FA Cup 1st Round Draw....

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Yep. That's ok. I am now on the fourth Westons oak aged 2015 Vintage 8.2% which means I will (a) become increasingly belligerent and abusive or (b) disappear from this site temporarily tonight due to becoming comatose or (c) end up as one of those "bye bye and RIP Blades" caused by my own stupidity of drinking too much.

Some great producers in Herefordshire. In particular my favourite Gwatkins. NNx

it hasnt affected your spelling ability yet!!

you need another 5 or 6 me thinks!

i will have to try those two you mentioned, the oak aged ones are nice for sure!

 

[sitwell]

I want spennymoor so I can buy a half and half scarf

 

[Angef1Blade]

Live on BBC 1 at 7:10 Monday evening

who do you want??

the ball numbers here :

1 Accrington Stanley
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Barnet
4 Blackpool
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Bradford City
7 Bristol Rovers
8 Bury
9 Cambridge United
10 Carlisle United
11 Charlton Athletic
12 Cheltenham Town
13 Chesterfield
14 Colchester United
15 Coventry City
16 Crawley Town
17 Crewe Alexandra
18 Doncaster Rovers
19 Exeter City
20 Fleetwood Town
21 Gillingham
22 Grimsby Town
23 Hartlepool United
24 Leyton Orient
25 Luton Town
26 Mansfield Town
27 Millwall
28 Milton Keynes Dons
29 Morecambe
30 Newport County
31 Northampton Town
32 Notts County
33 Oldham Athletic
34 Oxford United
35 Peterborough United
36 Plymouth Argyle
37 Port Vale
38 Portsmouth
39 Rochdale
40 Scunthorpe United
41 Sheffield United
42 Shrewsbury Town
43 Southend United
44 Stevenage
45 Swindon Town
46 Walsall
47 Wycombe Wanderers
48 Yeovil Town
49 Southport
50 Alfreton Town or Gateshead
51 Macclesfield Town
52 FC Halifax Town
53 Stockport County
54 Barrow
55 Stourbridge
56 Altrincham
57 Lincoln City or Guiseley
58 Spennymoor Town
59 Wrexham
60 York City or Curzon Ashton
61 Whitehawk
62 Westfields
63 Sutton United
64 Chesham United
65 Dagenham & Redbridge
66 Torquay United or Woking
67 Taunton Town or Hemel Hempstead Town
68 Braintree Town
69 Brackley Town
70 Dartford
71 St Albans City
72 Boreham Wood
73 Eastbourne Borough
74 Harrow Borough or Margate
75 Maidstone United
76 Kidderminster Harriers
77 Solihull Moors
78 Dover Athletic
79 Merstham
80 Eastleigh


alas Worcester went out the last round so no lucky draw for us this year but still some local interest with neighbours Kidderminster and Westfields from tier 9 still going strong having won 6 rounds (enough for teams coming in now to win the Cup!!)

Good effort with this Jonny Red

 

[Broomhall Blade]

Hopefully Crewe away. We never seem to get them

Or Hartlepool

 

[DifferentClass]

Westfield away would be a good local derby and we'd be able to get there by tram and nip to Crystal Peaks beforehand.

And go for a swim afterwards!

 

[Paulus]

The Altrincham defeat was (I think) a second round replay after we had drawn with them at BDTBL 2-2.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Halifax Town.

 

[FMBlade1]

Being selfish, York away would be really convenient! But as others have said it would be nice to play a new team, as long as we go through of course.

Different question though, when was the last time we were victims of a real cupset? (I'm discounting Crewe to set standards)

 

[DifferentClass]

Different question though, when was the last time we were victims of a real cupset? (I'm discounting Crewe to set standards)

Thank God Hereford no longer have Ron Radford!

 

[Revolution]

I can only ever remember getting knocked out in Round One when we lost to Altrincham in our Fourth Division Season.

That was the last time. In 8 attempts since we've always made the third round as a minimum.

 

[Russ]

Have the Blades ever been beaten by a non-league side in a proper game?

I think we beat Maidstone 1-0 in an early round once.

 

[cooperblade]

Being selfish, York away would be really convenient! But as others have said it would be nice to play a new team, as long as we go through of course.

Different question though, when was the last time we were victims of a real cupset? (I'm discounting Crewe to set standards)

Getting beat 3-0 by Swansea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6213977.stm

 

[sheffielder]

Wrexham away

 

[Grecian2000]

Think we're all being a bit premature (it's Monday, let's start with an easy tap in), but by November the FA Cup might be by invitation only and starting at the last 8.

 

[rompodebailey]

Port Vale at home please.....if Sat is anything to go by. Failing that Crewe away so we can sample the... BEST RUBY EVER.... afterwards in the Passage To India just round the corner from the ground.

My mum might have something to say about that

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Thank God Hereford no longer have Ron Radford!

He plays for Westfields now

A spring chicken in midfield at 72, does all the unseen work with his big long straggly grey bushy beard stopping opposing attackers from waltzing through into the box

 

[sitwell]

I think we beat Maidstone 1-0 in an early round once.

I remember us beating burscough once 3-0

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

That Altrincham defeat isnt all that embarrassing really, especially as the Blades were in Div 4...it might look and sound it now but they were one of the top 3 non league sides around that '81 time and were unlucky not to have achieved league status as well with the way they were still tight on promotion/relegation from the old Div 4 to the Conference.

Just looking at who's left in from the National North this time round, god knows how Altrincham and Curzon have got this far, theyre in the bottom 5 and bloody awful defensively. Kidderminster will give teams a run for their money, they play a certain style that will catch teams unawares if they havent done their homework properly or just think they have to turn up on the day.

Another one to avoid would be Maidstone away...the dreaded artificial pitch!

 

[Revolution]

Have the Blades ever been beaten by a non-league side in a proper game?

As well as Altrincham in 1981-2, we lost to some non league teams in the Cup when the league was 2 Divisions - most notably we lost the Cup Final to then Southern League Spurs in 1901 (although the Southern League was strong at the time of course).

Fun fact: Every single current PL or Football league side has at some stage lost an FA Cup tie to a non league team, except one: West Ham.

Leeds and Portsmouth had also never done this until recent years, but they lost that record during their recent lower division stints.

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Fun fact: Every single current PL or Football league side has at some stage lost an FA Cup tie to a non league team, except one: West Ham.

Ha typical, it would be them wouldnt it?!

You know what would happen if West Ham get a non league team in the 3rd round this season and lose....


The FA would get the game replayed or put them through on some technicality!

I remember Kidderminster giving them a run for their money back in '94 but they scraped through.

 

[zablade]

Dover away, with the kick off moved to 7;45pm on a Friday evening due to TV or Police advice looks nailed on.

 

[Reedy1889]

No.57 Away, which hopefully would be Guiseley, who's stadium is a stones throw away from myself.

 

[DronnieBlade]

I want Wednesday in round 3. At ours.

UTB

 

[Treeton Blade]

Hartlepool away, we haven`t been this season, and I`m missing the old place

 

[Isar]

The Altrincham defeat was (I think) a second round replay after we had drawn with them at BDTBL 2-2.

I was at the 2:2 draw, I had a pig supporting mate with me, after the match some other Blades started on us because piggy friend was wearing the England away shirt under a jumper and the collar was lthe same as Altringham colours, hence he had to show the England shirt.

 

[corkysbeard]

Live on BBC 1 at 7:10 Monday evening

who do you want??

the ball numbers here :

1 Accrington Stanley
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Barnet
4 Blackpool
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Bradford City
7 Bristol Rovers
8 Bury
9 Cambridge United
10 Carlisle United
11 Charlton Athletic
12 Cheltenham Town
13 Chesterfield
14 Colchester United
15 Coventry City
16 Crawley Town
17 Crewe Alexandra
18 Doncaster Rovers
19 Exeter City
20 Fleetwood Town
21 Gillingham
22 Grimsby Town
23 Hartlepool United
24 Leyton Orient
25 Luton Town
26 Mansfield Town
27 Millwall
28 Milton Keynes Dons
29 Morecambe
30 Newport County
31 Northampton Town
32 Notts County
33 Oldham Athletic
34 Oxford United
35 Peterborough United
36 Plymouth Argyle
37 Port Vale
38 Portsmouth
39 Rochdale
40 Scunthorpe United
41 Sheffield United
42 Shrewsbury Town
43 Southend United
44 Stevenage
45 Swindon Town
46 Walsall
47 Wycombe Wanderers
48 Yeovil Town
49 Southport
50 Alfreton Town or Gateshead
51 Macclesfield Town
52 FC Halifax Town
53 Stockport County
54 Barrow
55 Stourbridge
56 Altrincham
57 Lincoln City or Guiseley
58 Spennymoor Town
59 Wrexham
60 York City or Curzon Ashton
61 Whitehawk
62 Westfields
63 Sutton United
64 Chesham United
65 Dagenham & Redbridge
66 Torquay United or Woking
67 Taunton Town or Hemel Hempstead Town
68 Braintree Town
69 Brackley Town
70 Dartford
71 St Albans City
72 Boreham Wood
73 Eastbourne Borough
74 Harrow Borough or Margate
75 Maidstone United
76 Kidderminster Harriers
77 Solihull Moors
78 Dover Athletic
79 Merstham
80 Eastleigh


alas Worcester went out the last round so no lucky draw for us this year but still some local interest with neighbours Kidderminster and Westfields from tier 9 still going strong having won 6 rounds (enough for teams coming in now to win the Cup!!)

Number 56 would do me just to right a wrong along long long time ago....

 

[corkysbeard]

What about grimsby just for laugh after pre season episode.

 

[Aston max]

Number 23..... away.

only so you can put two fingers up yo that dickhead on sky who trys his best not to mention us

 

[silver blade]

Live on BBC 1 at 7:10 Monday evening

who do you want??

the ball numbers here :

1 Accrington Stanley
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Barnet
4 Blackpool
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Bradford City
7 Bristol Rovers
8 Bury
9 Cambridge United
10 Carlisle United
11 Charlton Athletic
12 Cheltenham Town
13 Chesterfield
14 Colchester United
15 Coventry City
16 Crawley Town
17 Crewe Alexandra
18 Doncaster Rovers
19 Exeter City
20 Fleetwood Town
21 Gillingham
22 Grimsby Town
23 Hartlepool United
24 Leyton Orient
25 Luton Town
26 Mansfield Town
27 Millwall
28 Milton Keynes Dons
29 Morecambe
30 Newport County
31 Northampton Town
32 Notts County
33 Oldham Athletic
34 Oxford United
35 Peterborough United
36 Plymouth Argyle
37 Port Vale
38 Portsmouth
39 Rochdale
40 Scunthorpe United
41 Sheffield United
42 Shrewsbury Town
43 Southend United
44 Stevenage
45 Swindon Town
46 Walsall
47 Wycombe Wanderers
48 Yeovil Town
49 Southport
50 Alfreton Town or Gateshead
51 Macclesfield Town
52 FC Halifax Town
53 Stockport County
54 Barrow
55 Stourbridge
56 Altrincham
57 Lincoln City or Guiseley
58 Spennymoor Town
59 Wrexham
60 York City or Curzon Ashton
61 Whitehawk
62 Westfields
63 Sutton United
64 Chesham United
65 Dagenham & Redbridge
66 Torquay United or Woking
67 Taunton Town or Hemel Hempstead Town
68 Braintree Town
69 Brackley Town
70 Dartford
71 St Albans City
72 Boreham Wood
73 Eastbourne Borough
74 Harrow Borough or Margate
75 Maidstone United
76 Kidderminster Harriers
77 Solihull Moors
78 Dover Athletic
79 Merstham
80 Eastleigh


alas Worcester went out the last round so no lucky draw for us this year but still some local interest with neighbours Kidderminster and Westfields from tier 9 still going strong having won 6 rounds (enough for teams coming in now to win the Cup!!)

Grimsby away

 

[Cheets]

If we get Dover away, I'd love to go a-wandering along the cliffs before the match.