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FA Competition Draws Announced

FA Competition Draws Announced

Richard Clark3 Jul 2015 - 11:00
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The Glassboys will travel to local rivals Halesowen Town in the FA Trophy, but must wait for news as far as the FA Cup is concerned.

In a break from the FA's previous practice, the FA Cup draw has only been announced for the Extra Preliminary and Preliminary Rounds. However, the prospect of a mouth-watering FA Trophy derby more than makes up for any disappointment at having to wait a while longer for news of our Cup opponents.

The Glassboys will travel to the Grove on Saturday 31st October. The two teams met last season in League action for the first time in four seasons, with the Boxing Day encounter at Amblecote drawn 1-1 and the re-match at Halesowen on Easter Monday turning out to be one of the lowest points of the season as a tame Stourbridge display resulted in a 0-2 defeat.

The tie will be given a little added spice, as if any were needed, by the Glassboys' Summer recruitment of Kristian Green and Tom Tonks from Halesowen.

In the FA Cup, Stourbridge will enter at the First Qualifying Round stage, due to be played on the weekend of Saturday 12th September, along with all other clubs from Step 3 of the Pyramid (Evo-Stik Northern Premier League, Evo-Stik Southern League and Ryman League Premier Divisions), so our opponents are not yet known.

There is no confirmation yet from the FA as to when the First Qualifying Round draw will be made. It is likely, however, that it will be made on Monday 31st August (or possibly Tuesday 1st September, since the Monday is a Bank Holiday), following the Preliminary Round over the previous weekend.

The FA Youth Cup draw has seen the Glassboys handed a trip to Leamington FC in the Preliminary Round. This tie scheduled to be played during the week commencing Monday 7th September).

If victorious, our youth team will be at home to Coventry Sphinx or Wednesfield in the First Qualifying Round two weeks later.

The full draws are available from the FA website via the following link:

http://www.thefa.com/news/the-fa-cup/2015/jul/competition-draws-cup-trophy-vase-youth-cup

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