FA Trophy first round proper draw

THE draw for the first round proper of The FA Trophy was made at Wembley this lunchtime, with the Vanarama National League big guns now entering the competition.

Holders North Ferriby United were knocked out by Jamie Vardy’s former club Stocksbridge Park Steels in the third round qualifying – they have been rewarded with a tough trip to Gateshead.

Last season’s beaten finalists Wrexham, meanwhile, have been drawn away at fellow National League heavyweights Tranmere Rovers.

The 32 First Round clashes will take place on Saturday, December 12, with winning clubs picking up £5,000 from The FA’s prize fund.

FA Trophy first round draw in full:

1 FC Halifax Town v Tamworth

2 Grimsby Town v Solihull Moors

3 Sutton Coldfield Town v Barrow

4 Marine or Kidsgrove Athletic or Burscough v Guiseley

5 Macclesfield Town v Gainsborough Trinity or Ashton United

6 Nantwich Town v Matlock Town

7 Southport v Worcester City

8 Curzon Ashton v Nuneaton Town

9 Altrincham v Leamington

10 AFC Telford United v Chester

11 Stourbridge v Kidderminster Harriers

12 Gateshead v Stocksbridge Park Steels

13 AFC Fylde v Chorley or Skelmersdale United

14 Buxton or Bradford (Park Avenue) v Lincoln City

15 Tranmere Rovers v Wrexham

16 Hayes & Yeading United or Eastbourne Borough v Hemel Hempstead Town

17 Tilbury v Welling United

18 Truro City v Cirencester Town

19 Torquay United v Frome Town or Chesham United

20 Whitehawk v Dover Athletic

21 Grays Athletic or Corinthian Casuals v Hungerford Town

22 Boreham Wood v Woking

23 Concord Rangers v Lowestoft Town

24 Maidstone United v Bognor Regis Town

25 Cheltenham Town v Chelmsford City or Gloucester City

26 Merthyr Town or East Thurrock United v Maidenhead United

27 Oxford City v Ebbsfleet United

28 Aldershot Town v Eastleigh

29 Weston Super Mare v Wealdstone

30 Havant & Waterlooville v Forest Green Rovers

31 Bury Town v Dulwich Hamlet

32 Braintree Town v Bromley

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