IT'S TAMWORTH!

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 11/10/2010

TOWN have been drawn at Tamworth at the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, where they lost just a month ago in the corresponding BSP league game. The Mariners have reached at least the first round of the FA Cup every year since 1882, when they lost 9-1 to Phoenix Bessemer - still their worst result in the competition!

Last year Grimsby lost at home to Bath City in the First Round, who at the time were two divisions below then, but now are just 12 places in the Conference. Town have won just two FA Cup ties this century, out of 18 games. The last time they won away in the FA Cup was in 1997 at Chesterfield.

The full draw is as follows:

Lincoln Moorlands Railway/Mossley v Darlington
Sheffield/Frickley Athletic v Radcliffe Olympic/Tipton Town
Guiseley v Redditch United
Fleetwood Town v Buxton/AFC Telford United
Altrincham v Gateshead
North Ferriby United/Vauxhall Motors v Newcastle Town
FC United of Manchester v Barrow
Workington v Nuneaton Town
Tamworth v Grimsby Town
Kidderminster Harriers v York City
FC Halifax Town v Mansfield Town
Wrexham v Southport
Stalybridge Celtic v Eastwood Town
Droylsden v Solihull Moors/Barwell
Brentwood Town/Woking v Eastleigh
Hythe Town v Bury Town/Staines Town
Eastbourne Borough v Harrow Borough
Cambridge United v Lewes
Corby Town v Salisbury City
Newport County v Crawley Town
Luton Town v St Albans City/Kingstonian
Farnborough v Dover Athletic
Kettering Town v Rushden & Diamonds
Carshalton Athletic v Chelmsford City/Bromley
Hendon v Metropolitan Police/Wealdstone
Leiston v Canvey Island/Dartford
Basingstoke Town v AFC Wimbledon
Swindon Supermarine v Bath City
Havant & Waterlooville v Histon
Forest Green Rovers v Maidenhead United
Poole Town v Hayes & Yeading United
Ebbsfleet United v Boreham Wood

Ties to be played on Saturday, 23 October

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