Tuesday, 26 October 2004.
At just after 5pm on Saturday, the draw for the First Round of The FA Cup takes place at Soho Square.
Former Liverpool stars John Aldridge and John Scales will pick the balls from the bag to see who lines up against who when the competition proper begins on 13th November.
The draw will be live on BBC One.
Ones to watch
The First Round is actually the seventh stage of The FA Cup. It all started for 146 teams in the Extra Preliminary Round back on 28th August 2004 and two of those teams still remain. In fact, Liversedge and Coalville Town are playing each other on Saturday and will ensure that one EP club will make it through to potentially meet a Football League giant. The winner will go into the hat with the ball numbered 62.
League One's top side Luton Town, the highest placed team in the draw, will be ball 24, while MK Dons will be 27.
John Aldridge's former club Tranmere are number 44, 1990 and 1994 semi-finalists Oldham are number 30 and Sheffield Wednesday, who suffered Final defeat at the hands of Arsenal in 1993, they'll be ball 37.
How the numbers are decided From the First Round Proper onwards the draws are national. First, the previously exempt clubs, in this case the Football League One and League Two sides, are numbered alphabetically and the remainder of clubs will follow on in their match number order from the previous round.
The Numbers. The Teams.
|
1 |
AFC BOURNEMOUTH |
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2 |
BARNSLEY |
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3 |
BLACKPOOL |
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4 |
BOSTON UNITED |
|
5 |
BRADFORD CITY |
|
6 |
BRENTFORD |
|
7 |
BRISTOL CITY |
|
8 |
BRISTOL ROVERS |
|
9 |
BURY |
|
10 |
CAMBRIDGE UNITED |
|
11 |
CHELTENHAM TOWN |
|
12 |
CHESTER CITY |
|
13 |
CHESTERFIELD |
|
14 |
COLCHESTER UNITED |
|
15 |
DARLINGTON |
|
16 |
DONCASTER ROVERS |
|
17 |
GRIMSBY TOWN |
|
18 |
HARTLEPOOL UNITED |
|
19 |
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN |
|
20 |
HULL CITY |
|
21 |
KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS |
|
22 |
LEYTON ORIENT |
|
23 |
LINCOLN CITY |
|
24 |
LUTON TOWN |
|
25 |
MACCLESFIELD TOWN |
|
26 |
MANSFIELD TOWN |
|
27 |
MILTON KEYNES DONS |
|
28 |
NORTHAMPTON TOWN |
|
29 |
NOTTS COUNTY |
|
30 |
OLDHAM ATHLETIC |
|
31 |
OXFORD UNITED |
|
32 |
PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
|
33 |
PORT VALE |
|
34 |
ROCHDALE |
|
35 |
RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS |
|
36 |
SCUNTHORPE UNITED |
|
37 |
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY |
|
38 |
SHREWSBURY TOWN |
|
39 |
SOUTHEND UNITED |
|
40 |
STOCKPORT COUNTY |
|
41 |
SWANSEA CITY |
|
42 |
SWINDON TOWN |
|
43 |
TORQUAY UNITED |
|
44 |
TRANMERE ROVERS |
|
45 |
WALSALL |
|
46 |
WREXHAM |
|
47 |
WYCOMBE WANDERERS |
|
48 |
YEOVIL TOWN |
|
49 |
SOUTHPORT OR HYDE UNITED |
|
50 |
NORTHWICH VICTORIA OR VAUXHALL MOTORS |
|
51 |
HINCKLEY UNITED OR BURTON ALBION |
|
52 |
HEREFORD UNITED OR RADCLIFFE BOROUGH |
|
53 |
BRIGG TOWN OR HALESOWEN TOWN |
|
54 |
CARLISLE UNITED OR YORK CITY |
|
55 |
HALIFAX TOWN OR LEEK TOWN |
|
56 |
TAMWORTH OR BURSCOUGH |
|
57 |
STAFFORD RANGERS OR GATESHEAD |
|
58 |
MORECAMBE OR HUCKNALL TOWN |
|
59 |
WORKSOP TOWN OR ALFRETON TOWN |
|
60 |
ACCRINGTON STANLEY OR LEIGH RMI |
|
61 |
LANCASTER CITY OR SCARBOROUGH |
|
62 |
LIVERSEDGE OR COALVILLE TOWN |
|
63 |
BILLERICAY TOWN OR FLACKWELL HEATH |
|
64 |
BARNET OR FARNBOROUGH TOWN |
|
65 |
THAME UNITED OR FOREST GREEN ROVERS |
|
66 |
CANVEY ISLAND OR HALLEN |
|
67 |
LYMINGTON & NEW MILTON OR WOKING |
|
68 |
DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR CRAWLEY TOWN |
|
69 |
HORNCHURCH OR GRAVESEND & NORTHFLEET |
|
70 |
EXETER CITY OR BRAINTREE TOWN |
|
71 |
SLOUGH TOWN OR SALISBURY CITY |
|
72 |
BATH CITY OR LEATHERHEAD |
|
73 |
ALDERSHOT TOWN OR MAIDENHEAD UNITED |
|
74 |
HAYES OR ASHFORD TOWN (MIDDX) |
|
75 |
THURROCK OR SPALDING UNITED |
|
76 |
STEVENAGE BOROUGH OR HENDON |
|
77 |
TIVERTON TOWN OR NEWPORT COUNTY |
|
78 |
WEALDSTONE OR HISTON |
|
79 |
BROMLEY OR CAMBRIDGE CITY |
|
80 |
BOGNOR REGIS TOWN OR YEADING |
Don't forget to log on to TheFA.com on Saturday for all the 4Q results and the 1st Round draw..