F.A. Cup

[paperboy]

1st round proper 1st November and some potential banana skins here after today's 4th Q round draw.

I'm a bit premature, but quite a few clubs with past FA cup links, former player connections and some fairly local too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... vz69ev01xo

We usually want a lower tier club at home which is fine until it all goes Pete Tong.

Just a distraction from other matters.

[paperboy]

Ball No 14 for Mondays draw.

https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/oct/10/ ... s-20251010

[Jerry St Clair]

Some really rotten potential ties in there

Carlisle, Gateshead, Boreham Wood, Eastleigh, Ebbsfleet, Southend, South Shields, Tamworth, Wealdstone……

Imagine they’d all lick their lips at a relegation threatened L2 club visiting them.

Can’t see any ties that look attractive. Maybe Weston-Super-Mare at home for a bit of semi-local interest but even that has a whiff of Alvechurch about it.

[asl]

I suspect RCS is licking his lips at the thought of any of three of those, away, mind...

[Artemis]

I'm convinced it will be FFG or Worthing.

[Artemis]

Some really rotten potential ties in there

Carlisle, Gateshead, Boreham Wood, Eastleigh, Ebbsfleet, Southend, South Shields, Tamworth, Wealdstone……

Imagine they’d all lick their lips at a relegation threatened L2 club visiting them.

Can’t see any ties that look attractive. Maybe Weston-Super-Mare at home for a bit of semi-local interest but even that has a whiff of Alvechurch about it.

And that's before you include the the majority of the league 1 sides, away.

[Robin]

Weston would be great but I would take Gateshead away too.

[Shade]

Wycombe away. Guaranteed.