The Imps will take on Ipswich Town at Portman Road in the First Round of The Emirates FA Cup. This fixture will be played between Friday 8th November and Monday 11th November. The date and time will be announced in due course, with ticket and travel information following soon after.
The winners of this First Round tie will receive £36,000 from The FA’s prize fund.
My Views: If I’m honest, I was hoping for Boston United or any other non-league side at home, certainly not the highest-ranked side in the competition. Ipswich Town away will be incredibly tough. Will we get 5,000 tickets again? If we do, will we sell them? It would be great if we did, but I can’t see that happening.
You can discuss this draw on 100% Imps!
Reaction on the forum:
Davidimp: “Proper meh draw and unless we get through I won’t see us at home unless we get home second draw until December 29th!”
Scotimp: “Good chance of us being on? Ipswich playing in the first round for the first time in 60+ years, the giant-killing in 2017, all League One, the League One leaders etc. And is that the highest-ranked game?
That also means no home game until 14 December after this Saturday, assuming no replay.
I hope the gate receipts from Ipswich are sufficient to maintain cash flow during that spell.”
sedgleyimp: “Let’s hope that Ipswich decide to concentrate on the league and put out their youth team!!”
Full First Round Draw:
Ipswich Town v Lincoln City
Oxford City v Solihull Moors
Crawley Town v Scunthorpe United
Harrogate Town v Portsmouth
Colchester United v Coventry City
Sunderland v Gillingham
Dulwich Hamlet v Carlisle United
Bolton Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle
York City v Altrincham
Chesterfield/Wrexham v Rochdale
Maidstone United v Torquay United
Leyton Orient v Maldon & Tiptree
Chippenham Town v Northampton Town
Haringey Borough/Yeovil Town v Hartlepool United
Cambridge United v Exeter City
Whitby Town/Stourbridge v Welling United/Eastleigh
Salford City v Burton Albion
Forest Green Rovers v Sutton United/Billericay Town
Bristol Rovers v Bromley
Ebbsfleet Town/Woking v Notts County
Walsall v Darlington
Nantwich Town v AFC Fylde
AFC Wimbledon v Doncaster Rovers
Hayes & Heading/Poole Town v Oxford United
Shrewsbury Town v Bradford City
Grimsby Town v Newport County
Gateshead v Oldham Athletic
Mansfield Town v Chorley
Dover Athletic v Southend United
Tranmere Rovers v Wycombe Wanderers
Carshalton Athletic v Boston United
Cheltenham Town v Swindon Town
Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra
Potters Bar Town/Barnet v Fleetwood Town
Macclesfield Town v Kingstonian
Maidenhead United/Wealdstone v Rotherham United
Blackpool v Morecambe
Milton Keynes Dons v Port Vale
Stevenage v Peterborough United
Chichester receive a bye into the Second Round
Thank you to Graham Burrell and Lincoln City Football Club for the photograph!
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