Just a reminder that the draw for Round 2 is on ITV1 and ITV X tomorrow at 2:30 immediately after the Chesterfield / Pompey game. I think the BBC might also be streaming it online.
Who do you fancy? Non-league again? Aldershot anyone? or Ramsgate? Or a Staffordshire Derby: Vale or Burton at home?
And what will be the TV picks? In addition to Wrexham, who else will make £60,000 + TV money?
Always dislike R2, less of the magic of R1, more of an opportunity to get the likes of Barnsley or Charlton away and lose out on a potential juicy R3 tie.
Flynn (How it was supposed to be): ‘No Swindon Town players will be ‘taking the FA Cup lightly’…’
Flynn (How it turned out): “The first half is the worst I’ve been involved in at any level.”
Lots of ex Walsall angry mangers about .Darrell Clarke today quote.
“It’s a woeful, embarrassing performance… I have to choose my words very carefully because I am very angry at the minute and I want to make sure I don’t chuck too many people under the bus “
Teams and ball numbers.
Take your pick!
£67 grand for winners of this round!
From the FA website:
Barnet
Alfreton Town
Chesterfield or Portsmouth
Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic
Leyton Orient
Kidderminster Harriers or Fleetwood Town
Gillingham
Slough Town or Grimsby Town
Charlton Athletic or Cray Valley (PM)
Oxford United
Newport County
Aldershot Town
Crewe Alexandra or Derby County
Wrexham
Harrogate Town
Barnsley or Horsham
Port Vale or Burton Albion
Peterborough United or Salford City
Eastleigh
Wycombe Wanderers
Walsall
Shrewsbury Town
Bristol Rovers
Morecambe
Sutton United
Reading
Doncaster Rovers or Accrington Stanley
Chester or York City
Scarborough Athletic or Forest Green Rovers
Notts County
Stockport County
Yeovil Town
Stevenage
Maidstone United
Blackpool
AFC Wimbledon
Cambridge United
Barrow
Ramsgate
The 20 ties in the second round proper will take place across the weekend of Saturday 2 December, and the winning sides will take home £67,000 from the competition’s prize fund.
Round two is something to be navigated rather than enjoy. Even an on paper good match at home E.g Vale, would still struggle to attract more than our average league home attendance.
Therefore the best bet is as easier a passage as possible.