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Fun fact.....

747 teams start off in the pot for the FA cup this season.
It would need to be at least the size of an inter-continental airliner.

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Also, why is it an odd number of teams in at the start?
 
The Emirates FA Cup first round proper draw will be made on Monday evening, live on TNT Sports as clubs from the EFL’s League One and League Two join the competition.

Fans can watch the draw live ahead of the final tie of the fourth round qualifying between Worthing and Forest Green Rovers.

The draw will be available to watch on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and on the TNT Sports YouTube page during this tie’s pre-match coverage from approximately 6.40pm BST.

Here are the ball numbers for the draw:

1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnet
4. Barnsley
5. Barrow
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Cardiff City
14. Cheltenham Town
15. Chesterfield
16. Colchester United
17. Crawley Town
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Doncaster Rovers
20. Exeter City
21. Fleetwood Town
22. Gillingham
23. Grimsby Town
24. Harrogate Town
25. Huddersfield Town
26. Leyton Orient
27. Lincoln City
28. Luton Town
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Newport County
32. Northampton Town
33. Notts County
34. Oldham Athletic
35. Peterborough United
36. Plymouth Argyle
37. Port Vale
38. Reading
39. Rotherham United
40. Salford City
41. Shrewsbury Town
42. Stevenage
43. Stockport County
44. Swindon
45. Tranmere Rovers
46. Walsall
47. Wigan Athletic
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. AFC Telford United
50. Macclesfield
51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United
52. Carlisle United
53. York City
54. Buxton
55. Morecambe or Chester
56. South Shields
57. Tamworth
58. Scunthorpe United
59. Gateshead
60. Spennymoor Town
61. FC Halifax Town
62. Altrincham or Harborough Town
63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
64. Maldon & Tiptree
65. Woking or Brackley Town
66. Wealdstone
67. Slough Town
68. Boreham Wood
69. Eastleigh
70. Southend United
71. Ebbsfleet United
72. Braintree Town
73. Chatham Town
74. Weston Super Mare
75. Hemel Hempstead Town
76. Banbury United or St Albans City
77. Chelmsford City
78. AFC Totton or Truro City
79. Aldershot Town
80. Farnham Town or Sutton United
 
Looking forward to the draw. Hope Crawley get an easy game. They need any kind of morale boosting opportunity.
Number 17 for your lads.

Wealdstone number 66 - 1966 is the year The Stones won the Amateur FA Cup at Wembley (comp was disbanded in 1974)

(21 Apr 1966) At Wembley the Amateur Cup Final, between Hendon, the holders and Wealdstone. Taking over sixty years for Wealdstone to get to Wembley, they celebrated by taking home the cup!



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs05HoE22lw
 
The Emirates FA Cup first round proper draw for the 2025-26 season has been made, with ties scheduled to take place around the weekend of Saturday 1 November 2025.

Winning clubs at this stage of the competition will receive £45,000 from the 2025-26 prize fund, with losing teams also picking up £15,000.

The Draw
1
Weston Super Mare v Aldershot Town
2 Salford City v Lincoln City
3 Luton Town v Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
4 Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley
5 Colchester United v MK Dons
6 Tranmere Rovers v Stockport County
7 Wigan Athletic v Hemel Hempstead Town
8 Newport County v Gillingham
9 Cheltenham Town v Bradford City
10 Barnsley v York City
11 Reading v Carlisle United
12 Bromley v Bristol Rovers
13 Peterborough United v Cardiff City
14 Oldham Athletic v Northampton Town
15 Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers
16 Tamworth v Leyton Orient
17 Stevenage v Chesterfield
18 Boreham Wood v Crawley Town
19 Farnham Town or Sutton United v AFC Telford United
20 Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
21 Chelmsford City v Braintree Town
22 Spennymoor Town v Barrow
23 Wycombe Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle
24 FC Halifax Town v Exeter City
25 Slough Town v Altrincham or Harborough Town
26 Wealdstone v Southend United
27 Rotherham United v Swindon Town
28 Grimsby Town v Ebbsfleet United
29 Buxton v Chatham Town
30 Burton Albion v Banbury United or St Albans City
31 Woking or Brackley Town v Notts County
32 Blackpool v Scunthorpe United
33 Cambridge United v Morecambe or Chester
34 AFC Wimbledon v Gateshead
35 Mansfield Town v Harrogate Town
36 Macclesfield v AFC Totton or Truro City
37 South Shields v Shrewsbury Town
38 Fleetwood Town v Barnet
39 Port Vale v Maldon & Tiptree
40 Eastleigh v Walsall

 
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