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FA Cup first round draw: Hyde United (eighth tier) host MK Dons

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup takes place on Monday evening  - Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup takes place on Monday evening - Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
  1. Stevenage vs Nantwich or Kettering

  2. Bradford City v Chesterfield

  3. Port Vale v Oxford Utd

  4. Newport County v Walsall

  5. Morecambe v Hartlepool Utd

  6. Yeovil v Southend

  7. Peterborough Utd v Tranmere

  8. Cambridge Utd v Sutton Utd

  9. Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town

  10. AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers

  11. Luton v Portsmouth

  12. Shrewsbury v Aldershot

  13. Hereford v AFC Telford Utd

  14. Guiseley v Accrington Stanley

  15. Blackburn Rovers v Barnet

  16. East Thurrock Utd/Ebbsfleet v Doncaster Rovers

  17. Plymouth Argyle v Grimsby Town

  18. Colchester Utd v Oxford City

  19. Shaw Lane v Mansfield Town

  20. Boreham Wood v Blackpool

  21. Leatherhead v Brackley/Billericay

  22. AFC Wimbledon v Lincoln City

  23. Rochdale v Dover/Bromley

  24. Coventry v Maidenhead Utd

  25. Chorley/Boston Utd v Fleetwood

  26. Carlisle Utd v Oldham Athletic

  27. Notts County v Bristol Rovers

  28. Dartford v Swindon Town

  29. Cheltenham Town v Maidstone Utd/Enfield Town

  30. Woking/Concord Rangers v Bury

  31. Crewe Alexandra v Rotherham

  32. Gillingham v Dag & Red/Leyton Orient

  33. Hyde Utd v MK Dons

  34. Gainsborough Trinity v Slough Town

  35. Solihull/Ossett Town v Wycombe

  36. Northampton v Scunthorpe

  37. Charlton v Truro City

  38. Wigan v Crawley

 

7:28PM

And that's the draw

The excitement is over! No more balls will be drawn!

Morecambe vs Hartlepool is pretty good, Doncaster will visit either East Thurrock or Ebsfleet. Hyde vs MK Dons is a brilliant tie for the minnows.

I was really hoping for a Slough vs Swindon draw, purely for Office quotes. 

7:25PM

Eighth tier Hyde will play

MK Dons! The crowd goes wild in the BBC studio as the draw is announced. That's the big club the players wanted.

7:24PM

Lads, can we please have some music

Or something. This draw is not one of the most exciting things I've ever seen on television. That Liverpool vs Man Utd game on Saturday was more entertaining.

7:21PM

AFC Wimbledon vs Lincoln City

AFC Wimbledon are one of the clubs to have benefited immensely from TV money brought by the FA Cup and they are drawn against Lincoln City. 

7:19PM

Some more fixtures for you

Peterborough Utd v Tranmere

Cambridge Utd v Sutton Utd

Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town

AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers

Luton v Portsmouth

Shrewsbury v Aldershot

Hereford v AFC Telford Utd

Guiseley v Accrington Stanley

Blackburn Rovers v Barnet

7:16PM

No huge match ups so far

Bradford City v Chesterfield

Port Vale v Oxford Utd

Newport County v Walsall

Morecambe v Hartlepool Utd

7:14PM

And it's set of balls number eight

And Lancelot is the FA Cup draw machine for tonight.

What a hilarious National Lottery joke. And the first fixture is Stevenage vs Nantwich or Kettering.

IT'S ALL KICKING OFF NOW, CLIVE.

7:12PM

Your Davids, your Goliaths

Hyde, Heybridge Swifts and Ossett Town are the lowest ranked teams in the competition, with all three occupying the eighth tier of English football. 

7:10PM

David Sharpe

The Wigan chairman, grandson of Dave Whelan, fancies Wigan's chances this season.

And now it's time for the draw!  

7:05PM

Who do the small teams want to get in the draw?

According to a couple of Hyde football staff (manager and player), the management want to play against a team they can probably beat whereas the players want to draw Blackburn or Charlton - one of the 'big' clubs.

Hyde actually own the record for biggest defeat in the FA Cup. A 26-0 hiding (see what I did) by Preston North End.

7:00PM

The live coverage begins!

Here we go. The draw is being held at Hyde United's ground. Look how cool their sun was earlier:

 

6:47PM

The difference the FA Cup actually makes

I wrote this in January about just how much an FA Cup run is worth to a small club. It turns out the answer is everything.

The FA awards a prize of £1.8million to the winners of the competition, the kind of short-change a Champions League club might use as a sweetener for a promising youth prospect’s signing-on fee. For non-league side Curzon Ashton just qualifying for the second round of the competition will, and has, had an enormous impact.

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“It means so much to us a club,” says their CEO Natalie Atkinson. “The FA Cup is enabling us, through prize money, funds gained and TV money to work with the FA and football foundations to replace our 3G pitch next to the stadium.”

Curzon Ashton, currently 15th in the National League North, lost 4-3 to AFC Wimbledon in December, conceding four goals in the final 10 minutes of the game. The prize for qualifying for the second round was £27,000, in addition to £18,000 earned from the first round.

Those sucker-punch goals prevented a windfall of £67,500 for making it to third round. However, thanks to the wonder of television money, the club received more for their defeat to Wimbledon than they would have if they’d won a non-televised second round match.

There's more on the article, if you fancy clicking on it.

6:30PM

This most holy of trophies always produces magical moments and even if a guilty few/most don't pay attention to the competition until their team is involved, those matches between minnows of the lower leagues and giants of... in this case, League One, are always thoroughly enjoyable. 

Sutton are looking to make a lot more money from another (pie free) run at the cup this year, Accrington Stanley's involvement will be upping the YouTube view count on this milk advert, and today is the first time I have ever heard of Gainsborough Trinity. Perhaps they will become my new favourite non-league - maybe they'll be yours! It all depends who has to play who - and which of those games the people in charge at BBC decide to broadcast...

6:15PM

Hello there sports fans. Welcome to our live coverage of what is sure to be a riveting FA Cup first round draw. The action will kick-off at 7:10pm and we'll keep you up to date with the draw as it happens. For right now, that wait should give you time to look at all the nice photographs of that weird looking sun from earlier today. It was like being in Blade Runner.

6:09PM

What is it?

It's the draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup: the oldest competition in world football. 

The first round sees the 48 teams from League One and League Two joined by 32 non-league sides.

When is it?

Monday October 16.

What time is it?

The draw itself will begin at 7:10pm on Monday evening.

<span>The first round of the FA Cup will take place on Saturday November 4 </span> <span>Credit: AP </span>

What TV channel is it on?

The draw will be broadcast live on both BBC Two and BT Sport.

Mark Chapman will present the BBC's coverage of the draw in half-hour long episode from 7pm, while BT Sport 3's show will also begin at 7pm. 

When will the matches take place? 

The first round will take place over the weekend of Friday November 3 to Monday 6 November 2017

Who's in the hat?

<span>Sutton United made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup last season </span> <span>Credit: Getty Images </span>

Three teams from the eighth tier of English football are among the non-league teams in the hat for the first round.

Hyde United, who play in the Northern Premier League, beat Scarborough Athletic on Sunday afternoon to book their place in the competition. 

Hampton and Richmond, who are coached by Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler, failed in their bid to reach the FA Cup proper after losing to  National League South rivals Truro City.

Truro's 2-0 victory over their league rivals means they become the first Cornwal team to reach the FA Cup first round since 1969. 

Billericay Town, whose current players include Jamie O'Hara, Paul Konchesky and Jermaine Pennant, will also take their place in the draw. 

FA Cup first round numbers

1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY

2 AFC WIMBLEDON

3 BARNET

4 BLACKBURN ROVERS

5 BLACKPOOL

6 BRADFORD CITY

7 BRISTOL ROVERS

8 BURY

9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED

10 CARLISLE UNITED

11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

12 CHELTENHAM TOWN

13 CHESTERFIELD

14 COLCHESTER UNITED

15 COVENTRY CITY

16 CRAWLEY TOWN

17 CREWE ALEXANDRA

18 DONCASTER ROVERS

19 EXETER CITY

20 FLEETWOOD TOWN

21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS

22 GILLINGHAM

23 GRIMSBY TOWN

24 LINCOLN CITY

25 LUTON TOWN

26 MANSFIELD TOWN

27 MILTON KEYNES DONS

28 MORECAMBE

29 NEWPORT COUNTY

30 NORTHAMPTON TOWN

31 NOTTS COUNTY

32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC

33 OXFORD UNITED

34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED

35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

36 PORT VALE

37 PORTSMOUTH

38 ROCHDALE

39 ROTHERHAM UNITED

40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED

41 SHREWSBURY TOWN

42 SOUTHEND UNITED

43 STEVENAGE

44 SWINDON TOWN

45 WALSALL

46 WIGAN ATHLETIC

47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS

48 YEOVIL TOWN

49 TRANMERE ROVERS

50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN

51 HARTLEPOOL UNITED

52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION

53 CHORLEY OR BOSTON UNITED

54 AFC TELFORD UNITED

55 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY

56 NANTWICH TOWN OR KETTERING TOWN

57 GATESHEAD

58 GUISELEY

59 AFC FYLDE

60 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS

61 HYDE UNITED

62 MACCLESFIELD TOWN

63 BRACKLEY TOWN OR BILLERICAY TOWN

64 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR LEYTON ORIENT

65 HEREFORD

66 ALDERSHOT TOWN 

67 BATH CITY OR CHELMSFORD CITY

68 OXFORD CITY

69 MAIDENHEAD UNITED

70 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS

71 WOKING OR CONCORD RANGERS

72 TRURO CITY

73 DOVER ATHLETIC OR BROMLEY

74 SLOUGH TOWN

75 DARTFORD

76 BOREHAM WOOD

77 MAIDSTONE UNITED OR ENFIELD TOWN

78 LEATHERHEAD

79 SUTTON UNITED

80 EAST THURROCK UNITED OR EBBSFLEET UNITED