Town Draw Pirates in Cup!

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 22/10/2005

GRIMSBY have been drawn at home to League Two rivals Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup 1st Round. Manager-less Rovers had been expected to do well this season, but sacked their manager Ian Atkins after a poor start.

Grimsby will have acheieved their number one objective of a home draw, although the match is unlikely to attract as much attention as the recent Carling Cup fixtures. Scunthorpe were drawn away at Bury and Lincoln at home to MK Dons. The two big spenders of League Two, Wycombe and Northampton, were drawn together.

The full draw is as follows:

Nottm Forest v Weymouth
Southport v Woking
Bristol City v Notts County
Canvey Island or Burnham v Aldershot
Rochdale v Brentford
Eastbourne Borough v Oxford Utd
Merthyr Tydfill v Walsall
Hartlepool Utd v Dag & Red
Bradford City v Tranmere
Barnet v Southend Utd
Peterborough Utd v Burton Albion
Cheltenham v Carlisle
Histon v Hednesford Town
York v Grays Athletic
Swindon v Boston
Blyth Spartans or Chasetown v Oldham
Bournemouth v Tamworth
Chester v Folkestone Invicta
Kettering v Stevenage
Nuneaton or Tiverton v Ramsgate
Huddersfield v Welling
Cambridge City v Hereford or Alfreton
Port Vale v Wrexham
Halifax v Rushden & Diamonds
Barnsley v Darlington
Torquay v Harrogate Town
Doncaster v Blackpool
Shrewsbury v Braintree Town
Bury v Scunthorpe
Morecambe v Northwich Vic
Hucknall or Burscough v Gillingham
Stockport v Swansea
Macclesfield v Yeovil
Chippenham v Accrington or Worcester
Wycombe v Northampton
Grimsby v Bristol Rovers
Rotherham v Mansfield
Colchester v Leamington
Lincoln City v MK Dons
Leyton Orient v Chesterfield

Matches to be played weekend of 4/5/6 November

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