FA Trophy 2016/17

[DarkSithLord]

The Preliminary and First Qualifying Round of the FA Trophy has also been made -

http://www.thefa.com/news/competiti...th-cup-entries-exemptions-early-rounds-080716

Rushden and Diamonds face Histon of the level above. Winnable tie that and should they win they would host newly promoted Coalville Town.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Just noticed Hereford host Salisbury! Tough draw that!

 

[Jemfy]

*Ahem* AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

Actually Histon were relegated to step 4, so they are the same level as us now, just sideways, we ended up in the NPLD1S while they ended in the SLD1C - imagine they would be high on the list of teams to be moved North should it be required.

Tough draw, Histon should be one of the better teams in that division I believe, though as I stated last season while we were in it, it certainly seems like one of the worst step 4 divisions in terms of quality at the top end.

Should we progress Coalville will be fascinating, as it should be a little insight in to what it takes to get promoted from this division, albeit via the playoffs.

Edit: meant to say it's fantastic to have potentially two home draws in the competition, and against sides in different divisions helps keep it interesting. I'd like us to do well in the Trophy but I'd clearly sacrifice it willingly for league or FA Cup success

 

[Jemfy]

Just noticed Hereford host Salisbury! Tough draw that!

Tie of the round. Can't see anything beating that. Surprised the geographical boundaries were wide enough to allow that tie actually. It'll be huge as a statement for the race for the title in that division too.

 

[DarkSithLord]

*Ahem* AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

Actually Histon were relegated to step 4, so they are the same level as us now, just sideways, we ended up in the NPLD1S while they ended in the SLD1C - imagine they would be high on the list of teams to be moved North should it be required.

Tough draw, Histon should be one of the better teams in that division I believe, though as I stated last season while we were in it, it certainly seems like one of the worst step 4 divisions in terms of quality at the top end.

Should we progress Coalville will be fascinating, as it should be a little insight in to what it takes to get promoted from this division, albeit via the playoffs.

Edit: meant to say it's fantastic to have potentially two home draws in the competition, and against sides in different divisions helps keep it interesting. I'd like us to do well in the Trophy but I'd clearly sacrifice it willingly for league or FA Cup success

Haha! Much the crucial AFC bit. I agree about having home games against teams from other leagues,makes it much better. Its been years since we had that.

 

[JJ1532]

Nantwich get Warrington Town away. Tough draw.

 

[ForeverUnited]

Tie of the round. Can't see anything beating that. Surprised the geographical boundaries were wide enough to allow that tie actually. It'll be huge as a statement for the race for the title in that division too.

Terrible draw for us, but looking forward to it.

 

[dalts]

We're actually away to them. Should be a decent tie and I expect us to sell our allocation again but probably a lot less salisbury fans this time.

 

[DarkSithLord]

15:00 Finished AFC Rushden 1 - 1 Histon
15:00 Finished Arlesey 2 - 2 Chalfont St Peter
15:00 Finished Aylesbury Utd 4 - 1 Chatham
15:00 Finished Aylesbury FC 1 - 3 Ware
15:00 Finished Barton 0 - 1 Herne Bay
15:00 Finished Bedworth 3 - 3 Rugby
15:00 Finished Belper Town 1 - 2 Goole
15:00 Finished Bishops 1 - 0 Didcot
15:00 Finished Brentwood 1 - 2 Marlow
15:00 Finished Bridgwater 2 - 2 North Leigh
15:00 Finished Brightlingsea 2 - 1 Dereham
15:00 Finished Burscough 1 - 2 Kendal
15:00 Finished Carlton Town 3 - 1 Chasetown
15:00 Finished Chipstead 3 - 3 Kempston
15:00 Finished Clitheroe 0 - 5 Stocksbridge
15:00 Finished Colne 1 - 2 Trafford
15:00 Finished Colwyn Bay 1 - 0 Hyde
15:00 Finished Corinthian-Casuals 2 - 1 Thamesmead
15:00 Finished Dorking 3 - 6 Northwood
15:00 Finished East Grinstead 4 - 0 Three Bridges
15:00 Finished Farnborough 1 - 5 Barnstaple
15:00 Finished Fleet Town 2 - 1 Bideford
15:00 Finished Glossop 2 - 0 Tadcaster
15:00 Finished Gresley 4 - 1 Spalding United
15:00 Finished Hanwell Town 4 - 0 Bedford
15:00 Finished Haringey Borough 1 - 2 Hythe
15:00 Finished Hornchurch 2 - 3 Ashford Town
15:00 Finished Kidlington 2 - 3 Wantage
15:00 Finished Lancaster 1 - 1 Droylsden
15:00 Finished Lewes 1 - 1 Tilbury
15:00 Finished Lincoln Utd. 2 - 2 Romulus
15:00 Finished Loughborough Dyn. 1 - 2 Leek
15:00 Finished Maldon & Tiptree 3 - 1 Great Wakering
15:00 Finished Mangotsfield 0 - 2 Yate Town
15:00 Finished Molesey 1 - 3 Romford
15:00 Finished Newcastle Town 1 - 3 Soham
15:00 Finished Norwich Utd 0 - 2 Tooting Mitcham
15:00 Finished Ossett Town 0 - 1 Bamber Bridge
15:00 Finished Paulton Rovers 1 - 6 Tiverton
15:00 Finished Potters 0 - 2 Horsham FC
15:00 Finished Prescot 1 - 1 Ossett Albion
15:00 Finished Radcliffe Borough 1 - 3 Farsley
15:00 Finished Ramsbottom 3 - 1 Sheffield FC
15:00 Finished Ramsgate 0 - 3 Hastings
15:00 Finished Royston 3 - 0 Egham
15:00 Finished Salisbury 4 - 3 Hereford
15:00 Finished Shaw Lane Aquaforce 2 - 0 Scarborough Athletic
15:00 Finished Shortwood 0 - 1 Evesham
15:00 Finished Sittingbourne 0 - 2 Bury Town
15:00 Finished Slimbridge 1 - 3 Swindon Supermarine
15:00 Finished South Park 2 - 0 Guernsey F.
15:00 Finished Stamford 1 - 0 Basford
15:00 Finished Taunton 6 - 2 Larkhall
15:00 Finished Thurrock 1 - 2 Bowers & Pitsea
15:00 Finished Uxbridge 4 - 0 Dunstable
15:00 Finished VCD Athletic 1 - 1 Greenwich Borough
15:00 After ET Whyteleafe 1 - 3
(1 - 3) Cheshunt
15:00 Finished Wimborne 2 - 2 AFC Totton
15:00 Finished Winchester 1 - 1 Petersfield
15:00 Finished Witham 2 - 1 Aveley
15:00 Finished Witton 5 - 2 Brighouse Town
15:00 Finished Wroxham 3 - 0 Godalming Town

 

[Jemfy]

Just what our injury hit squad needed, another game!

Histon have been terrible this season, so in theory we should have put them away easily. Now we've got to go there on Tuesday to try and get through.

 

[Jemfy]

Just what our injury hit squad needed, another game!

Histon have been terrible this season, so in theory we should have put them away easily. Now we've got to go there on Tuesday to try and get through.

Well maybe the extra game was exactly what we needed! We went away and won 6-1!

New signing Ash Deeney (a RB) got his first game for the club. Jake Newman got a start and a goal returning from injury. Sam Brown was back at LB too.

A nice confidence boost and we host Colaville in the next round, who are currently 18th in the division above. £2,500 in the bank is nice too, with £2,700 up for grabs in the next round if we can turn up.

 

[JaggerCFC]

When do the conf prem teams enter this year?????

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[Chris FGR]

Just what our injury hit squad needed, another game!

Histon have been terrible this season, so in theory we should have put them away easily. Now we've got to go there on Tuesday to try and get through.

Just remembered Histon existed. Fuck me, they've fallen a long way.

When do the conf prem teams enter this year?????

1st round 10 Dec

 

[Jemfy]

Just remembered Histon existed. Fuck me, they've fallen a long way.

Based on their results so far this season they're about to fall even more!

It's gone from being the worst ground to ever grace step 1 to likely one of the best at step 5 when they are there (though clearly not the best ever).

 

[The_Boss]

Buxton v Glossop is a cracking local derby

 

[DarkSithLord]

First Qualifying Round this weekend. Fixtures here http://www.flashscore.com/soccer/england/fa-trophy/fixtures/

As the boss says above Buxton v Glossop looks tasty and I dont think they have met much at all in recent times either.

 

[Jemfy]

We've got Coalville at home, they are really struggling in the league above, so it's a great chance to knock out higher placed opposition and pocket some prize money for us, though we will have to be careful, this can be a big gap in class, and we have been going through a patch of mixed performances and results. Overall I expect a tight game and hope for a win. Don't want a replay this time, though it would postpone a league game away at the 2nd placed side (Spalding) on Tuesday

 

[DarkSithLord]

Todays First Qualifying Round Results



15:00 Finished AFC Rushden 1 - 0 Coalville
15:00 Finished Ashton Utd 0 - 4 Marine
15:00 Finished Bamber Bridge 0 - 2 Trafford
15:00 Finished Banbury 0 - 1 Bishops Cleeve
15:00 Finished Bedworth 2 - 3 St. Neots
15:00 Finished Biggleswade Town 1 - 0 Witham
15:00 Finished Billericay 2 - 0 Maldon & Tiptree
15:00 Finished Burgess Hill 5 - 1 Beaconsfield
15:00 Finished Buxton 2 - 0 Glossop
15:00 Finished Carlton Town 1 - 4 St Ives
15:00 Finished Chalfont St Peter 3 - 2 Corinthian-Casuals
15:00 Finished Cheshunt 1 - 3 Folkestone
15:00 Finished Cirencester 1 - 2 Havant & Waterlooville
15:00 Finished Colwyn Bay 1 - 1 Witton
15:00 Finished Corby 0 - 2 Stafford
15:00 Finished Cray 4 - 0 Marlow
15:00 Finished Dorchester 3 - 1 Barnstaple
15:00 Finished East Grinstead 2 - 3 Phoenix
15:00 Finished Enfield Town 3 - 2 Canvey
15:00 Finished Evesham 1 - 1 Frome
15:00 Finished Faversham 3 - 4 South Park
15:00 Finished Fleet Town 1 - 2 Winchester
15:00 Finished Goole 1 - 1 Blyth
15:00 Finished Hanwell Town 2 - 1 Bury Town
15:00 Finished Hastings 4 - 0 Aylesbury Utd
15:00 Finished Hayes & Yeading 0 - 1 Hitchin
15:00 Finished Herne Bay 2 - 2 Harrow
15:00 Finished Hythe 3 - 2 Walton Casuals
15:00 Finished Ilkeston 0 - 2 Barwell
15:00 Finished Kettering 5 - 1 Market Drayton
15:00 Finished Kidsgrove Athletic 5 - 3 Soham
15:00 Finished Kings Langley 1 - 0 Heybridge
15:00 Finished Leamington 0 - 1 Mickleover
15:00 Finished Leatherhead 2 - 3 Chesham
15:00 Finished Leek 2 - 1 Sutton Coldfield
15:00 Finished Leiston 5 - 0 Hendon
15:00 Finished Lincoln Utd. 4 - 2 Gresley
15:00 Finished Lowestoft 1 - 2 Dulwich Hamlet
15:00 Finished Merthyr Town 6 - 1 Cinderford
15:00 Finished Metropolitan 2 - 6 Brightlingsea
15:00 Finished Mossley 1 - 3 Farsley
15:00 Finished Needham 2 - 0 Wroxham
15:00 Finished Ramsbottom 2 - 1 Prescot
15:00 Finished Redditch 3 - 1 Cambridge City
15:00 Finished Royston 2 - 2 Northwood
15:00 Finished Rushall 1 - 2 Halesowen
15:00 Finished Salisbury 2 - 3 Chippenham Town
15:00 Finished Shaw Lane Aquaforce 6 - 2 Frickley
15:00 Finished Skelmersdale 1 - 3 Kendal
15:00 Finished Slough 4 - 1 Bognor
15:00 Finished Spennymoor 1 - 2 Matlock
15:00 Finished Staines 1 - 4 Basingstoke
15:00 Finished Stamford 1 - 4 Hednesford
15:00 Finished Stocksbridge 2 - 1 Lancaster
15:00 Finished Stourbridge 1 - 2 Kings Lynn
15:00 Finished Stratford 2 - 2 Grantham
15:00 Finished Sudbury 4 - 0 Bowers & Pitsea
15:00 Finished Taunton 5 - 0 Swindon Supermarine
15:00 Finished Tiverton 0 - 1 Wimborne
15:00 Finished Tonbridge 3 - 3 Ashford Town
15:00 Finished Tooting Mitcham 2 - 4 Dunstable Town
15:00 Finished Uxbridge 0 - 1 Harlow
15:00 Finished VCD Athletic 1 - 3 Ware
15:00 Finished Waltham Abbey 0 - 5 Merstham
15:00 Finished Warrington 0 - 2 Nantwich
15:00 Finished Weymouth 4 - 0 Wantage
15:00 Finished Whitby 4 - 3 Workington
15:00 Finished Worthing 3 - 1 Kempston
15:00 Finished Yate Town 1 - 6 North Leigh

 

[Jemfy]

Always pleasing to get a win against higher placed opposition - even if they are doing poorly in the league. Sounded like we deserved the victory.

Very pleased to get an extra £2,700 in the bank, and now we have to wait and see who we have in the next round. No new teams, but anyone from our level will have won twice to get through and the worst teams from the level above will have gone. No easy draws for a side like us, but we should also be capable of giving a game to most sides we can face. The only preference is not to get a local derby!

 

[Inactive]

Highlights between Leamington & Mickleover Sports in the FA Trophy

 

[DarkSithLord]

Second Qualifying Round Draw -



1 Nantwich Town v Kendal Town
2 Goole or Blyth Spartans v Halesowen Town
3 Buxton v King’s Lynn Town
4 Marine v St Neots Town
5 Hednesford Town v Stafford Rangers
6 St Ives Town v Leek Town
7 Shaw Lane Association v Whitby Town
8 Ramsbottom United v Redditch United
9 Kidsgrove Athletic v Stocksbridge Park Steels
10 Barwell v Farsley Celtic
11 Stratford Town or Grantham Town v Matlock Town
12 Trafford v Micklover Sports
13 AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Lincoln United
14 Colwyn Bay or Witton Albion v Kettering Town
15 Kings Langley v Enfield Town
16 Bishop’s Cleeve v Taunton Town
17 Dunstable Town v Weymouth
18 Dorchester Town v Basingstoke Town
19 Merthyr Town v Slough Town
20 Havant & Waterlooville v Billericay Town
21 Brightlingsea Regent v Harlow Town
22 Hanwell Town v Evesham United or Frome Town
23 Chippenham Town v Leiston
24 Dulwich Hamlet v Chesham United
25 Merstham v Hythe Town
26 Burgess Hill Town v Chalfont St Peter
27 Biggleswade Town v Hitchin Town
28 Folkestone Invicta v North Leigh
29 Royston Town or Northwood v Wimborne Town
30 Needham Market v Herne Bay or Harrow Borough
31 Cray Wanderers v Worthing
32 Phoenix Sports v Winchester City
33 Hastings United v South Park
34 AFC Sudbury v Romford
35 Kingstonian v Tonbridge Angels or Ashford Town (Middx)
36 Ware v Grays Athletic or Wingate & Finchley

 

[B2TF]

As holders, I gather we have a bye to the final. See you there. Wemberleee, Wemberleee.

 

[Jemfy]

Lincoln United is an interesting draw for us. They did similarly well in the FA Cup, going a round further than us. They are also in our league and not doing too well, though they do have a number of games in hand to claw their way back to a respectable position.

3 home ties in a row in the Trophy! That's fantastic too. It's a realistic chance to progress. £3,250 for the winners too, and the opportunity to face conference regional opposition.

 

[Mark kavanagh]

We will put our 6th team out and get beat in the first round hopefully

 

[townsendaround]

http://www.townsendaround.co.uk/cup/cox-steers-hillians-through-choppy-waters/

Dean Cox, currently playing for Burgess Hill Town as he waits for the next transfer window to join up with Crawley Town, was magnificent on Saturday as they beat Beaconsfield SYCOB. I had to write a report for the NLP and the local paper, and conduct a radio interview for BBC Sussex, so I thought I'd share the very much longer version of my report.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Todays Second Qualifying Round Results


13:00 Merthyr Town 2 - 2 Slough
15:00 Finished AFC Rushden 3 - 3 Lincoln Utd
15:00 Finished Barwell 2 - 3 Farsley
15:00 Finished Biggleswade Town 1 - 1 Hitchin
15:00 Finished Bishops Cleeve 0 - 1 Taunton
15:00 Finished Blyth 4 - 3 Halesowen
15:00 Abandoned Brightlingsea 0 - 0 Harlow
15:00 Postponed Burgess Hill - Chalfont St Peter
15:00 Finished Buxton 1 - 3 Kings Lynn
15:00 Finished Chippenham Town 0 - 1 Leiston
15:00 Finished Dorchester 0 - 3 Basingstoke
15:00 Finished Dulwich Hamlet 4 - 0 Chesham
15:00 Finished Dunstable Town 1 - 4 Weymouth
15:00 Finished Folkestone 2 - 3 North Leigh
15:00 Finished Grantham 0 - 2 Matlock
15:00 Finished Hanwell Town 0 - 1 Frome
15:00 Finished Hastings 1 - 1 South Park
15:00 Finished Havant & Waterlooville 5 - 0 Billericay
15:00 Finished Hednesford 1 - 1 Stafford
15:00 Finished Kidsgrove Athletic 3 - 5 Stocksbridge
15:00 Finished Kings Langley 1 - 0 Enfield Town
15:00 Finished Kingstonian 1 - 1 Tonbridge
15:00 Finished Marine 1 - 1 St. Neots
15:00 Postponed Merstham - Hythe
15:00 Finished Nantwich 2 - 0 Kendal
15:00 Finished Needham 1 - 2 Harrow
15:00 Finished Phoenix 1 - 3 Winchester
15:00 Postponed Ramsbottom - Redditch
15:00 Finished Royston 4 - 0 Wimborne
15:00 Finished Shaw Lane Aquaforce 3 - 0 Whitby
15:00 Finished St Ives 2 - 1 Leek
15:00 Finished Sudbury 4 - 0 Romford
15:00 Finished Trafford 0 - 1 Mickleover
15:00 Finished Ware 0 - 2 Wingate & Finchley
15:00 Finished Witton 2 - 1 Kettering

 

[DarkSithLord]

Conference North/South sides enter in the 3rd qualifying draw on Monday.

Hoping for Micklover/Matlock but we will get a Conference North side, or Blyth away.

 

[Harrier94]

Do these draws have any sort of schedule? Thought it would have at least started by now

 

[DarkSithLord]

Do these draws have any sort of schedule? Thought it would have at least started by now

Its like this every year. The Fa purposely dont give a time. They dont give a fuck.

 

[Jemfy]

I thought it was meant to be 12.00?

Last couple of rounds there wasn't a massive delay like this. On the plus side twitter has become amusing.

We've got to win our replay to get an away tie at Kiddy. That's a good draw if we can get through. You either want something winnable or a big tie to either go out on without shame, or get a huge result