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Who do we want?? Would be nice to get the third round again!

Wouldn't mind giving Oxford a spanking along the way either...

Like to get the Pox at home .. unless they lost to Merthyr tomorrow of course!

someone at home as we have my boyfriends parents staying that weekend and my boyfriends dad wants to come to his first ever Swindon match! so preferably someone we can beat like 10 nil or something

mmm a few nice little possible ties in there for us! I fancy a nice non league team away from home.

Draw numbers:

1 Accrington Stanley

2 AFC Bournemouth

3 Barnet

4 Bradford City

5 Brentford

6 Brighton & Hove Albion

7 Bristol Rovers

8 Bury

9 Carlisle United

10 Cheltenham Town

11 Chester City

12 Chesterfield

13 Crewe Alexandra

14 Dagenham & Redbridge

15 Darlington

16 Doncaster Rovers

17 Gillingham

18 Grimsby Town

19 Hartlepool United

20 Hereford United

21 Huddersfield Town

22 Leeds United
 
23 Leyton Orient
 
24 Lincoln City
 
25 Luton Town
 
26 Macclesfield Town
 
27 Mansfield Town
 
28 Millwall
 
29 Franchise
 
30 Morecambe
 
31 Northampton Town
 
32 Nottingham Forest
 
33 Notts County
 
34 Oldham Athletic
 
35 Peterborough United
 
36 Port Vale
 
37 Rochdale
 
38 Rotherham United
 
39 Shrewsbury Town
 
40 Southend United
 
41 Stockport County
 
42 Swansea City
 
43 Swindon Town
 
44 Tranmere Rovers
 
45 Walsall
 
46 Wrexham
 
47 Wycombe Wanderers
 
48 Yeovil Town
 
49 Evesham United or Halifax Town
 
50 Corby Town or Droylsden
 
51 Kendal Town or Altrincham
 
52 Rushden & Diamonds or Solihull Moors
 
53 Burton Albion or Tamworth
 
54 Histon or Bamber Bridge
 
55 Stafford Rangers or Cambridge United
 
56 Southport or Northwich Victoria
 
57 Farsley Celtic or Barrow
58 Bradford (Park Avenue) or Gainsborough Trinity
 
59 Workington or Boston United
 
60 York City or Rushall Olympic
 
61 Kidderminster Harriers or Vauxhall Motors
 
62 Harrogate Railway or Harrogate Town
 
63 Chasetown or Nuneaton Borough
 
64 Weymouth or Hitchin Town
 
65 AFC Hornchurch or Team Bath
 
66 Maidenhead United or Hayes & Yeading United
 
67 Salisbury City or Stevenage Borough
 
68 Merthyr Tydfil or Oxford United
 
69 Hampton & Richmond Borough or Wealdstone
 
70 Bath City or Torquay United
 
71 Crawley Town or Aldershot Town
 
72 Chippenham Town or Horsham
 
73 Eastleigh or Forest Green Rovers
 
74 Eastbourne Borough or Bromley
 
75 Ware or Tonbridge Angels
 
76 Folkestone Invicta or Billericay Town
 
77 Grays Athletic or Lewes
 
78 Woking or Staines Town
 
79 Ebbsfleet United or Exeter City
 
80 Havant & Waterlooville or Leighton Town

Droylsden would be good, show the scummers how to deal with village sides...

Evesham
Team Bath
Bath City
Chippenham
Salisbury
FGR

for some local ones

Pox - obviously...

or some team I know nothing about such as.....

Ware, Tonbridge Angels, Chasetown, Rushall Olympic, ah fuck it...any non League team away from home will do me!

Crawley away please  :D

Chippenscum at home!!

:) I wonder why?

Chard Town went out a round or 2 ago so no hope for me to have a game on my doorstep  :(  :D

Exeter would be good JJ, or Yeovil :D

Really want poxford though.............

I still can't escape the nagging feeling that since I've been going, we've lost to a non league club in each decade....60's Kettering,  70's Tooting,  80's Dagenham, 90's Stevenage.......

   So far in the 00's we haven't,  we've got 3 seasons left....any league club will do for me.

Careful what you wish for KT

*shudder*

I remember Tooting, Daggers and Stevenage well but I also remember the converse of Kettering away 7-0, Bromley home 7-0 in the same period not to mention a few 4 and 5-0 wins as well.

And yes Hertha Exeter or Yeovil would be really good but as you say I would love the Pox.

Aldershot away please.

Weymouth away  :beers:

Oxford away without a doubt

Brentford away

Wycombe Wanderers away
 
Rushall Olympic - who the fuck are they?
 
Salisbury City home
 
Oxford United home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bath City/Team Bath away. Right on my doorstep :D . Oxford is an obvious choice however.

You knows it  :thumbs:

Rushall are a lower league team from Walsall as are Chasetown(Walsall/Litchfield border), I wonder what the odds are of 3 teams from Walsall being in the first round of the cup  :shock:

Why Oxford away?

I'd much rather have them come visit the County Ground, I honestly think we'd put 6 or 7 past them the way things are going.

Trouble is, it's a cup final for them playing a big team like Swindon, and our players will probably get complacent so it could be a recipe for disaster... Wouldn't mind one of the Wiltshire teams, would be nice to have a proper county derby in a game that actually means something!

Oxford at Home

or for the pure convenience - Morecambe Away

Bamber Bridge (Preston) Away would also be okay I suppose

   I'd like to get Merthyr......

    I recall Keith East putting 4 past them in a 5-1 win in 65....the following week he put 5 past Mansfield.   Only time I've seen 5 from one player in a game, but I have seen a few 4's, would be nice to see Paynter or Cox do something similar.

I quite fancy an away game at a conference team, FGR would be good as we could well and truly out number the home support.  :mrgreen:

Otherwise the Pox at home as I'm probably one of only a few on here who have not experienced the delight.

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

  Speak for yourself mate.....I've never had the pox.  Unless you can catch it off toilet seats, there's more than a few on here who've yet to get the opportunity of a chance  to experience its delights.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

i've never been to a swindon - oxford game, home or away. i'd prefer to beat em at home though

Why Oxford away?

Because going to Oxford on the Train with a few beers is ace.

Touché.

Still would rather play them at home.. Although it would be hell if we lost.

Wouldn't mind someone like Bath or Forest Green either.. We'll probably get Crewe away :(

The pox home or away would equal carnage.Besides which i was at the last FA cup game we played against them and it was awful  :(

Lets hope its a nice away tie at Doncaster instead,much more sensible :wink:

eastbourne borough away.

Bath City home. I'm watching them hopefully beat Torquay tomorrow.

As long as it's on telly, I don't mind who we get

The last away match v Oxford was shite, it was bloody freezing as well

That'd be pretty handy too.

Or Horsham.

I fancy Exeter Away.

Spurs away would be pretty good

bath city/torquay away

:D

Indeedy.

Pox at home...as it's virtually a bye.

Now,when was the last time (or should I say the ONLY time) that they won at the CG.

Pox Away or a non league team away just to go to a different ground

A crap London/South-East team away would be nice for obvious reasons.

Other than that I'd say the Pox at home (so that I could be sure of a ticket!)

Eastleigh away,  as its only 2 mins wal from where i live   :D

Leeds Utd or Gillingham at home
Torquay away

Eastbourne Boro away please

Karlsruhe away

Leighton Town away please; nice and near for me.

Not sure the ground could cope though; these are the only pictures I could find.

http://www.webteams.co.uk/Pictures.aspx?team=leightontownfc

Actually I've managed to find possibly the cheapest pub in London, near to where I was working this week, so that wouldn't work out too bad.

A hot baguette and a pint of Strongbow for £3.89. Bliss.

 :thumbs:

are you who i think you are?


ill give you a clue- freshers bus from atlantis.

Would this pub be handy for an away day against Brentford?

I was pondering this earlier. It's just off High Holborn, so I reckon a short walk from there to Holborn and onto the Piccadilly line to South Ealing. Failing that, Bakerloo line to Waterloo and get a train to Brentford station. In other words, it's pretty damned good.

I probably shouldn't mention this but a double and mixer (Smirnoff, Gordons, Bacardi, Southern Comfort etc) is only £2.29.

A good find considering the location is usually pricey!

So basically pray we get Brentford  :mrgreen:

Actually that's going to be dead handy for Orient away as it's bang on the Central Line. Oh mega happy days.

Orient's on a Tuesday night  :(

I know Samantha, but that hasn't stopped anyone before.

Ace. So for completely selfish reasons, Stroood, Mex, Adje, Walrus, Panda Paws and myself would be hoping for:

Crawley/Eastbourne/Horsham/Brentford/Orient away.

It'll be fucking Grimsby, I know it  :D

If it's Grimsby then it's all your fault and I hope some queer does some grid rape on you.

Both Orient games this season are a Tuesday night I think!

I'll try and book the away game day and day after off work methinks.

anyone at home.and i'd love arsenal away in a later round

bath city away  8)  thats if they beat torquay tommorow where i will be cheering on city( my local team)

What time is the draw?

i think orient away is on my birthday 8)

Tooting and bloody Mitchum, Jimmy (Walter) Gabriel on loan from Bournemouth was in defence for the Town, I think.  Weren't the Town were winning 2:0 with about ten minutes to go, and then lost the replay.   Tooting management were on MoTD with David Coalbucket absolutely delighted.  One of the lowest points in history, along with the 3:1 home loss to Oxford, which still causes emotional distress.  

At least against Stevenage (Graz scored?), there was a gale blowing, and it was a stick in the eye for Macca.

i think it's at half five, will try and get birdy to tune in on the way home methinks.

dulwich hamlet please

The draw is on today at 5.10pm hosted by Sir Trev Brooking with John Hollins and Paul Parker doing the draw, I think its live on BBC 1.

Which pub would this be Si? What with living on High Holborn it would be handy to know!!! Unfortunately the Shakespeare's Head (Wetherspoons) on Kingsway has become our "local"  :?

It's "The Goose" which is next to the WH Smith on Leather Lane (near Chancery Lane tube station but walking towards St Pauls).

There's a statue type thing of a Goose outside  :?

But it's actually an alright pub, certainly Wetherspoon esque, but it has pool tables downstairs and some tellies to show sky on. Dunno what it's like in the evening though.

Ok cheers Si. I'm sure I'll find opportunities to check it out!

Ah yeah I walked past that one a few times.

I am indeed, the only other swindon fan in eastbourne!!

It's on now.

We won't be playing Oxford. Not been drawn yet.

Oh guess what. Wycombe away  :-))(

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  wycombe away

Wycombe away,  good draw,  would be disapointed if we didnt progress

I fucking said 43 as soon as wycombe were drawn out. What are the odds.

Crap draw.

Fucking silly. We get them nearly every FA Cup  :D

Not ideal but atleast it is close enough for me to go!

We should progress.  We have a much better squad and team this season.  As long as we dont lose at their place, im confident we would beat tem at the County ground

how many more times are we gonna get F***G Wycombe away

It's possibly the most uninteresting draw ever.

Indeed. And we usually fuck it up. Grrrr.

I don't even care about this piece of shit of a cup anyway. We won't win it.

Well no we won't. But a couple of easy wins into the third round and playing against a prem club is great!

Palace away was great.

Booooo. The FA Cup is ace.

Tbh i really don't care. Playing a prem team means nothing to me unless it's a league game. It's nothing special at all.

Yeah we can play Wycombe and other shitty teams  :roll:

Bollocks! An away game against a big club is great for a day out on the lash and a laugh. Somehow being the small underdog makes it better too.

I appreciate this happens on a Saturday for lots of pissheads (:)) but some of us have our away days on ration.

On the footy front there is always a 100-1 chance of causing an upset. It also boosts the coffers too. And lets be honest, playing in the Prem is a pipe dream for us. Making such cup occasions even more special.

Agree with Batch on this one. To some it's just another game but when you can't get to games too often it can be great. Palace away last year was class too  :D

I'll certainly be at Wycombe and will hopefully be taking a few foreigners from uni who want to see the "joys" of the FA Cup. Hopefully I can prove to them that there is life outside the Premiership!!

Bastard fucking Wycombe Wanderers again!  :evil:

Bastard one way in one way out shit again. Really thought that through didn't they?

The odds were something like 1 in 3 because that's all that was left in the pot  :D

Wycombe.... dont think I can be arsed to go 3 times in one year.

i love the fact we get wycombe every single time 8)

i'll be going. who wants a lift?

I don't think I'll be able to afford it  :(

Im tempted.

Lets make it special and  go dressed as Camels 8)

 Think that's something like 7 seasons in 8 we've had Wycombe in a cup competition...the game 4 years ago, was a classic...Tony Adams running on the pitch,getting abuse from Town fans who were a third of the crowd...but a Gorman schooled side passed us off the park...as soon as Adams took over , they got relegated..we won there 3-0 later in the season.

 Causeway stadium is the best ground in England for birdspotting.

  Certainly not the worst draw....not in the same league....not non league...and close enough.

  Ohh and the White Horse.

That may be true, but I missed the first half of the draw so I didn't even know if we were out yet. Making the odds much more severe.

Hmm, it would seem I am about the only person who thinks this isn't too bad a draw.
Wycombe = Pretty poor oposition, not far to go for an away day (even though the ground is a shit hole to gat too) and the chance to get close to out numbering the home fans.
Oh well I supose Carlise away would have been the prefered choice  :shrug:

Does anyone know if this is all ticket?

we said this before and lost 4-1 didnt we!!

That was different  :D

I'm not expecting this to be an easy game though, especially if we struggled against Port Vale. On a good day we'll be on form and stick 3 or 4 past them - but equally it could prove a difficult tie

Reg!!! :shock:

Oh the classiness of the only stripper pub in Wycombe,sometimes i really do envy men and their ability to find enjoyment in the most rank of establishments  :roll:

I heard your bloke had hired the place out Larwood -  :D


Thats a joke

 :shake:

Breaks my heart when I see an attitude like that from a Swindon fan. Expect it from the likes of Reading and Charlton and Cheltenham and basically any other set of fans who dont have a clue about football.

Sickening.

Time was 10 years ago that the Cup was every fans top priority. Its just that buzz of not having a clue who you are going to get next. Everyone ringing other up after the draw and arrangeing who's going to get the train tickets? is he getting a coach? Meet at 7am for a beer? Magic. Its just sooo special to see everyone making the effort. And when you get 2000 fans up north (somewhere we would usually take 300) you tell me in one of those cauldrons that the FA Cup is a piece of shit? You see a different side to those teams. Its like having a local derby with a team 300 miles away. Norvern league games are shit. Not the FA Cup. And in a way its a self fulfilling prophecy, because the boring spazzers like you dont go, leaving it to all the old lads and that.

Come on Swindon. We really should do them this year.

What else can you expect from Rich though? :wink: 'Everything's shit 'after all :D

Besides which it is only Wycombe,nothing very exciting about that to my mind.

sadly there's an unwritten law somewhere that states we must play wycombe every fucking year!

We cant play them next round if we knock them out.

I hate to break it to everyone, but there are only so many teams out there. Ive been to Wycombe 5 times, Brentford about the same. Some fans I know have been to certain away grounds 15-20 times.

Southern away tie. Good away end. Accomodating home fans. What more dya want?

i'm not moaning, i like going to wycombe. piss easy to get there, we always take loads, usually a good game.

Its an ok draw for us....aside from the stripper pub being on the way to the ground and the fact i'm not going  :wink:

I wanted to stick up for Rich and his not being bothered about the FA cup, he's wrong of course but its up to him.Not everyone subscribes to your view of what a 'real' football fan should be or act like.

Some of us have breasts for a start  :wink:

haha and its not necessarily just females either!

Yep, mine are particularly shapely.

I wasn't going to say anything,but there are indeed some wonderful man breasticles around :D

The FA cup is indeed magic.

But only if your not the club being put out by the plucky non-leaguers :( I still get shivers at the thought of Stevenage.Sometimes on windy days i remember the pointless hoofs that Fraser Digby kept on perserving with and that we could all see were going to end in tears,and us going out[shudder].

i'm proud of my man mammaries.