The football season is now finally upon us. Over the weekend the Football Association announced the draws for the early rounds of the FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup. www.kentishfootball.co.uk brings you the draws involving Kent football clubs. We will follow our club’s progress in these tournaments throughout the season.
THE FA CUP DRAWS 2003-2004
Six Go Travel Kent League clubs start this season’s FA Cup competition in the Extra Preliminary Round. All will have to travel and we hope they are all successful.
Brockenhurst vs VCD Athletic
Chichester City United vs Tunbridge Wells
Didcot Town vs Ramsgate
Saltdean United vs Cray Wanderers
Eastbourne United vs Lordswood
AFC Totton vs Erith Town
Preliminary Round – Saturday 30 August 2003
The Preliminary Round sees all clubs in the Ryman League and Dr Martens League outside the Premier Divisions enter the competition.
Greenwich Borough vs Maidstone United
Dartford vs Bashley
Tonbridge Angels vs BAT Sports or Cobham
Fisher Athletic vs Bedfont or Littlehampton Town
Blackfield & Langley vs Thamesmead Town
Croydon vs Hythe Town
Abingdon Town vs Chichester City United or Tunbridge Wells
Slade Green vs Hartley Wintney
Sidlesham vs Sittingbourne
AFC Totton or Erith Town vs AFC Newbury
Didcot Town or Ramsgate vs Eastbourne Town
Ashford Town vs Eastbourne United or Lordswood
Horsham YMCA or Gosport Boro vs Erith & Belvedere
Brockenhurst or VCD Athletic vs Eastleigh
Beckenham Town vs Sandhurst Town or Camberley Town
Dulwich Hamlet vs Folkestone Invicta
Wokingham Town or Chertsey Tn vs Deal Town
Croydon Athletic vs Herne Bay
Bromley vs North Leigh
Whitstable Town vs Raynes Park Vale
Saltdean United
or vs Pagham
Cray Wanderers
Chatham Town vs East Preston or Andover
Whitstable Town or vs Folkestone Invicta or
Raynes Park Vale Dulwich Hamlet
Lancing or Whitehawk or vs Horsham YMCA or
Reading Town or Gosport Borough or
Lymington & New Milton Erith & Belvedere
Saltdean United or vs Beckenham Town or
Cray Wanderers or Sandhurst Town or
Pagham Camberley Town
Wokingham Town or vs Leatherhead or Moneyfields
Chertsey Town or
Deal Town
Ashford Town or vs Bromley or North Leigh
Eastbourne United or
Lordswood
Tonbridge Angles or vs Dorking or Lewes
BAT Sports or
Cobham
Chessington & Hook United or vs Blackfield & Langley or
Merstham Thamesmead Town
Croydon or vs Thatcham Town or Selsey
Hythe Town or Alton Town
Egham Town or vs Brockenhurst or
Thame United VCD Athletic or Eastleigh
Dartford or Bashley vs Peacehaven & Telscombe or
Chessington United
Sidlesham or Sittingbourne vs Wick or Whyteleafe
Chatham Town or vs St Leonards or
East Preston or Arundel or
Andover Hassocks
Abingdon Town or vs Chipstead or Ringmer
Chichester City or
Tunbridge Wells
Hastings United or vs Slade Green or
Bracknell Town Hartley Wintney
Croydon Athletic or vs Fisher Athletic or
Herne Bay Bedfont or
Littlehampton Town
AFC Totton or vs Didcot Town or
Erith Town or AFC Newbury Ramsgate or Eastbourne Town
Greenwich Borough or vs Hailsham Town or
Maidstone United Cowes Sports
Preliminary Round, Saturday 4 October 2003
Only four Kent clubs start this season’s FA Trophy campaign in the Preliminary Round.
Fisher Athletic vs Horsham
Oxford City vs Folkestone Invicta
Tooting & Mitcham United vs Sittingbourne
Windsor & Eton vs Chatham Town
First Round, Saturday 1 November 2003
Grays Athletic vs Fisher Athletic or Horsham
Oxford City or vs Hemel Hempstead Town or
Folkestone Invicta Metropolitan Police
Whyteleafe or vs Ashford Town
Egham Town
Dartford vs Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Aveley or vs Tooting & Mitcham United or
Burgess Hill Town Sittingbourne
Carshalton Athletic vs Bromley
Windsor & Eton or vs Enfield or
Chatham Town Epsom & Ewell
Tonbridge Angels vs Bashley or Marlow
Eastbourne Borough vs Welling United
Erith & Belvedere vs Eastleigh or
Great Wakering Rovers
Four Kent clubs start in the First Qualifying Round of this season’s FA Vase competition.
Tunbridge Wells vs Chessington United
Blackfield & Langley vs Ramsgate
Deal Town vs Milton United
Didcot Town vs Slade Green
Second Qualifying Round, Saturday 20 September 2003
Camberley Town vs Herne Bay
Three Bridges vs Hythe Town
Saltdean United or vs Erith Town
East Preston
Didcot Town or vs Petersfield Town
Slade Green
Lordswood vs Beckenham Town
Deal Town or Milton United vs Peacehaven & Telscombe
Wick or Raynes Park Vale vs VCD Athletic
Godalming & Guildford vs Whitstable Town
Sidley United vs Blackfield & Langley or Ramsgate
Tunbridge Wells or vs Whitchurch United
Chessington United
Greenwich Borough vs Ash United
Preliminary Round, by Saturday 30 August 2003
There are twelve ties in the Preliminary Round for this season’s FA Youth Cup with Kent interest coming from Folkestone Invicta.
Saltdean United vs Folkestone Invicta
First Qualifying Round, by Saturday 6 September 2003
Ashford Town vs Thamesmead Town
Banstead Athletic vs Sittingbourne
Sutton United vs Lordswood
Erith Town vs Leatherhead
Whitstable Town vs Tooting & Mitcham United
Dover Athletic vs Thatcham Town
Wick vs Gravesend & Northfleet
Dartford vs Woking
Ramsgate vs Cobham
Kingstonian vs Chatham Town
Havant & Waterlooville vs Bromley
Horsham vs Tonbridge Angels
Camberley Town vs Saltdean United or
Folkestone Invicta
Second Qualifying Round, by 20 September 2003
Horsham or vs Sidlesham or
Tonbridge Angels Croydon Athletic
Whitstable Town or vs Pagham or
Tooting & Mitcham United Carshalton Athletic
Camberley Town or vs Wick or
Satdean United or Gravesend & Northfleet
Folkestone Invicta
Dover Athletic or vs Andover or
Thatcham Town Alton Town
Kingstonian or vs Hailsham Town or
Chatham Town Littlehampton Town
Winchester City or vs Ramsgate or
Burgess Hill Town Cobham
Farnborough Town or vs Sutton United or
Whyteleafe Lordswood
Banstead Athletic or vs Molesey or
Sittingbourne Epsom & Ewell
Ashford Town or vs Dartford or
Thamesmead Town Woking
Havant & Waterlooville or vs Erith Town or
Bromley Leatherhead
Third Qualifying Round Draw, by 4 October 2003
AFC Newbury or Arundel or Lewes or Westfield
Vs
Dover Athletic or Thatcham Town or Andover or Alton Town
Aldershot Town or Bracknell Town or Crawley Town or Chipstead or Maidenhead United
Vs
Kingstonian or Chatham Town or Hailsham Town or Littlehampton Town
Whitehawk or Mile Oak or Chichester City United or Horndean
Vs
Farnborough Town or Whyteleafe or Sutton United or Lordswood
Ashford Town (Mdx) or Chertsey Town or Hillingdon Borough or Walton & Hersham
Vs
Camberley Town or Saltdean United or Folkestone Invicta or Wick or Gravesend & Northfleet
Wokingham Town or Three Bridges or Eastbourne Borough or Bashley
Vs
Horsham or Tonbridge Angles or Sidlesham or Croydon Athletic
Winchester City or Burgess Hill Town or Ramsgate or Cobham
Vs
Banstead Athletic or Sittingbourne or Molesey or Epsom & Ewell
Ashford Town or Thamesmead Town or Dartford or Woking
Vs
Whitstable Town or Tooting & Mitcham United or Pagham or Carshalton Athletic
Havant & Waterlooville or Bromley or Erith Town or Leatherhead
Vs
Reading Town or Sandhurst Town or Walton Casuals or Fleet Town