FA Cup: Warrington and Gosport reach first-round proper
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Warrington Town and Gosport Borough won their FA Cup fourth-qualifying round matches on Saturday to reach the first round for the first time.
Warrington, in the eighth tier of English football, beat North Ferriby United 1-0, while Conference South side Gosport won 3-1 at Willand Rovers.
Bristol Rovers, relegated from League Two to the Conference Premier last season, beat Dorchester Town 7-1.
Monday's draw is live on BBC Two, BBC Radio 5 live and online at 19:00 GMT.
Seventh-tier East Thurrock United secured a surprise 7-1 win against Conference South side Bath City, with Sam Higgins scoring a hat-trick.
A club from the ninth tier, the lowest level of sides left in the FA Cup, is in the hat for Monday's draw, with Northern League Division One side Shildon drawing 1-1 at eighth tier side Norton United.
Elsewhere, an impressive 2,226 spectators watched as Maidstone United edged Welling United 2-1 to progress, while former Football League side Stockport County and Chester played out a thrilling encounter, with the latter winning 4-2.
Famed giant killers Blyth Spartans, who reached the FA Cup fifth round in 1977-78, won 4-3 at Leek Town.
Conference North side Chorley, managed by former Blackburn team-mates Garry Flitcroft and Matt Jansen, have kept alive their hopes of reaching the first round for the first time in 24 years by holding Conference Premier side Halifax Town to a goalless draw.
In total 13 games on Saturday ended in a draw, with replays to be played on Tuesday and Wednesday 28 and 29 October.
Finally, Macclesfield were held to a 1-1 draw by Wrexham on Friday while Worcester City edged Greenwich Borough 2-1 on Sunday to reach the first round stage for the first time in nine years.
FA Cup first-round draw numbers | |
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1 - Accrington Stanley | 2 - AFC Wimbledon |
3 - Barnsley | 4 - Bradford |
5 - Bristol City | 6 - Burton Albion |
7 - Bury | 8 - Cambridge |
9 - Carlisle | 10 - Cheltenham |
11 - Chesterfield | 12 - Colchester |
13 - Coventry | 14 - Crawley |
15 - Crewe | 16 - Dagenham & Redbridge |
17 - Doncaster | 18 - Exeter |
19 - Fleetwood | 20 - Gillingham |
21 - Hartlepool | 22 - Leyton Orient |
23 - Luton | 24 - Mansfield |
25 - MK Dons | 26 - Morecambe |
27 - Newport | 28 - Northampton |
29 - Notts County | 30 - Oldham |
31 - Oxford | 32 - Peterborough |
33 - Plymouth | 34 - Port Vale |
35 - Portsmouth | 36 - Preston |
37 - Rochdale | 38 - Scunthorpe |
39 - Sheffield United | 40 - Shrewsbury |
41 - Southend | 42 - Stevenage |
43 - Swindon | 44 - Tranmere |
45 - Walsall | 46 - Wycombe |
47 - Yeovil | 48 - York City |
49 - Spennymoor Town or AFC Telford | 50 - AFC Fylde |
51 - Grimsby | 52 - Norton or Shildon |
53 - Warrington Town | 54 - Alfreton or Lincoln |
55 - Macclesfield or Wrexham | 56 - Chorley or Halifax |
57 - Altrincham | 58 - Leek or Blyth Spartans |
59 - Chester | 60 - Gateshead |
61 - Tamworth or Southport | 62 - Bristol Rovers |
63 - East Thurrock | 64 - Forest Green Rovers |
65 - Dartford | 66 - Maidstone |
67 - Gosport Borough | 68 - Weston-Super-Mare |
69 - Eastbourne Borough or Dover Athletic | 70 - Weymouth or Braintree |
71 - Worcester City | 72 - Canvey Island or Havant & Waterlooville |
73 - Concord Rangers | 74 - Basingstoke or Harrow Borough |
75 - Aldershot | 76 - Eastleigh |
77 - Bromley | 78 - Chelmsford or Barnet |
79 - Nuneaton or Hemel Hempstead | 80 - Woking |
Ties to be played on 7, 8, 9, 10 November 2014 |
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