The Draw
NORTH (30 CLUBS, 15 TIES)
1 Rushall Olympic v Royston Town or Peterborough Sports
2 Tamworth v Macclesfield Town
3 Oldham Athletic v FC Halifax Town
4 Hartlepool United v Brackley Town
5 Farsley Celtic v Kettering Town
6 Altrincham v Solihull Moors
7 AFC Fylde v Rochdale
8 Scarborough Athletic v Stockton Town or Chester
9 Biggleswade v York City
10 Harborough Town v Bury
11 Curzon Ashton v Worksop Town or Kings Lynn Town
12 Gainsborough Trinity v Boston United
13 Shifnal Town or Hednesford Town v Gateshead
14 Biggleswade Town or Alfreton Town v Spennymoor Town
15 Buxton or Kidderminster Harriers v Guiseley
SOUTH (34 clubs, 17 TIES)
16 Taunton Town v Maidenhead United
17 Margate or Horsham v Gorleston
18 Aldershot Town v Bath City
19 Eastleigh v Southend United
20 Chertsey Town v Sutton United
21 Boreham Wood v Carshalton Athletic
22 Haringey Borough or Lowestoft Town v Chippenham Town or Weston Super Mare
23 Wealdstone v Gosport Borough
24 Leiston or Hornchurch v Dagenham & Redbridge
25 Barnet v Chelmsford City
26 Bishop’s Cleeve or Chesham United v Yeovil Town
27 Cray Wanderers v Tonbridge Angels
28 Woking v Slough Town
29 Forest Green Rovers v Winchester City or Weymouth
30 Maidstone United v Ebbsfleet United
31 Plymouth Parkway v Worthing
32 Braintree Town v Bishop's Stortford
Comments
Level 9: Bury - Shifnal Town (TBC)
Level 8: Gorleston - Biggleswade - Hednesford Town (TBC) - Haringey Borough (TBC) - Margate (TBC) - Bishop's Cleeve (TBC)
Level 7: 12-confirmed sides | 7-possible sides
Proper Jolly Boys Outing
So they're now back under the name of Bury, instead of AFC Bury and are also back playing at Gigg Lane too
If Hornchurch beat Leiston, they will play a local derby against Dagenham which is less than 5 miles away.
The question: Are any of the ties in North or South closer than "Just in Essex derby" 🤔
Wasn't it them who we were playing when the game was abandoned because our pitch was flooded? 3-0 down at half time?
I'm testing my old memory again Kap, but I was there at this game and I'm sure it was Doncaster Rovers and 1-3 when the game was called off at HT and we had reached 4.45pm !
I don't think our old floodlights exist anymore, unless Biggleswade Town took them with them when they moved ground in 2006?
Birthplace of Charles Penrose who created a popular song detailing police corruption.
#If you chance to meet him (the policeman)
When walking ‘round the town
Just shake him by his fat old hand
And give him half a crown#
(adjust for inflation)
https://biggleswadetowncouncil.gov.uk/about-the-council/biggleswade-history/