After Saturday there were 12 draws in the 2nd Qualifying Round meaning that 92 names go into the hat for Monday’s 3rd Qualifying Round.
After the replays 80 clubs will be paired into 40 games to take place on Saturday 24th November (meaning our away game at Frickley will need to be postponed). Following this the 40 eventual winners are joined by the 24 Conference sides. This makes the 64 that then halve in each subsequent round, becoming 32/16/8/4/2.
The incentive to progress in the Trophy is huge, we have made £3,500 (£1,500 + £2,000) so far and the winners of the next round get a further £3,000. We are 7 games away from a Wembley final (5 rounds and 2 semi-final legs)! That dream may still be a distant one but you have to be "in it to win it"!
Here are the 92 names in that hat which includes Conference North and South who enter at this stage;
Abingdon United or Maidstone United
AFC Hornchurch or Northwood
AFC Telford United
AFC Wimbledon
Alfreton Town
Bamber Bridge or Marine
Barrow
Bashley
Basingstoke Town
Bath City
Bishop’s Stortford
Blyth Spartans
Bognor Regis Town
Boston United
Braintree Town
Bromley
Burnham
Burscough
Buxton
Cambridge City
Canvey Island
Carshalton Athletic
Chasetown or Radcliffe Borough
Chippenham Town
Colwyn Bay
Corby Town or Evesham United
Dorchester Town
Dover Athletic
Eastbourne Borough
Eastleigh
Fisher Athletic
Fleetwood Town or Retford United
Gainsborough Trinity
Gateshead
Gloucester City or Hillingdon Borough
Gosport Borough
Guiseley AFC
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Harrogate Town
Havant & Waterlooville
Hayes & Yeading United
Hemel Hempstead Town
Hinckley United
Hitchin Town
Hucknall Town
Hyde United
Ilkeston Town
Kettering Town
Kings Lynn or Billericay Town
Leamington or Margate
Leatherhead or Mangotsfield United
Leigh RMI
Lewes
Maidenhead United
Moor Green/Solihull Moors
Newport County
Nuneaton Borough
Ossett Town
Redditch United
Rushall Olympic or Clitheroe
Sheffield
Southport
St Albans City
Stalybridge Celtic
Sutton United
Tamworth
Team Bath
Thurrock
Tonbridge Angels
Uxbridge
Vauxhall Motors
Wealdstone
Welling United
Weston Super Mare
Windsor & Eton
Witham Town
Witton Albion
Worcester City
Workington
Worthing or Walton & Hersham
Not exactley a glamour tie but a game we really should go and win. It wont be easy but no games are when your top of the league as everyone is trying to knock you off your perch.
Anyone know when the game will be played?
I see they beat Stalybridge 3-0 away on Sat so hopefully they are better away from home![br][size=1]Posted on: November 05, 2007, 02:57:49 PM[/size][hr]Looking at their attendances they average 341 so far this season but that was boosted by a gate of 812 against Telford the lowest being 184, a good chance of outnumbering them them?
Date Opponent Attendance
Sat 11th Aug AFC Telford United
812
Sat 25th Aug Redditch United
335
Sat 1st Sep Workington
336
Sat 15th Sep Hinckley United
328
Sat 22nd Sep Vauxhall Motors
214
Sat 13th Oct Burscough
184
Sat 20th Oct Blyth Spartans
270
Tue 23rd Oct Worcester City
246
Not a bad draw in my book - close enough again to warrant a decent following, a new place for most fans. (were there about 10 of us there that night Chad senior when gleghorn gave us a 1-0 win over the then league leaders?)
There gates are indeed average for that level and assuming our usual 100 or so travel we’ll certainly be noticed!
May seem daft but from a bookies point of view - would they actually make us favourites?
They probably would since we are immediateley adjacent in the pyramid but we’re flying high.
I’d like to thank the FA for a fixture relatively near Loughborough, it saves on train fares.
