FA CUP DRAW ON SATURDAY
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The Stags are number 26 in the draw. WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER Tuesday, 26 October 2004. At just after 5pm on Saturday, the draw for the First Round of The FA Cup takes place at Soho Square. Former Liverpool stars John Aldridge and John Scales will pick the balls from the bag to see who lines up against who when the competition proper begins on 13th October. The draw will be live on BBC One and you can also listen to Radio Five Live coverage with us here on TheFA.com. ONES TO WATCH The First Round is actually the seventh stage of The FA Cup. It all started for 146 teams in the Extra Preliminary Round back on 28th August 2004 and two still remain. In fact, Liversedge and Coalville Town are playing each other on Saturday and will ensure that one EP club will make it through to potentially meet a Football League giant. The winner will go into the hat with the ball number 62. League One's top side Luton Town, the highest placed team in the draw, will be ball 24, while MK Dons will be 27. John Aldridge's former club Tranmere are number 44, 1990 semi-finalists Oldham are number 30 and Sheffield Wednesday, who suffered Final defeat at the hands of Arsenal in 1993, they'll be ball 37. HOW THE NUMBERS ARE DECIDED From the First Round Proper onwards the draws are national. First, the previously exempt clubs, in this case the Football League One and League Two sides, are numbered alphabetically and the remainder of clubs will follow on in their match number order from the previous round. THE NUMBERS AND THE TEAMS 1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2 BARNSLEY 3 BLACKPOOL 4 BOSTON UNITED 5 BRADFORD CITY 6 BRENTFORD 7 BRISTOL CITY 8 BRISTOL ROVERS 9 BURY 10 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 11 CHELTENHAM TOWN 12 CHESTER CITY 13 CHESTERFIELD 14 COLCHESTER UNITED 15 DARLINGTON 16 DONCASTER ROVERS 17 GRIMSBY TOWN 18 HARTLEPOOL UNITED 19 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 20 HULL CITY 21 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 22 LEYTON ORIENT 23 LINCOLN CITY 24 LUTON TOWN 25 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 27 MILTON KEYNES DONS 28 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 29 NOTTS COUNTY 30 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 31 OXFORD UNITED 32 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 33 PORT VALE 34 ROCHDALE 35 RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS 36 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 37 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 38 SHREWSBURY TOWN 39 SOUTHEND UNITED 40 STOCKPORT COUNTY 41 SWANSEA CITY 42 SWINDON TOWN 43 TORQUAY UNITED 44 TRANMERE ROVERS 45 WALSALL 46 WREXHAM 47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 48 YEOVIL TOWN 49 SOUTHPORT OR HYDE UNITED 50 NORTHWICH VICTORIA OR VAUXHALL MOTORS 51 HINCKLEY UNITED OR BURTON ALBION 52 HEREFORD UNITED OR RADCLIFFE BOROUGH 53 BRIGG TOWN OR HALESOWEN TOWN 54 CARLISLE UNITED OR YORK CITY 55 HALIFAX TOWN OR LEEK TOWN 56 TAMWORTH OR BURSCOUGH 57 STAFFORD RANGERS OR GATESHEAD 58 MORECAMBE OR HUCKNALL TOWN 59 WORKSOP TOWN OR ALFRETON TOWN 60 ACCRINGTON STANLEY OR LEIGH RMI 61 LANCASTER CITY OR SCARBOROUGH 62 LIVERSEDGE OR COALVILLE TOWN 63 BILLERICAY TOWN OR FLACKWELL HEATH 64 BARNET OR FARNBOROUGH TOWN 65 THAME UNITED OR FOREST GREEN ROVERS 66 CANVEY ISLAND OR HALLEN 67 LYMINGTON & NEW MILTON OR WOKING 68 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR CRAWLEY TOWN 69 HORNCHURCH OR GRAVESEND & NORTHFLEET 70 EXETER CITY OR BRAINTREE TOWN 71 SLOUGH TOWN OR SALISBURY CITY 72 BATH CITY OR LEATHERHEAD 73 ALDERSHOT TOWN OR MAIDENHEAD UNITED 74 HAYES OR ASHFORD TOWN (MIDDX) 75 THURROCK OR SPALDING UNITED 76 STEVENAGE BOROUGH OR HENDON 77 TIVERTON TOWN OR NEWPORT COUNTY 78 WEALDSTONE OR HISTON 79 BROMLEY OR CAMBRIDGE CITY 80 BOGNOR REGIS TOWN OR YEADING |
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