Road to Wembley opens!

The new season is in sight for the Ryman League's fans, players and officials after the Football Association published the draws for the early rounds of the FA Cup and FA Trophy on Friday.

The 133rd FA Cup competition, with its 737 entries, kicks-off with an Extra Preliminary Round on 17 August. The draws for the first three rounds of the world's oldest cup competition are now available on the FA's website, www.theFA.com.

In the FA Trophy, the competition's Preliminary Round sees 64 ties scheduled to kick off on 5 October. The First Qualifying Round draw was also made at Wembley and like the others is available to download in PDF format.

The draws for the early rounds of next season's FA Vase and FA Youth Cup were also made at Wembley and are available online.

To view the draws visit: www.thefa.com/News