2019/20 FA Cup

[#Beebot]

Apparently the bobbins can fit 5000 into their smelly hovel. They’ll have about 5-600 fans max (it doesn’t help them that we’re also at home). It won’t be all ticket.

Btw if you have issues with the view behind the goal at Sutton you’re going to love the views behind the goal at Coldsore Avenue. 1 step terraces. The side terrace is decent although a decent sized crowd restricts the view somewhat

The side terrace at Carshalton is great, fairly steep and with decent views.

 

[LongEatonPie]

Chesterfield v Wrexham
AFC Fylde v Peterborough Sports
Barrow v Solihull Moors
Bromley v Aldershot Town
Bowers & Pitsea v Chichester City
Carshalton Athletic v Dagenham & Redbridge
Chorley v Spennymoor Town
Dartford v Kingstonian
Ebbsfleet United v Woking
FC Halifax Town v Harrogate Town
Gateshead v Colne
Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town
Hartlepool United v Brackley Town
Havant & Waterlooville v Dulwich Hamlet
Hayes & Yeading v Poole Town
Hednesford Town v Boston United
Maidenhead United v Wealdstone
Maidstone United v Kings Langley
Nantwich Town v Kings Lynn Town
Notts County v Belper Town
Oxford City v Margate
Potters Bar Town v Barnet *LIVE BBC FOOTBALL WEBSITE 12:30*
Royston Town v Maldon & Tiptree
Southport v Altrincham
Sutton United v Billericay Town
Tamworth v Darlington
Torquay United v Boreham Wood
Welling United v Eastleigh
Weymouth v Dover Athletic
Whitby Town v Stourbridge
Whyteleafe v Chippenham Town
York City v Stockport County *LIVE BT SPORT 17:20*
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I guess the matchday fixtures go in here rather than a separate thread for each round?

As expected the Potters Bar v Barnet derby is the live game at 12:30pm, a little suprised by the evening showing but hey ho.
Notts have a local derby themselves as we take on Belper Town who look to be bringing roughly 1,000 fans. I imagine one or two of the Notts starting lineup will be rested but we should have more than adequate cover as the support squad is decent in depth.

 

[jacobncfc]

Would expect some of the players coming back from injury/suspension to get a start - Kelly-Evans, Doyle and Tyson definitely, plus McCrory if he’s fit. Osborne and Thomas will probably come in too.

We should have enough at home.

 

[#Beebot]

Confirmed that there will be a bye for one team through to R2.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50076272

 

[Pliny Harris]

Harrogant to beat us, to get a bye into the 2nd Round, and then Leeds United to be demoted to the 2nd Round on account of being awful, only to be drawn at home to Harrogant.

You heard it here first.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Chesterfield v Wrexham
AFC Fylde v Peterborough Sports
Barrow v Solihull Moors
Bromley v Aldershot Town
Bowers & Pitsea v Chichester City
Carshalton Athletic v Dagenham & Redbridge
Chorley v Spennymoor Town
Dartford v Kingstonian
Ebbsfleet United v Woking
FC Halifax Town v Harrogate Town
Gateshead v Colne
Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town
Hartlepool United v Brackley Town
Havant & Waterlooville v Dulwich Hamlet
Hayes & Yeading v Poole Town
Hednesford Town v Boston United
Maidenhead United v Wealdstone
Maidstone United v Kings Langley
Nantwich Town v Kings Lynn Town
Notts County v Belper Town
Oxford City v Margate
Potters Bar Town v Barnet *LIVE BBC FOOTBALL WEBSITE 12:30*
Royston Town v Maldon & Tiptree
Southport v Altrincham
Sutton United v Billericay Town
Tamworth v Darlington
Torquay United v Boreham Wood
Welling United v Eastleigh
Weymouth v Dover Athletic
Whitby Town v Stourbridge
Whyteleafe v Chippenham Town
York City v Stockport County *LIVE BBC FOOTBALL WEBSITE 17:20*
​

I guess the matchday fixtures go in here rather than a separate thread for each round?

As expected the Potters Bar v Barnet derby is the live game at 12:30pm, a little suprised by the evening showing but hey ho.
Notts have a local derby themselves as we take on Belper Town who look to be bringing roughly 1,000 fans. I imagine one or two of the Notts starting lineup will be rested but we should have more than adequate cover as the support squad is decent in depth.

York v Stockport is live on BT Sport

 

[Chief Rocka]

Any Brackley fans making the trip up?

We can’t afford to slip up, 3-0 win away at Aldershot has everyone’s pecker up again, a defeat at home to regional opposition would bring us all right back down to earth.

 

[LongEatonPie]

York v Stockport is live on BT Sport

That'll teach me to read the fixtures properly!

 

[Aberstone]

3 times running we've drawn a Conference club in the 4th Qualifying road - Dagenham had us easy 3 years ago, Sutton last year we should have beaten but threw it away in true calamitous Wealdstone fashion and now Maidenhead on Saturday.

Most of our supporters are familiar with the majority of their side, if anything this will give us an indication as to whether or not our side would be good enough to compete at the level above.

 

[Kim Mitten]

Bowers & Pitsea v Chichester - Bowers with an amazing chance to make the 1st round. This is already their best ever run in the FA Cup.
Of course I await them drawing Southend in round 1 and then being the TV game. Thing is it would not even be a slight surprise if they beat us, I'd make them firm favourites.

 

[chipmunx]

This is the round when even life long supporters of National league teams come across teams they have never heard of before and then hope they don't get embarrassed by them in this round or the next;- I mean be honest, how many Northern fans here have heard of Bowers & Pitsea or Maldon & Tiptree, not many I bet - and even less would be thrilled with an away match and possible loss to them in round 1.

 

[Pliny Harris]

This is the round when even life long supporters of National league teams come across teams they have never heard of before and then hope they don't get embarrassed by them in this round or the next;- I mean be honest, how many Northern fans here have heard of Bowers & Pitsea or Maldon & Tiptree, not many I bet - and even less would be thrilled with an away match and possible loss to them in round 1.

The joy in it is seeing these unknown sides taking on Plymouth Argyle or Crewe, and it's only right that the draw is regionalised at this stage. Defo too many southern leagues around though.

Couldn't point to most of those on a map, even after many years watching non-league football, although Tiptree's where you get the best jam and funny as it sounds, I cycled past the factory on the way to Bible Camp a few times as a kid.

 

[chipmunx]

The joy in it is seeing these unknown sides taking on Plymouth Argyle or Crewe, and it's only right that the draw is regionalised at this stage. Defo too many southern leagues around though.

Couldn't point to most of those on a map, even after many years watching non-league football, although Tiptree's where you get the best jam and funny as it sounds, I cycled past the factory on the way to Bible Camp a few times as a kid.

Bible camp... i'm guessing watching Halifax over the years has cured your belief in a god - or at least a footballing one

 

[JaredSUFC]

Billericay look to be trimming their squad since Tamplin left (Matt Rhead being the latest to leave) but with our awful form it’ll be hard to see how this could be a positive result

 

[chipmunx]

Billericay look to be trimming their squad since Tamplin left (Matt Rhead being the latest to leave) but with our awful form it’ll be hard to see how this could be a positive result

out of respect for yourselves and every other non league team that are not bankrolled you HAVE to knock them out...

 

[doveranddover]

Monday's draw details
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50080223

 

[joethegill]

Any Brackley fans making the trip up?

We can’t afford to slip up, 3-0 win away at Aldershot has everyone’s pecker up again, a defeat at home to regional opposition would bring us all right back down to earth.

Please beat them. I couldn't face losing to them for a 3rd time in recent memory. Having said that, we didn't exactly breeze past your lot last year either.

 

[JaredSUFC]

out of respect for yourselves and every other non league team that are not bankrolled you HAVE to knock them out...

Even without Tamplin the thought of losing to them makes me queasy.

 

[MrGloverLover]

Haringey Borough v Yeovil Town at the same time as Spurs v Watford 1 mile away. Should be fun.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

Having SMASHED a dreadful Solihull once already this season, and on an 8-game winning streak, you'd have to imagine we're firm favourites - which obviously means defeat.

I don't think we have what it takes to maintain a title challenge all season, but play-offs is a realistic aim. In that respect, is it better to go far in the cup and keep up the positivity, or bow out and concentrate on the league?

 

[chipmunx]

Having SMASHED a dreadful Solihull once already this season, and on an 8-game winning streak, you'd have to imagine we're firm favourites - which obviously means defeat.

I don't think we have what it takes to maintain a title challenge all season, but play-offs is a realistic aim. In that respect, is it better to go far in the cup and keep up the positivity, or bow out and concentrate on the league?

They've signed 2 loan strikers since and should have McCallum back too, but if we can dictate midfield again there's no reason we can't win.
As for the league - we can keep the challenge up all season - but let everyone else think we can't - the longer the rest of the league ignores our chances the better.

 

[chipmunx]

Just noticed Chesterfield are playing Wrexham (again)....
lose that and Wrexham's season will be over apart from fighting relegation (and the tin pot Scottish Cup thingy......)

 

[CFC91]

I'd have rather beaten them in the league but now we have and now ive heard how shit they were then I want us to beat them Saturday and keep up the winning run

 

[BarraMatt]

Having SMASHED a dreadful Solihull once already this season, and on an 8-game winning streak, you'd have to imagine we're firm favourites - which obviously means defeat.

I don't think we have what it takes to maintain a title challenge all season, but play-offs is a realistic aim. In that respect, is it better to go far in the cup and keep up the positivity, or bow out and concentrate on the league?

Success breeds success, apparently.

 

[The Terminator]

The hell is a Colne?

 

[chipmunx]

The hell is a Colne?

a reformed club after a late 1980's version of Billericay folded in 1990

 

[doveranddover]

Colne Dynamos might have been the 1st 'Billericay'
https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/101-Non-League/4366-the-colne-dynamoes-debacle

1 paragraph sums up most of it

As football crash-and-burn stories go, it’s hard to beat the implosion of Colne Dynamoes nearly 20 years ago. In the late 1980s, the Dynamoes – bankrolled by millionaire chairman-manager Graham White – charged through the non-League pyramid on a budget to make some Football League clubs jealous. And then, in August 1990, having been denied promotion to the Conference because their ground wasn’t up to standard, they folded overnight.

 

[chipmunx]

Colne Dynamos might have been the 1st 'Billericay'
https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/101-Non-League/4366-the-colne-dynamoes-debacle

1 paragraph sums up most of it

he also didn't take kindly to us knocking them out in the 1990 FA Trophy Semi-Finals and robbing them of Wembley revenue, which they needed as he allegedly had business cash flow issues at the time. He looks like he was Tamplin's roll model.

 

[Pliny Harris]

Bible camp... i'm guessing watching Halifax over the years has cured your belief in a god - or at least a footballing one

Was moved to make the ol' "Nope, it was the fourth trip to Barra that knocked it on the head" jape, but I'm a fan of the underdog.

Either Wukky vs. Runcorn Linnets or your game vs. Solihoof to look forrad to this weekend. Which do you recommend? Hit me up if you fancy breaking bread at Holker St.

 

[chipmunx]

Was moved to make the ol' "Nope, it was the fourth trip to Barra that knocked it on the head" jape, but I'm a fan of the underdog.

Either Wukky vs. Runcorn Linnets or your game vs. Solihoof to look forrad to this weekend. Which do you recommend? Hit me up if you fancy breaking bread at Holker St.

I'm in Cheshire for 2 weeks looking after my mum who had a heart bypass op 5 weeks ago (she's doing well) so will actually miss this one. Runcorn actually knocked us out of either the cup or the trophy a few years ago so are not a bad side and Wukkie are doing well in the league so that should be a good match. Barrow v Solihoof should too - particularly if you like watching games in driving rain and high winds. If you choose the Barrow match hit up Monkey tennis as i'm sure he'll be there. Where in Cumbria did you move to by the way?