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Diamond_ Wolf wrote:Does anyone have any idea how the draw is regionalised for the 2nd qualifying round? Is it just north and south?

I saw somebody on Twitter say it was regionalised in North, Midlands and South splits. It wasn't an official comment. Last year we faced Deeping Rangers at this stage and faced Cambridge City 3 years ago in the 2nd Qualifying Round, so that makes sense and suggests we'll be in a Midlands region.

Brad has played 169 games and scored 10 goals. Five of the present squad (Brad, Brown, Finlay ,Dolman, Lorraine) have played more than 100 times and Bunting and Ashton are well over the 80 mark.

Since entering the FA Cup in August 2013 we've now played 19 matches (including replays) in the Competition to date and have only lost 3 matches which have all been against clubs playing at a higher level.

I believe round two brings in the National League North and South, so we could face tough opposition, but still regionalized. No Eastbourne Borough yet.

Wouldn't be surprised to see us get drawn against one of the following - Cambridge City, Histon, K*ttering, Rugby, Stamford/St Neots (who replay tomorrow evening).

Trek wrote:Wouldn't be surprised to see us get drawn against one of the following - Cambridge City, Histon, K*ttering, Rugby, Stamford/St Neots (who replay tomorrow evening).

Or Kempston Rovers who have reached this round for the 1st time in their history.