The Round 1 Proper of the FA Cup will be completed today except for the one attractive tie of Chorley v Fleetwood. Don't know why the game is played on a Monday, TV?
Already a few non-league clubs have made their fans extremely happy; one or two clubs have fallen off the perch.
So yesterday AFC Fylde, Boreham Wood*, Maidstone United*, Oxford City*, Slough, Gateshead and Hereford have won through; those * beating League clubs.
TODAY.
Boreham Wood beat Blackpool 2-1, Maidstone United won 4-2 away at Cheltenham and Oxford City away at Colchester 0-1. Sutton will not repeat their fine run from last year, they lost to Cambridge Utd, Truro (oooaarrrr) capitulated at Charlton, Coventry beat Maidenhead 3-1, Exeter 3-1 v Heybridge Swifts, Swindon beat Dartford 5-1 away, Leatherhead and Billericay drew 1-1 and both go into tomorrow's draw. Wycombe beat Solihull Moors 2-0 and Woking drew at home 1-1 with Bury.
Have a look at the Billericay blog from August:
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/fa-cup-soon-players-doing-rounds.html
So most exciting? Woking and/or Guiseley? Haven't they done well? What about Guiseley then? Yes, the West Yorkshire club was founded in 1909 and worked its way through the various Yorkshire leagues, winning the Wharfedale League in 1912-13 and now sits comfortably in the National League, playing at Nethermoor Park.
The club won the FA Vase in 1990-1 on its journey up the pyramid. They were losing finalists to Wimborne Town in 1992-3 and have made the FA Cup 1st Round seven times since 1991-2, including this year. In 1993-4 they reached the FA Trophy semis. The Lions are certainly roaring and will be looking forward to the "balls in the bag" tomorrow. Already they have £3,000 to look forward to if they can win the replay.
Next week it is back to mundane stuff at home to Bromley in the league, a team that lost to Rochdale 4-0 in the cup.
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