffield. Game to be played on Saturday 1st November 2014

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Winners receive £2700

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Are you sure? It sounds a lot. How much for an FA Cup win then?
WHS.

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Preliminary Round winners £1925
FA Cup 1st Round Qualyfying winners £3000
2nd Round Qualyfying winners £4500
3rd Round Qualifying winners £7500
4th Round Qualifying winners £12500
1st Round Proper winners £18000
2nd Round Proper winners £27000
3rd Round Proper winners £67000
and so on…
Winners get £1,800,000

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Please Stocksbridge, love going there.

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Let’s be honest, we NEED runs in both these cups to help finance a promotion challenge. Losing in the early rounds restricts the Manger’s options.
WHS.

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We have traditionally been abysmal in cup competitions recently and away ties in both does not bode well but hopefully this season can be our season for another cup run ala Bolton at home in front of the MOD cameras

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Why would the Ministry of Defence have cameras at the Match?

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Agree with comments as to the huge importance of the two big cup competitions. It’s not just the financial lift, it’s the emotional one. I still maintain we got promoted on the back of those games in the FA cup, particularly the Alty away win. It made us all believe the club could go places, and we did!! It also allowed for the squad to be strengthened, allowing forethe likes of Stott to be brought in later in the season.

So, I’d even go as far as saying that some of the squad should be rested prior to Trophy and Fa Cup games, even if it means dropping points. I know this is controversial, but let’s be realistic, we will almost certainly be out of both competitions by Christmas, so there’s still plenty of games to catch up the leaders in the league and get promoted - SIMPLES!

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A good cup run preferably in the FA cup would be great and long overdue ! But not at the expense of the league results, I am not sure we can be strong enough to win it but we could maybe should be in a playoff position ! A good cup run captures the imagination of the town and will increase the gate average more than being in the top 5-6 will do, so good luck to us and let’s put our best team out whenever possible. UTA