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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 25, 2020 21:24:49 GMT
Surprised there's been no mention of the draw on the OS or Bristol Live website, not sure what happens if we get drawn away, fans wise, the home team, if it's below National league(?) level can have home fans but away fans are banned? It's anybody's guess if the tie will be screened live on TV, if it's not selected by BT Sport, as we can't normally watch FA Cup games on iFollow.
The draw for the first round will take place at around 7:10pm on Monday, 26 October live on BT Sport ahead of the televised fourth qualifying round tie between Bishop's Stortford and St Albans City.
It will also be streamed on the FA Cup's official Facebook and Twitter channels.
First round ties are scheduled to take place on the weekend of 7/8 November.
The ball numbers in full for Monday's draw can be found below:
1 Accrington Stanley
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Barrow
4 Blackpool
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Bradford City
7 Bristol Rovers
8 Burton Albion
9 Cambridge United
10 Carlisle United
11 Charlton Athletic
12 Cheltenham Town
13 Colchester United
14 Crawley Town
15 Crewe Alexandra
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Exeter City
18 Fleetwood Town
19 Forest Green Rovers
20 Gillingham
21 Grimsby Town
22 Harrogate Town
23 Hull City
24 Ipswich Town
25 Leyton Orient
26 Lincoln City
27 Mansfield Town
28 Milton Keynes Dons
29 Morecambe
30 Newport County
31 Northampton Town
32 Oldham Athletic
33 Oxford United
34 Peterborough United
35 Plymouth Argyle
36 Port Vale
37 Portsmouth
38 Rochdale
39 Salford City
40 Scunthorpe United
41 Shrewsbury Town
42 Southend United
43 Stevenage
44 Sunderland
45 Swindon Town
46 Tranmere Rovers
47 Walsall
48 Wigan Athletic
49 Darlington
50 Skelmersdale United
51 Solihull Moors
52 Banbury United
53 South Shields
54 Hartlepool United
55 FC United of Manchester
56 Brackley Town
57 King's Lynn Town
58 Chesterfield
59 AFC Fylde
60 Marine
61 Cray Valley Paper Mills
62 Canvey Island
63 Hayes & Yeading United
64 Bromley
65 Tonbridge Angels
66 Hampton & Richmond Borough
67 Woking
68 Maldon & Tiptree
69 Dagenham & Redbridge
70 Barnet
71 Oxford City
72 Eastbourne Borough
73 Eastleigh
74 Torquay United
75 Havant & Waterlooville
76 Boreham Wood
77 Yeovil Town
78 Bishop's Stortford or St Albans City
79 Concord Rangers
80 Chorley
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Oct 25, 2020 22:23:00 GMT
The FA Cup without fans in grounds feels like a total non-event, to me.
No potential of taking 6/7/8k Gasheads to Anfield or Old Trafford, no sell-out if we draw a big club at the Mem, and presumably far less financial reward for any EFL club who does manage to put together a run in this year’s competition.
Rubbish. Sack it off.
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Post by Somersetgas on Oct 25, 2020 22:45:20 GMT
The FA Cup without fans in grounds feels like a total non-event, to me. No potential of taking 6/7/8k Gasheads to Anfield or Old Trafford, no sell-out if we draw a big club at the Mem, and presumably far less financial reward for any EFL club who does manage to put together a run in this year’s competition. Rubbish. Sack it off. Unfortunately to me the whole football situation at the moment feels like a non event, unless it’s non league or youth football. |
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Post by darkbluegas on Oct 25, 2020 23:08:02 GMT
How would a great cup run feel this year....?
It feels different from the league as there’s some impact for the following season with a good league finish. The fa cup does feel a bit pointless without spectators
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Post by axegas on Oct 25, 2020 23:24:37 GMT
Feel sorry for the likes of ‘Cray Valley Paper Mills’ and ‘Banbury United’ who will have to play a dream tie against a league one or league one side behind closed doors without being able to share the experience with their fans or being able to profit from gate receipts.
The FA cup this season just feels like a poor version of the league cup.
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Post by badengas on Oct 26, 2020 0:13:27 GMT
Fancy someone new and unknown away just for the novelty of losing live on the BBC.
Cups are rubbish, let's concentrate on winning the league.
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Post by gasstrictband on Oct 26, 2020 8:00:43 GMT
Chew Valley paper mills ,they must be the closest to us.
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Post by Marshy on Oct 26, 2020 8:10:56 GMT
Knowing our luck we’ll probably get Doncaster away!
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Post by yaz on Oct 26, 2020 11:47:39 GMT
Thanks for the information
Facebook has a Rovers update on this.
As regards BBC coverage, they usually concentrate on London and SE clubs when televising lower league teams! Bishops Stortford is chav land and not too far away from London and Snorbens is 1/2 an hour by train to central London and probably a few minutes more by car. I know coz I used to live there for years.
Best draw for us would be a team that gets COVID so we go through without losing or playing? Bit tough on other team though!
Not a good time if you are a non League club if you have progressed this far; once in a lifetime?
Knowing our luck we will probably get Bromley or some other London team like Barnet away?
Who cares; it’s now the F... All Cup?
UTG
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Post by baggins on Oct 26, 2020 11:55:19 GMT
If you didn't know, it's also on BBC2.
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Post by axegas on Oct 26, 2020 12:48:16 GMT
Will there be a way to watch these games in the absence of attendances? I presume it won’t be on Ifollow because it’s not an EFL competition, nor do season ticket holders have any entitlement to it beyond ticketing priority, perhaps it will be on BT Sport box office like the prem games are?
Would be odd having a competitive competition that the fans have no access to watching beyond what’s selected for TV.
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Post by baggins on Oct 26, 2020 13:05:59 GMT
Will there be a way to watch these games in the absence of attendances? I presume it won’t be on Ifollow because it’s not an EFL competition, nor do season ticket holders have any entitlement to it beyond ticketing priority, perhaps it will be on BT Sport box office like the prem games are? Would be odd having a competitive competition that the fans have no access to watching beyond what’s selected for TV. And no share of gate receipts. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 26, 2020 13:11:00 GMT
There's going to be 40 ties so I can't see all those games being screened live even on PPV? I assume the best we can hope for is radio commentary unless we're picked as a live game, or if it's at the Mem, or another league ground, Rovers get permission to broadcast the game via iFollow.
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Post by Baxtinho on Oct 26, 2020 13:34:23 GMT
I've never understood why the draws are televised, couldn't imagine anything more boring than watching fixtures being decided 😴
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 13:46:33 GMT
I've never understood why the draws are televised, couldn't imagine anything more boring than watching fixtures being decided 😴 I remember the excitement of the lunchtime draws, when we all used to huddle around a transistor radio in the office - that was when the magic of the cup still existed. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 26, 2020 14:59:38 GMT
I've never understood why the draws are televised, couldn't imagine anything more boring than watching fixtures being decided 😴 I remember the excitement of the lunchtime draws, when we all used to huddle around a transistor radio in the office - that was when the magic of the cup still existed. What you refer to as a contemporary work of genius in form of transistor radio, others were doing similar years before with a 'wireless' ! A bygone era. Much like fa cup magic, especially as no replays now.. |
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Oct 26, 2020 15:04:56 GMT
I remember the film 'ID' great to see them huddled around the radio and then celebrating a cup draw.... although that might have been more about violence than the opponent... maybe it wasn't so great to see - taxi....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 15:26:01 GMT
I remember the excitement of the lunchtime draws, when we all used to huddle around a transistor radio in the office - that was when the magic of the cup still existed. What you refer to as a contemporary work of genius in form of transistor radio, others were doing similar years before with a 'wireless' ! A bygone era. Much like fa cup magic, especially as no replays now.. Actually, on reflection, it may have been a wireless! |
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Post by Hudson1883 on Oct 26, 2020 15:51:41 GMT
I've never understood why the draws are televised, couldn't imagine anything more boring than watching fixtures being decided 😴 I am quite the opposite. I never miss a draw that Rovers are in, all the excitement of that potential unheard of Non league club away from home and a chance of television coverage. Until we draw Crawley Town at home. |
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Post by gasheadbatesy on Oct 26, 2020 17:05:29 GMT
Hoping for Mansfield.
Hopefully give G.c’s team a good thrashing.
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