2019/20 SEASON: FA Cup & FA Trophy Draws Revealed

This afternoon saw the draw of the Emirates FA Cup prelimanry round. Where we were drawn Away against Tavistock or Hengrove on the 24th August. Also we have been drawn at Home to Bideford on 12th October in the FA Trophy.

We've been looking through fixtures and where possible to find details on a previous match between the sides, but come up blank. If you are aware of a previous match let us know on the comments below. For those that are not up on the structure of the FA Cup. There are 14 rounds to navigate to reach Wembley, with each round see's more teams entering into the competition all the way up to the Third Round Proper (where Premier league teams enter). So we are just 7 wins away from seeing Harry Kane or Raheem Sterling at Badgers hill, but 12 wins from a memorable trip to Wembley...

FA Cup Rounds

Extra Preliminary Round (368 teams)

Preliminary Round (320) - Tavistock or Hengrove vs Frome Town

First Round Qualifying (132)

Second Round Qualifying (160) - FA National League System Step 2 enter

Third Round Qualifying (80)

Fourth Round Qualifying (64) - FA National League System Step 1 enter

First Round Proper (80) - Football League 1 and Football League 2 Clubs enter

Second Round Proper (40)

Third Round Proper (62) - Premier league and Championship teams enter

Fourth Round Proper (32)

Fifth Round Proper (16)

Quarter Final (8)

Semi Final (4)

Final (2) Our best FA Cup performance Back in 1954, we made it to the first round proper, where our largest ever attendance of 8,000 spectators saw Leyton Orient win 3-0 to end our journey in the cup. The cup is always a funny competition, so who knows where it will take us this year.

Prize money There's £2,890 at stake for our match against Tavistock or Hengrove, but there's a cool £3,600,000 in the prize pot for the eventual winners of the FA cup, The FA Trophy prize money is £2,250 if we progress to the next round.