FA Cup 24/25

[Blue Maniac]

First Qualifying Round draw has been made, round date 31st August. Several Leicestershire sides already out, six left by my count:

Anstey Nomads v Alvechurch
Melton Town v Hednesford Town
Barwell v Kidsgrove Athletic
Bottesford Town v Deeping Rangers or Loughborough Students
Harborough Town v Darlaston Town
Leek Town v Ashby Ivanhoe

 

[pork pie fox]

First Qualifying Round draw has been made, round date 31st August. Several Leicestershire sides already out, six left by my count:

Anstey Nomads v Alvechurch
Melton Town v Hednesford Town
Barwell v Kidsgrove Athletic
Bottesford Town v Deeping Rangers or Loughborough Students
Harborough Town v Darlaston Town
Leek Town v Ashby Ivanhoe

Loughborough Students currently 2-0 up in the replay against Deeping.

 

[pork pie fox]

Loughborough Students currently 2-0 up in the replay against Deeping.

Finished 4-0.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Finished 4-0.

Nice.

 

[Jeff]

Buxton 2 Barwell 2
Harborough Town 4 Stourbridge 2
Mickleover 0 Anstey Nomads 1

 

[Jeff]

Harborough Town are 1-0 up against Bury. If they can hang on they'll be in the first round for the first time in their history.

 

[pork pie fox]

Harborough Town are 1-0 up against Bury. If they can hang on they'll be in the first round for the first time in their history.

They’ve done really well over the past couple of years, as they’ve moved up the ladder. It always looks like a well run club.

 

[Jeff]

FT 1-0

 

[H T B]

Brilliant

 

[pork pie fox]

 

[pork pie fox]

The draw for the next round is at 7.00pm on BBC2.

Here’s a vlog of Harborough’s game on Saturday, in case anyone is interested:

 

[H T B]

Is that a ‘born’ again Bury?

 

[Jeff]

Is that a ‘born’ again Bury?

Yes. They play at Gigg Lane and are two levels below Harborough Town. They get attendances of over 2,000, some of the teams in their league get less than 100.

 

[pork pie fox]

Yes. They play at Gigg Lane and are two levels below Harborough Town. They get attendances of over 2,000, some of the teams in their league get less than 100.

Apparently they took about 600 to Harborough on Saturday.

 

[Jeff]

Apparently they took about 600 to Harborough on Saturday.

And the demand was so high they streamed the game via their website.
They break attendance records at a lot their away games.

 

[pork pie fox]

And the demand was so high they streamed the game via their website.
They break attendance records at a lot their away games.

Are there still two “versions” of Bury, so to speak?

 

[Jeff]

Are there still two “versions” of Bury, so to speak?

No, they merged last year.

 

[pork pie fox]

No, they merged last year.

Ah ok, that’s good then.

 

[pork pie fox]

Crap draw. Away at Tonbridge.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Crap draw. Away at Tonbridge.

Yup, shite