The draw for the FA Cup first round will take place on Monday, October 14. Bradford City's University of Bradford Stadium will play host to the draw as Football League clubs enter the draw after non-league outfits battled through the preliminary and qualifying stages of the competition.
and will not enter the tournament until the third round as lower-league clubs look to navigate their way through two rounds before the prospect of a glamour tie. Manchester United are holders after Erik ten Hag masterminded the shock win over Manchester City under the arch at Wembley in May.
This year's edition marks the from the Football Association, While non-league clubs have had to face a reverse fixture during the early stages of the competition, if the scores were level after 90 minutes, the emergence of Football League clubs marks the introduction of the fiercely-debated switch.
Among the clubs battling in the Fourth-Round Qualifying are former Football League sides Macclesfield and Bury FC. Both clubs are looking to reach the first round of the tournament since their rebirth.
The Silkmen reached this stage last term, losing 3-1 to higher league opposition in Alfreton Town, this time around they face National League outfit Tamworth - who are three levels higher than Robbie Savage's side. The Shakers, meanwhile, were last in the first round in 2018 - when they beat Dover Athletic 5-0 - but their expulsion forced them to emerge as a phoenix club.
The amalgamation of AFC and FC, accompanied by the return to Gigg Lane, has seen the good times return to Greater Manchester as they look to end a six-year wait to return to the first round proper, only this time as a club in step nine of the English football pyramid.
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When is the FA Cup draw?The draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup will be made on Monday, October 14 at 7pm.
How to watch the FA Cup first round drawThe FA Cup draw will be made on BBC Two or can be followed via the football.london live-blog.
FA Cup first round ball numbers1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnsley
4. Barrow
5. Birmingham City
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Carlisle United
14. Charlton Athletic
15. Cheltenham Town
16. Chesterfield
17. Colchester United
18. Crawley Town
19. Crewe Alexandra
20. Doncaster Rovers
21. Exeter City
22. Fleetwood Town
23. Gillingham
24. Grimsby Town
25. Harrogate Town
26. Huddersfield Town
27. Leyton Orient
28. Lincoln City
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Morecambe
32. Newport County
33. Northampton Town
34. Notts County
35. Peterborough United
36. Port Vale
37. Reading
38. Rotherham United
39. Salford City
40. Shrewsbury Town
41. Stevenage
42. Stockport County
43. Swindon Town
44. Tranmere Rovers
45. Walsall
46. Wigan Athletic
47. Wrexham
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. Rushall Olympic or Peterborough Sports
50. Tamworth or Macclesfield
51. Oldham Athletic or FC Halifax Town
52. Hartlepool United or Brackley Town
53. Farsley Celtic or Kettering Town
54. Altrincham or Solihull Moors
55. AFC Fylde or Rochdale
56. Scarborough Athletic or Chester
57. Biggleswade or York City
58. Harborough Town or Bury
59. Curzon Ashton or King’s Lynn Town
60. Gainsborough Trinity or Boston United
61. Hednesford Town or Gateshead
62. Alfreton Town or Spennymoor Town
63. Kidderminster Harriers or Guiseley
64. Taunton Town or Maidenhead United
65. Horsham or Gorleston
66. Aldershot Town or Bath City
67. Eastleigh or Southend United
68. Chertsey Town or Sutton United
69. Boreham Wood or Carshalton Athletic
70. Lowestoft Town or Weston Super Mare
71. Wealdstone or Gosport Borough
72. Leiston or Dagenham & Redbridge
73. Barnet or Chelmsford City
74. Chesham United or Yeovil Town
75. Cray Wanderers or Tonbridge Angels
76. Woking or Slough Town
77. Forest Green Rovers or Weymouth
78. Maidstone United or Ebbsfleet United
79. Plymouth Parkway or Worthing
80. Braintree Town or Bishop’s Stortford
