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FA Cup 2025-26 21:33 - Oct 11 with 942 viewsCrashBandicoot

With a number of Essex teams through to the 1st round - Braintree Town, Chelmsford City, Maldon & Tiptree as well as S**th**d - could there be some potential local derbies in the FA cup 1st round this season?

Probably not but it'll be interesting to see what happens in the draw.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 22:26 - Oct 11 with 896 viewsmfb_cufc

The full list of ball numbers are as follows:

1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnet
4. Barnsley
5. Barrow
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Cardiff City
14. Cheltenham Town
15. Chesterfield
16. Colchester United
17. Crawley Town
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Doncaster Rovers
20. Exeter City
21. Fleetwood Town
22. Gillingham
23. Grimsby Town
24. Harrogate Town
25. Huddersfield Town
26. Leyton Orient
27. Lincoln City
28. Luton Town
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Newport County
32. Northampton Town
33. Notts County
34. Oldham Athletic
35. Peterborough United
36. Plymouth Argyle
37. Port Vale
38. Reading
39. Rotherham United
40. Salford City
41. Shrewsbury Town
42. Stevenage
43. Stockport County
44. Swindon
45. Tranmere Rovers
46. Walsall
47. Wigan Athletic
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. AFC Telford United
50. Macclesfield
51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United
52. Carlisle United
53. York City
54. Buxton
55. Morecambe or Chester
56. South Shields
57. Tamworth
58. Scunthorpe United
59. Gateshead
60. Spennymoor Town
61. FC Halifax Town
62. Altrincham or Harborough Town
63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
64. Maldon & Tiptree
65. Woking or Brackley Town
66. Wealdstone
67. Slough Town
68. Boreham Wood
69. Eastleigh
70. Southend United
71. Ebbsfleet United
72. Braintree Town
73. Chatham Town
74. Weston Super Mare
75. Hemel Hempstead Town
76. Banbury United or St Albans City
77. Chelmsford City
78. AFC Totton or Truro City
79. Aldershot Town
80. Farnham Town or Sutton United

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:20 - Oct 12 with 857 viewsDaniel

Bolton away is the game I'm hoping for. I need to tick the ground off and we're owed after our only visit was during Covid.

York away would be my second choice, otherwise I'd take an Essex derby.
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FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:35 - Oct 12 with 851 viewsTheOldOakTree

FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:20 - Oct 12 by Daniel

Bolton away is the game I'm hoping for. I need to tick the ground off and we're owed after our only visit was during Covid.

York away would be my second choice, otherwise I'd take an Essex derby.


I just hope it’s a league team.

Bolton is well into my top 10 of favorite grounds. We all like different things, but if architecture is your thing, then Bolton is a sure winner, especially when it’s lit up at night. Acres and acres of parking around the ground, which is great (until you want to leave).

Just don't put Bolton in your SatNav, because the ground is halfway between Bolton and Wigan.
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FA Cup 2025-26 on 15:12 - Oct 12 with 777 viewswessex_exile

FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:35 - Oct 12 by TheOldOakTree

I just hope it’s a league team.

Bolton is well into my top 10 of favorite grounds. We all like different things, but if architecture is your thing, then Bolton is a sure winner, especially when it’s lit up at night. Acres and acres of parking around the ground, which is great (until you want to leave).

Just don't put Bolton in your SatNav, because the ground is halfway between Bolton and Wigan.
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Never been in, but driven past it a couple of times - looks impressive. That would be a good day out for a cup game, or failing that away at a reasonably local non-league side would do me. Not 'that' non-league side though, broadcasting rights would almost certainly get hold of it and switch kick-off to some massively inconvenient time slot.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 10:05 - Oct 13 with 707 viewsRSCOSWORTH

FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:35 - Oct 12 by TheOldOakTree

I just hope it’s a league team.

Bolton is well into my top 10 of favorite grounds. We all like different things, but if architecture is your thing, then Bolton is a sure winner, especially when it’s lit up at night. Acres and acres of parking around the ground, which is great (until you want to leave).

Just don't put Bolton in your SatNav, because the ground is halfway between Bolton and Wigan.
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At least they're reasonably close to each other... https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/25493526.bury-st-edmunds-mistaken-town-error-footbal

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 10:21 - Oct 13 with 692 viewsCrashBandicoot

FA Cup 2025-26 on 10:05 - Oct 13 by RSCOSWORTH

At least they're reasonably close to each other... https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/25493526.bury-st-edmunds-mistaken-town-error-footbal


I wonder how our former player Cole Skuse is getting on as Bury Town manager?

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 18:51 - Oct 13 with 608 viewsmfb_cufc

Home to MK Dons.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 19:00 - Oct 13 with 605 viewsBFG

and Chelmsford V Braintree. The Taylor Akinde derby
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FA Cup 2025-26 on 20:38 - Oct 13 with 536 viewswessex_exile

FA Cup 2025-26 on 19:00 - Oct 13 by BFG

and Chelmsford V Braintree. The Taylor Akinde derby
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That's a spicy one, might make the TV? (if there's anyone outside of Essex who knows it's a local derby?)

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 20:43 - Oct 13 with 535 viewsRSCOSWORTH

FA Cup 2025-26 on 19:00 - Oct 13 by BFG

and Chelmsford V Braintree. The Taylor Akinde derby
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Harrop, the Chelmsford manager, took Braintree to the National League and wasn't best pleased when he was dismissed last season which adds an extra bit of spice. I believe John White, also ex-Braintree, is part of the management team at Chelmsford too.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 21:42 - Oct 13 with 514 viewsdurham_exile

FA Cup 2025-26 on 18:51 - Oct 13 by mfb_cufc

Home to MK Dons.


We had a great set of results against the Franchise last season.

Can't ask for more than a home match in Round One.

Could even be televised.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 22:04 - Oct 13 with 485 viewswessex_exile

FA Cup 2025-26 on 21:42 - Oct 13 by durham_exile

We had a great set of results against the Franchise last season.

Can't ask for more than a home match in Round One.

Could even be televised.

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Admire your optimism Durham, but I thinks it's unlikely. Two League 2 sides against each other is a bit 'meh' I reckon, as is most of the draw if I'm honest. Luton (recent PL side) vs Worthing or FGR might be the story the cameras are looking for? Port Vale vs the Jammers has a bit of a David and Goliath feel to it, as does Eastleigh vs Walsall perhaps? The Trotters vs the Terriers has two massive names against each other, but I still think Chelmsford vs Braintree is one of the more attractive games from a TV perspective, local derby and it guarantees a non-league side make the 2nd round.

We'll know soon enough I suppose.

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FA Cup 2025-26 on 09:41 - Oct 18 with 104 viewsbwildered

Chelmsford v Braintree and Port Vale v Maldon & Tiptree both been selected has televised games on TNT .

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