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How did we get put in the northern section.

FA Vase Rules

4. ORGANISATION OF THE COMPETITION
(a) There shall be a Qualifying Competition and a Competition Proper.
(b) The Competition Proper shall consist of the winners of the Qualifying Competition and such other Clubs as may be exempted by the National Game Board.
(c) The Qualifying Competition shall consist of all other Clubs entered in accordance with Competition Rule 5.
(d) The Qualifying Competition and the First, Second and Third Rounds Proper shall be played on a geographical basis.

Pigman wrote:

Duke of Wimbourne wrote:Blooming heck.............that is a trek and a half 8-)

Fancy a stay over???

Oh yes, and the players will need one as well 8-)
A 500 mile round trip

Redsnapper wrote:How did we get put in the northern section.

FA Vase Rules

4. ORGANISATION OF THE COMPETITION
(a) There shall be a Qualifying Competition and a Competition Proper.
(b) The Competition Proper shall consist of the winners of the Qualifying Competition and such other Clubs as may be exempted by the National Game Board.
(c) The Qualifying Competition shall consist of all other Clubs entered in accordance with Competition Rule 5.
(d) The Qualifying Competition and the First, Second and Third Rounds Proper shall be played on a geographical basis.

I'm sure someone will work it out, but it seems bizarre.

Especially given that St. Blazey (Cornwall) are home to Bitton (Devon, I think) and Bodmin (Cornwall) are home to Downton (Wessex Prem). West seemed to stay pretty tightly regionalised.

Redsnapper wrote:How did we get put in the northern section.

FA Vase Rules

4. ORGANISATION OF THE COMPETITION
(a) There shall be a Qualifying Competition and a Competition Proper.
(b) The Competition Proper shall consist of the winners of the Qualifying Competition and such other Clubs as may be exempted by the National Game Board.
(c) The Qualifying Competition shall consist of all other Clubs entered in accordance with Competition Rule 5.
(d) The Qualifying Competition and the First, Second and Third Rounds Proper shall be played on a geographical basis.

....... This is the FA!!! :roll: ;)

[quote="Redsnapper"]How did we get put in the northern section.

The draw is regionalised north and south at this stage based on the number of teams through - sounds obvious - but basically AFC were placed in the northern draw because there were more southern teams left than northern - St Ives can have a similar complaint I would imagine.

After all, it doesn`t get more ridiculous than Bishop`s Stortford, Gloucester, Brackley, Oxford City etc., being in the Blue Square Bet North?

Thinking possibly regionalised only on a North/South divide, unfortunately we've fallen in the Northern section.

Looking at the other ties this seems highly likely for example Whitley Bay (NE) v Causeway Utd (WM) and Norton Utd (Staffs) v Dunston UTS (NE).

EDIT - beat me to it Steve!

Let's not beef about it, let's just be happy we're in the last 64 and have confidence in our lads to see us through to the last 32 (at least). Personally, I can't wait !!

Sure its a challenge, but just think of the buzz there will be if we travel up there and win !!

Called off en-route. Fact.

Bloody hell. I was hoping for a Somerset draw as I'm in minehead that weekend but if I was t I would have loved to have gone!

Everyweeker wrote:Called off en-route. Fact.

Shhhhhhhh, I've ordered sunshine for the next couple of weeks, we should be fine ;)