Yeovil Town have been handed an away tie against either Bishop’s Cleeve or Chesham United in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup.
For those of you who were wondering Bishop’s Cleeve is near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire and the team play in the Southern League Division One South, whilst National League South side Chesham United play near Aylesbury(ish) in Buckinghamshire.
The teams drew 0-0 in their Third Qualifying Round tie at Bishop’s Cleeve on Saturday and their replay is scheduled to take place at Chesham on Tuesday night.
The tie will be played on Saturday 12th October. The winners of the ties receive £9,375 with the losers getting £3,125. Don’t spend it all at once!
Meanwhile, the FA has confirmed it will brush an extra £2.44m in prize money of crumbs off the table to compensate clubs who it has decided to deny the chance of a bit of the Cup magic it uses to promote the competition by scrapping replays from the First Round Proper.
Some in the national media have referred to this amount as “eye-watering” although it is probably about a week’s wages for one of the Premier League superstars who will benefit from the decision.
The Fourth Qualifying Round Draw in full is:
Southern Section
Taunton Town v Maidenhead United
Margate or Horsham v Gorleston
Aldershot Town v Bath City
Eastleigh v Southend United
Chertsey Town v Sutton United
Boreham Wood v Carshalton Athletic
Haringey Borough or Lowestoft Town v Chippenham Town or Weston-super-Mare
Wealdstone v Gosport Borough
Leiston or Hornchurch v Dagenham & Redbridge
Barnet v Chelmsford City
Bishop’s Cleeve or Chesham United v Yeovil Town
Cray Wanderers v Tonbridge Angels
Woking v Slough Town
Forest Green Rovers v Winchester City or W*ymouth
Maidstone United v Ebbsfleet United
Plymouth Parkway v Worthing
Braintree Town v Bishop’s Stortford
Northern Section
Rushall Olympic v Royston Town or Peterborough Sports
Tamworth v Macclesfield Town
Oldham Athletic v FC Halifax Town
Hartlepool United v Brackley Town
Farsley Celtic v Kettering Town
Altrincham v Solihull Moors
AFC Fylde v Rochdale
Scarborough Athletic v Stockton Town or Chester
Biggleswade v York City
Harborough Town v Bury
Curzon Ashton v Worksop Town or King’s Lynn Town
Gainsborough Trinity v Boston United
Shifnal Town or Hednesford Town v Gateshead
Biggleswade Town or Alfreton Town v Spennymoor Town
Buxton or Kidderminster Harriers v Guiseley