MK Dons at home!

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 22/10/2018

GRIMSBY will face MK Dons at home in the First Round of the FA Cup. The Mariners have yet to win a FA Cup or League Cup match since returning to the Football League but it is the first opportunity where they have not faced a team in a higher division.

Town gave a good account of themselves in the game at the Stadium mk and certainly will fancy their chances of claiming a first cup win for three years - the Notts County Checktrade victory aside.

The winner of the tie will received £36K in prize money, double the amount awarded last season.

Scunthorpe and Lincoln also received home draws. FA Cup first round draw in full is as follows:

Haringey Borough vs AFC Wimbledon
Maidstone United vs Macclesfield Town
Ebbsfleet United vs Cheltenham Town
Hampton & Richmond Borough vs Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town vs York City
Mansfield Town vs Charlton Athletic
Torquay United vs Woking
Scunthorpe United vs Burton Albion
Port Vale vs Sunderland
Aldershot Town vs Bradford City
Grimsby Town vs MK Dons
Chorley vs Doncaster Rovers
Alfreton Town vs Fleetwood Town
Bromley vs Peterborough United
Southport vs Boreham Wood or Dagenham & Redbridge
Plymouth Argyle vs Stevenage
Chesterfield vs Billericay Town or Taunton
Lincoln City vs Northampton Town
Barnet vs Bristol Rovers
Yeovil Town vs Stockport County
Bury vs Dover Athletic
Gillingham vs Hartlepool
Oxford United vs Forest Green Rovers
Tranmere Rovers vs Hemel Hempstead or Oxford City
Accrington Stanley vs Colchester United
Barnsley vs Notts County
Shrewsbury vs Salford City
Metropolitan Police vs Newport County
Walsall vs Coventry City
Rochdale vs Gateshead
Hitchin Town or Leatherhead vs Solihull Moors
Sutton United vs Slough Town
Guiseley vs Cambridge United
Exeter City vs Blackpool
Luton Town vs Wycombe Wanderers
Morecambe vs Warrington or Halifax
Crewe Alexandra vs Carlisle United
Southend United vs Crawley Town
Chippenham or Maidenhead vs Portsmouth
West-Super-Mare vs Harrogate Town or Wrexham

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