Watch the 25/26 FA Cup First Round Proper draw live and in full as teams from Leagues One and Two teams enter at this stage.
A total of 80 teams will play in the first round: that’s the 32 winners from the fourth qualifying round, 24 from League Two (tier 4), and 24 from League One (tier 3). The winning sides from these ties received £45,000 while the losing team are given £15,000.
Eighth tier side Maldon & Tiptree (Isthmian League North Division) are the lowest-ranked team in the draw, which is presented by Becky Ives, the draw will be made by Michail Antonio and Joel Ward.
Fans can watch the draw live ahead of the final tie of the fourth round qualifying between Worthing and Forest Green Rovers.
The Football Association confirm available to watch on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and on the TNT Sports YouTube during this tie’s pre-match coverage from approximately 6.40pm BST. We have embedded it below, so you can watch it live, and then replay it from the start if you missed it.
It comes ahead of the final tie of the fourth round qualifying between Worthing and Forest Green Rovers.
BALL NUMBERS:
1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnet
4. Barnsley
5. Barrow
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Cardiff City
14. Cheltenham Town
15. Chesterfield
16. Colchester United
17. Crawley Town
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Doncaster Rovers
20. Exeter City
21. Fleetwood Town
22. Gillingham
23. Grimsby Town
24. Harrogate Town
25. Huddersfield Town
26. Leyton Orient
27. Lincoln City
28. Luton Town
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Newport County
32. Northampton Town
33. Notts County
34. Oldham Athletic
35. Peterborough United
36. Plymouth Argyle
37. Port Vale
38. Reading
39. Rotherham United
40. Salford City
41. Shrewsbury Town
42. Stevenage
43. Stockport County
44. Swindon
45. Tranmere Rovers
46. Walsall
47. Wigan Athletic
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. AFC Telford United
50. Macclesfield
51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United
52. Carlisle United
53. York City
54. Buxton
55. Morecambe or Chester
56. South Shields
57. Tamworth
58. Scunthorpe United
59. Gateshead
60. Spennymoor Town
61. FC Halifax Town
62. Altrincham or Harborough Town
63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
64. Maldon & Tiptree
65. Woking or Brackley Town
66. Wealdstone
67. Slough Town
68. Boreham Wood
69. Eastleigh
70. Southend United
71. Ebbsfleet United
72. Braintree Town
73. Chatham Town
74. Weston Super Mare
75. Hemel Hempstead Town
76. Banbury United or St Albans City
77. Chelmsford City
78. AFC Totton or Truro City
79. Aldershot Town
80. Farnham Town or Sutton United
👇 WATCH FA CUP FIRST ROUND PROPER DRAW 👇
Weston Super Mare vs Aldershot Town
Salford City vs Lincoln City
Luton Town vs Worthing / Forest Green Rovers
Gainsborough Trinity / Hartlepool United vs Accrington Stanley
Colchester United vs Milton Keynes Dons
Tranmere Rovers vs Stockport County
Wigan Athletic vs Hemel Hempstead Town
Newport County vs Gillingham
Cheltenham Town vs Bradford City
Barnsley vs York City
Reading vs Carlisle United
Bromley vs Bristol Rovers
Peterborough United vs Cardiff City
Oldham Athletic vs Northampton Town
Crewe Alexandra vs Doncaster Rovers
Tamworth vs Leyton Orient
Stevenage vs Chesterfield
Boreham Wood vs Crawley Town
Farnham Town / Sutton United vs AFC Telford United
Bolton Wanderers vs Huddersfield Town
Chelmsford City vs Braintree Town
Spennymoor Town vs Barrow
Wycombe Wanderers vs Plymouth Argyle
FC Halifax Town vs Exeter City
Slough Town vs Altrincham / Harborough Town
Wealdstone vs Southend United
Rotherham United vs Swindon Town
Grimsby Town vs Ebbsfleet United
Buxton vs Chatham Town
Burton Albion vs Banbury United / St Albans City
Woking / Brackley Town vs Notts County
Blackpool vs Scunthorpe United
Cambridge United vs Morecambe / Chester
AFC Wimbledon vs Gateshead
Mansfield Town vs Harrogate Town
Macclesfield vs AFC Totton / Truro City
South Shields vs Shrewsbury Town
Fleetwood Town vs Barnet
Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree
Eastleigh vs Walsall
Here’s how fans on Twitter reacted to the FA Cup First Round Proper draw…
@yorkymonkey: It shows you how much the BBC or ITV think about the FA Cup or lower league clubs when they can’t be arsed to show the draw. #FACup #nonleaguefootball
@NaomiOldham44: The FA Cup enthusiasm, which I’d been slowly building all day, quickly disappeared when a) I realised I’d missed the draw and b) I then saw who we got 😂 #oafc
@c21attridge95: The 1st & 3rd round draws of the #FACup would always be two of the most anticipated nights of the football season but can’t help but think they’ve now lost their shine because of who they’re being broadcast by. Still doesn’t feel right that the FA Cup is majorly behind a paywall
@ianmckee58: I think TNT needed to make more of this! It’s an absolutely massive draw for both teams a chance to knock out their biggest rivals in the first round of the FA Cup! Absolutely mental for the clubs
@cufc_tink: Reading away??!! Urgh!! #cufc #facup
@cufcdanny: Shite draw. Send the kids we need to focus on getting out this league #cufc #FACup
@CllrStubbsNUL: I genuinely love the FA Cup for fixtures like this one, Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree is great tie for both teams and may well ge on the TV given Vale’s facilities and @MaldonTiptreeFC being the lowest ranked team in the competition. #UTV
@jm_bell95: This has to be the worst cup draw of all time? All the league teams drawn against one another whilst the non-league teams take each other on?! How thoroughly dull. #FACup
@I_am_the_Paulus: South Shields v Shrewsbury Town screams giant killing #FACup
FA CUP FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS
Tie – Home team – (Tier) – Score – Away team – (Tier) – Att.
Southend United (5) 4–1 Folkestone Invicta (7) – 3,507
Carlisle United (5) 5–2 Boston United (5) – 3,453
Morecambe (5) 1–1 Chester (6) – 3,066
Rochdale (5) 1–2 York City (5) – 2,981
Farnham Town (7) 3–3 Sutton United (5) – 2,300*
Scunthorpe United (5) 4–2 King’s Lynn Town (6) – 2,261
Southport (6) 1–3 FC Halifax Town (5) – 2,194
Darlington (6) 0–6 AFC Telford United (6) – 2,042
Altrincham (5) 2–2 Harborough Town (7) – 1,812
Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 2–1 Yeovil Town (5) – 1,751
Macclesfield (6) 1–0 Stamford (7) – 1,605
Runcorn Linnets (8) 0–1 Buxton (6) – 1,600
Banbury United (7) 1–1 St Albans City (7) – 1,598
Tamworth (5) 1–0 Hyde United (7) – 1,571
South Shields (6) 4–0 Spalding United (7) – 1,526
Maldon & Tiptree (8) 1–0 Flackwell Heath (8) – 1,505
Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1–1 Hartlepool United (5) – 1,487
Tonbridge Angels (6) 1–3 Chatham Town (7) – 1,463
Woking (5) 1–1 Brackley Town (5) – 1,415
Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) 0–2 Eastleigh (5) – 1,354
Chelmsford City (6) 4–3 Chippenham Town (6) – 1,295
Slough Town (6) 3–2 Enfield Town (6) – 1,207
Wealdstone (5) 5–1 Whitstable Town (9) – 1,152
Spennymoor Town (6) 1–0 Billericay Town (7) – 1,090
Weston-super-Mare (6) 1–0 Needham Market (7) – 1,046
Eastbourne Borough (6) 0–3 Boreham Wood (5) – 1,019
AFC Totton (6) 1–1 Truro City (5) – 905
Ebbsfleet United (6) 2–0 Solihull Moors (5) – 849
Braintree Town (5) 2–0 Farnborough (6) – 606
Dorking Wanderers (6) 2–3 Aldershot Town (5) – TBC
Aveley (7) 0–3 Gateshead (5) – TBC
Worthing (6) – Forest Green Rovers (5) – TBC
Chatham Town manager-chairman Kevin Hake spoke on the club reaching the FA Cup first round for the first time in 97 years.
He said per Kent Online: “It’s a completely different feeling.
“The club’s not been here for 100 years.
“I think of all those players, including myself, who weren’t successful in getting to the first round, and all the managers.
“But, more importantly, the people behind the scenes, like Barry Adams, who unfortunately couldn’t be here today, but he’s been at the club for 40 years.
“There’s supporters who’ve supported the club for 40, 50, 60 years and to be able to give them that is amazing.
“That’s more important than any promotion.
“It’s unbelievable. I’m really pleased for the boys.
“To get to the first round, it was one of the things we’ve been aiming for for a few seasons now.
“We’ve seen other clubs do it, Cray Valley, Sheppey and Ramsgate, and I’ve been immensely jealous.
“I said if we didn’t do it under my tenure, it would have been a failure, so I’m really pleased we’ve been able to get Chatham to the first round.
“It’s nothing short of what the town deserves.
“There’s 300,000 people in Medway and there’s not much to be happy about.
“But this hopefully will put smiles on a few faces now.
“You could see how passionate the fans were. They didn’t stop singing all game. It was great to see.
“We’ll have a great moment watching the draw, seeing who we’re going to get, and maybe have a drink.”
“We told the lads at half-time ‘go out and get a goal and then see how they like it’, said Hake.
“It was fortunate to get the first goal so soon but we said it was going to be a game we didn’t have to win in the first 10/15 minutes.
“The last 20 minutes of the first half, we drew a tremendous amount of strength from, and we took it into the half-time team-talk.
“We felt if we could come out with the same intensity, we’ve got half a chance.
“I fancy ourselves against anyone but it’s a great team and a great set-up here.
“They’ve got a good manager and they’re on a good run, so they’re in a real good momentum, but so are we.
“It’s just pleasing to be able to act out the game plan like we did.”
Maldon & Tiptree boss Kevin Horlock spoke after his ten-man side saw off Flackwell Heath to reach the FA Cup first round proper.
Interviewer: Emotions at the end of all that?
Kevin: I’m just proud of everybody. It didn’t go quite to plan today obviously with the sending off but we obviously got the goal, Sears does what Freddie Sears done and got us a goal up and second half we had to hang in there we’ve asked people to do different roles we were brave with it we went too up top to give us an out we didn’t want to just sit in and the lads give everything and they deserve everything they get.
Interviewer: What was your view of the sending off?
Kevin: He’s caught him. I didn’t realise that would be a straight red, if I’m totally honest, but apparently it is. The lads got their first to head it and Zach’s already committed to kicking the ball and it is what it is. It changed our outlook and our plan for the game, if I’m totally honest. But we reshuffled, we regrouped at half-time, we spoke about what we were going to do going forward and it worked perfectly.
Interviewer: A man down, but it’s still a goal up, thanks to your goalkeeper.
Kevin: Yeah, he’s been massive for us this season. He was a big, big signing for us. Why we wanted to bring him into the football club. We’re lucky to have him at this level and at our football club. Days like today are made for players like that, that have been there, they’ve got the experience and they’re at different level. So, yeah, he got through and over the line.
Interviewer: Were you expecting him to throw more at you?
Kevin: We knew they were going to have possession. Obviously, with a man down, you can always find the space in areas where there’s a man missing. I just wanted us to be strong and compact and together. But had that little bit of a threat. Mac has come on and obviously played his first game since the playoff final, I think, so he was absolutely breathing out of his backside, but that’s to be expected. I thought physically he flicked things on. We still had a couple of chances. I know they were fighting everything out here, but we weathered what they had and we in the next round.
Interviewer: Where you going to watch the draw?
Kevin: I don’t know, I might even drive and watch it live. I’m not sure but yeah, can enjoy it. We could we can watch it and whoever we get we know is gonna be a step up from our level, the lowest ranked team in it now, but on our day on our day we can we can beat anybody so we give it a right good go
