FA Cup draw announced

By Ian Townsend

The draw for the First Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was made earlier this afternoon. Here are the details.

The draw for the First Qualifying Round of the FA Cup was made today, and it delivered a number of rather interesting ties for our clubs. You will see a list of all of the ties involving Bostik League sides below, but amongst the highlights are:

• Harlow Town travel to last year’s Bostik Premier Division Playoff Finalists Hendon
• AFC Hornchurch to host long-time Bostik League regulars Harrow Borough
• Romford to entertain Southern League Premier Central side Kettering Town
• Cheshunt to entertain last season’s Premier Division Playoff Semi-Finalists Leiston
• Cray Wanderers, if they successfully negotiate a passage past Rusthall, will travel to Metropolitan Police
• Phoenix Sports will entertain Lancing, conquerors of Greenwich Borough on Saturday
• There will be a ‘Thames derby’ as Egham Town entertain Staines Town

Here's the draw:

42 St Neots Town v Bishop’s Stortford
43 Burnham v Bury Town
44 Cambridge City v Brightlingsea Regent
45 Aylesbury United v Marlow
46 Heybridge Swifts v Newmarket Town
47 Hanwell Town v Potters Bar Town
49 Corby Town or Dunstable Town v Hertford Town
50 AFC Sudbury v Royston Town
51 Ware v Lowestoft Town
52 Hendon v Harlow Town
53 Brentwood Town or Sporting Bengal United v Haringey Borough
55 AFC Hornchurch v Harrow Borough
57 FC Romania v Biggleswade or Soham Town Rangers
59 Chalfont St Peter v Kempston Rovers
60 Great Wakering Rovers v Northampton Sileby Rangers or Wisbech Town
61 Romford v Kettering Town
63 Hayes & Yeading United v Deeping Rangers or AFC Rushden & Diamonds
64 Northwood v Kings Langley
65 Coggeshall Town or Witham Town v Berkhamsted
68 Wingate & Finchley v Didcot Town or Aylesbury
69 Cheshunt v Leiston
71 Bowers & Pitsea v Takeley
72 Basildon United v Stamford or Peterborough Sports
74 Enfield Town v Bedford Town
75 Ramsgate v Sevenoaks Town
76 Hastings United v Kingstonian
77 Metropolitan Police v Cray Wanderers or Rusthall
78 Faversham Town v Worthing
79 Farnborough v Molesey or Lewes
81 Fleet Town v East Grinstead Town
82 Phoenix Sports v Lancing
83 Merstham v Cray Valley (PM)
85 Hythe Town v Tonbridge Angels
86 Egham Town v Staines Town
87 Corinthian Casuals v Whyteleafe or Saltdean United
88 Margate v Horndean
89 Moneyfields v Thamesmead Town
90 Whitstable Town v Bognor Regis Town
91 Horsham YMCA v Tooting & Mitcham United
92 Corinthian v Horsham
93 Pagham v Whitehawk
94 Leatherhead v Herne Bay
96 Burgess Hill Town v Folkestone Invicta
97 Dorking Wanderers v Hartley Wintney
98 Sittingbourne v Gosport Borough

All ties must be played on Saturday 8 September 2018, kick-off 3.00pm with replays on or before Thursday 13 September, kick-off 7.45pm.

Find the complete draw here.

Where next?

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