2020/21 FA CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW -- MONDAY 26th OCTOBER

The draw for the First Round of this seasons Emirates FA Cup will be made later on Monday night live on BBC TV, another sure sign that winter is soon to be upon us. While we are currently playing behind closed doors in League One it will be good to mount a reasonable Cup run again having done well against Premier League sides in recent years, although it won't be the money spinner it has been for obvious reasons, winning games is a good habit so we might as well try and get some big ties, once we over come the opening rounds of course.

The draw is live on BBC Two from approximately 7pm hosted by Mark Chapman, with the draw itself being made by Lynsey Hipgrave with guest Grant Holt. The final fourth round qualifying tie between Bishop's Stortford and St Albans City will also be taking place tonight after the draw is made and that's live on the BT Sport channel. My own team AFC Wimbledon have been assigned ball No. 2 and we would be in the new stadium on Plough Lane by the time of the first round ties, but we favour an away tie against the lowest team please. The current League One leaders Lincoln City are ball No. 26 while the League Two leaders Newport County are ball No. 30. From the many non league teams that made it into Round One we have Marine [No. 60] caused a surprise beating Chester 1-0 and also another fans owned club, FC United of Manchester [No. 55] are in too beating Guiseley 2-1. The lowest ranked side still in the 1st Round Draw is Skelmersdale United from the North West Counties Premier league good luck to them.

The Full 1st round draw will appear here during the evening as the ties are confirmed ... matches to be played over the period of 6th - 9th November To fit into a truncated schedule for the 2020–21 season, replays were removed from the competition. The prize fund has also been reduced this year, with figures returning to those last used in the 2017–18 FA Cup the winners in round one will therefore pick up £22,629 in prize money for their efforts.

    Barrow    Vs   AFC WIMBLEDON
    Leyton Orient    Vs    Newport County
    Havant and Waterlooville    Vs    Cray Valley
    Sunderland    Vs    Mansfield Town
    Bolton Wanderers    Vs    Crewe Alexandra
    Oxford United    Vs    Peterborough United
    Exeter City    Vs    AFC Fylde
    Tonbridge Angels    Vs    Bradford City
    Walsall    Vs    Bristol Rovers
    Rochdale    Vs    Chesterfield
    Swindon Town    Vs    Darlington
    Barnet    Vs    Burton Albion
    Wigan Athletic    Vs    Chorley
    Tranmere Rovers    Vs    Accrington Stanley
    Oxford City    Vs    Northampton Town
    Maldon and Tiptree    Vs    Morecambe
    Bromley    Vs    Yeovil Town
    Torquay United    Vs    Crawley Town
    Eastbourne Boro    Vs    Blackpool Town

    Cheltenham Town    Vs    South Shields
    Stevenage    Vs    Concord Rangers
    Harrogate Town    Vs    Skelmersdale United
    Gillingham    Vs    Woking
    Charlton Athletic    Vs    Plymouth Argyle
    Hayes and Yeading    Vs    Carlisle United
    FC United of Manchester    Vs    Doncaster Rovers
    Salford City    Vs    Hartlepool United
    Scunthorpe United    Vs    Solihull Moors

    Hull City    Vs    Fleetwood Town
    Colchester United    Vs    Marine
    Dagenham and Redbridge    Vs    Grimsby 
    Cambridge United    Vs    Shrewsbury Town
    Brackley Town    Vs    Bishop's Stortford

    Eastleigh    Vs    Franchise FC 
    Hampton and Richmond    Vs    Oldham Athletic
    Boreham Wood    Vs    Southend United
    Ipswich Town    Vs    Portsmouth 

    Port Vale    Vs    Kings Lynn Town
    Lincoln City    Vs    Forest Green Rovers
    Banbury United    Vs    Canvey Island

Good luck to all teams (except for the Franchise XI FC obviously). We get an away tie against Barrow so good luck lads and don't let the lack of support fool you, we are all here. 

Arsenal 2020 FA Cup Winners