F A Cup 2016-2017

[Motown Fox]

The Premier League games haven't started yet but the FA Cup has started already!
Some games were last night and there's others tomorrow but there were over 180 ties today and probably the top result of the day is this one - Hailsham Town 5 Crawley Down Gatwick 7

Huntingdon Town FC on the other hand probably wished they had stayed at home having lost 12-0 at Yaxley FC.

 

[Motown Fox]

http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/results

And click on Extra Preliminary Round.

Blaby & Whetstone Athletic are through having beat St Andrews .
Not a lot of joy for most of the other Leicestershire teams

 

[pork pie fox]

Roughly 20 teams I've either played for, or against, in that list of results.

 

[FOX Franks]

Roughly 20 teams I've either played for, or against, in that list of results.

Are you Trevor Benjamin?

 

[pork pie fox]

Are you Trevor Benjamin?

Don't we all wish we were?

 

[FOX Franks]

Don't we all wish we were?

*sigh*



Yes

 

[pork pie fox]

*sigh*



Yes

We can but dream, FF.

 

[Motown Fox]

FA Cup this weekend and for the local Clubs they are hoping that with no Premier League games this weekend Football fans will take a step into Non League land and see what grass roots football is all about.

A local Leicestershire side are hoping that a number of us Leicester City fans will take the plunge and they have the bonus of having the F A Cup itself on show for all to look at, or even have a photo with for a squid

 

[Motown Fox]

Ilkeston won 6-0, so the Ashby Fairytale is over, but they've done well to get this far. Record crowd of 693 too.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AshbyIvanhoe_FC?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

[Lako42]

I was down at Owen Street today to watch Coalville Town beat Redditch United in a very good game.

Really enjoyed the match and hopefully the start of another Fa Cup fairytale for the Ravens

 

[Motown Fox]

It's F.A. Cup weekend again and Barwell have a tough match at home against Ilkeston this afternoon. Loads of ties over this weekend

 

[GazLCFC]

All Leicestershire sides out I believe.
Kirby muxloe, Coalville and Barwell all lost

 

[FIF]

All Leicestershire sides out I believe.
Kirby muxloe, Coalville and Barwell all lost

Well there's at least 1 still in.

 

[Motown Fox]

Well there's at least 1 still in.

Unless we do a ManU because we get offered a juicy friendly against a team on a Winter break that clashes with the Third Round

 

[Motown Fox]

It's getting closer to the point when City are involved and just think 8 Years ago we did actually take part at this First Round stage.
Anyone remember who we played?
Anyway it's quite possible we could be playing one of these teams in January.
It's about time we played a lower League side (lower than Championship that is)

Full FA Cup first-round draw:

Sheffield United v Leyton Orient

Millwall v Southend United

Dagenham & Redbridge v FC Halifax Town

Merstham v Oxford United

Taunton v Barrow

Southport v Fleetwood Town

Yeovil v Solihull Moors

Stockport County v Woking

Dartford v Sutton United

Walsall v Macclesfield Town

Port Vale v Stevenage

Northampton v Harrow Borough

Cambridge United v Dover Athletic

Westfields v Curzon Ashton

MK Dons v Spennymoor Town

Gillingham v Brackley Town

Alfreton v Newport County

Portsmouth v Wycombe Wanderers

Maidstone United v Rochdale

Bury v AFC Wimbledon

St Albans City v Carlisle United

Boreham Wood v Notts County

Mansfield Town v Plymouth Argyle

Braintree Town v Eastbourne Borough

Hartlepool United v Stamford

Bolton Wanderers v Grimsby Town

Bradford City v Accrington Stanley

Oldham Athletic v Doncaster Rovers

Eastleigh v Swindon Town

Shrewsbury Town v Barnet

Morecambe v Coventry City

Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers

Whitehawk v Stourbridge

Colchester United v Chesterfield

Lincoln City v Altrincham

Exeter City v Luton Town

Charlton Athletic v Scunthorpe United

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

Peterborough United v Chesham

Blackpool v Kidderminster Harriers

 

[bocadillo]

Anyone remember who we played?

Stevenage, Dagenham and Redbridge - and then got knocked out by Palace in a replay

 

[FIF]

Are the Solihull moors a team from Devon or yourkshire?

 

[Blue Maniac]

Are the Solihull moors a team from Devon or yourkshire?

No, but you knew that. The club is the result of a 2007 merger between Solihull Borough and Moor Green.

 

[Robin127]

I thought they might have been a bunch of North Africans from the midlands.

 

[FIF]

I thought they might have been a bunch of North Africans from the midlands.

Or cows