Chichester City land FA Cup bye after demise of Bury
Chichester City have been handed a dream draw after making it to the first round of the FA Cup for the first time.
The Isthmian League Division One South East club, the lowest ranked left in the competition, landed a bye to the second round as a result of Bury's expulsion from the competition.
Theirs was the last ball to be selected in the draw, which was conducted by former England international Karen Carney and ex-Leeds and Everton striker Jermaine Beckford.
The club would like to place on record that we will be making a donation to the appropriate organisation involved with the continuation of @buryfcofficial.
— Chichester City FC (@ChiCityFC) October 21, 2019
Someone had to get the bye, maybe after 6 wins already we deserved it?
💚 #UpTheChi | #EmiratesFACup
Isthmian League Premier side Potters Bar will secure a home tie against League One Fleetwood, managed by Joey Barton, if they can get past National League Barnet in a replay, while Isthmian League North outfit Maldon and Tiptree travel to League Two Leyton Orient.
National League Harrogate will welcome 2008 winners Portsmouth, while League Two Carlisle head for Dulwich Hamlet, who play their football in National League South.
Twice winners Sunderland have been handed an all-League One affair with Gillingham, while third-tier rivals Ipswich and Lincoln and AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster will also battle it out for a place in the second round.
The winners of the replay between Hayes & Yeading and Poole will entertain League One Oxford, while Morecambe face a short trip to Blackpool for a Fylde coast derby.
Haringey, whose fourth qualifying round clash with Yeovil was abandoned after both teams walked off as a result of alleged racial abuse, will host National League Hartlepool if they win next week's rescheduled tie.
A man was arrested on suspicion of a racially-aggravated public order offence during the north-east club's league clash with Dover at Victoria Park last month.
Things Chichester is now famous for:
— Tom Carnduff (@TomC_22) October 21, 2019
✅ Chris Finch throwing a kettle over one of the pubs there
✅ Receiving a bye to the second round of the FA Cup
FA Cup first-round draw
- Ipswich v Lincoln
- Oxford City v Solihull Moors
- Crawley v Scunthorpe
- Harrogate Town v Portsmouth
- Colchester v Coventry
- Sunderland v Gillingham
- Dulwich Hamlet v Carlisle
- Bolton v Plymouth
- York v Altrincham
- Chesterfield/Wrexham v Rochdale
- Maidstone United v Torquay
- Leyton Orient v Maldon and Tiptree
- Chippenham Town v Northampton
- Haringey/Yeovil v Hartlepool
- Cambridge United v Exeter City
- Whitby/Stourbridge v Welling/Eastleigh
- Salford v Burton Albion
- Forest Green Rovers v Sutton/Billericay
- Bristol Rovers v Bromley
- Ebbsfleet/Woking v Notts County
- Walsall v Darlington
- Nantwich v AFC Fylde
- AFC Wimbledon v Doncaster
- Hayes and Yeading/Poole v Oxford United
- Shrewsbury v Bradford
- Grimsby v Newport County
- Gateshead v Oldham
- Mansfield v Chorley
- Dover v Southend
- Tranmere v Wycombe
- Carshalton v Boston
- Cheltenham v Swindon
- Accrington v Crewe
- Potters Bar/Barnet v Fleetwood
- Macclesfield v Kingstonian
- Maidenhead/Wealdstone v Rotherham
- Blackpool v Morecambe
- MK Dons v Port Vale
- Stevenage v Peterborough
- Bye: Chichester
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