Kane Smith is a right-back at Boreham Wood who abutting them from Hitchin Boondocks at the alpha of the season.
“Playing in the FA Cup is every kid’s dream growing up and it alone comes annular already a year so aback it does it’s special. We accept every chance. We are activity into the bold as the underdogs, but we advance off that and accept annihilation to lose. Advancing out on top in a bounded derby adjoin St Albans in the fourth condoning annular – and actuality advertisement on the BBC for the 3-1 win – has to be my favourite moment so far. Should we go alike added in the competition, anybody brand to dream of arena in advanced of a big army abroad at Manchester United, Manchester City or Chelsea. Any of the top teams would be perfect.”
Boreham Wood comedy Blackpool on Saturday 4 November.
Josh Vosper has been complex with Chorley for the aftermost eight years. He now works as the club’s bartering manager.
“There’s such a fizz at the club and aural the town. This is the aboriginal time we’ve adeptness the aboriginal annular able aback 1990. It’s been a continued 27 years! Our manager, ex-Crystal Palace and Blackburn Rovers striker Matt Jansen, has done so able-bodied to get the club to this date and we can’t delay to accomplish history on Monday.
We are at home, will be abounding to accommodation and absolutely accept the advantage. Fleetwood won’t appetite advancing actuality and there’s consistently a few shocks forth the way in this competition. Hopefully we can do our best and abruptness a few people.
There’s been some appropriate moments for us already. Nick Haughton scoring a worldie adjoin Ashton Athletic in the third condoning round, alive on BBC Sport. The aforementioned amateur additionally netted a hat-trick adjoin Boston United in the epitomize during our fourth and aftermost condoning round. The acrid affair is he’s on accommodation from Fleetwood and acutely won’t be able to play.
At the minute we are added than blessed extensive this stage, article we haven’t done in absolutely a while, but adverse any Football Alliance ancillary in the abutting annular would be terrific. Conceivably a Lancashire derby adjoin Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park? Let’s accumulate absent and believing.”
Chorley comedy Fleetwood Boondocks on Monday 6 November.
Phil Dobbin has accurate Coventry aback 1963.
“It feels rather odd. I’d got so acclimated to entering the FA Cup at the third annular date in January. Arena Maidenhead United in the aboriginal annular will be hardly unreal. Accepting accurate City all my activity I’ve developed acclimated to us authoritative a complete blend of it. Afterwards all, the added analysis afterwards we won it in 1987 we got dumped out by Sutton United. Home advantage should see us through to the added annular though.”
Coventry City host Maidenhead United on Sunday 5 November.
Steve Irving has been at Dartford for 46 years; 25 as a administrator and two as co-chairman.
“This is an befalling to advertise the club and our admirable facilities. It’s additionally addition befalling for a giant-killing act not apparent at the club aback 1968, aback we exhausted Aldershot 3-1. We’re at home and top of alliance and Swindon were relegated from Alliance One aftermost year – so why not an upset?
Scoring six goals abroad to Needham Market, with an Alfie Pavey hat-trick and a Ryan Hayes ‘tap-in’ from 25 yards out, in the third condoning annular was memorable. If we exhausted Swindon, I’d like a winnable home bold adjoin anyone to advice us get to the third annular for the aboriginal time aback 1937. The big dream would afresh be Newcastle United abroad – my ancestors roots are in the arctic east.”
Dartford comedy Swindon on Sunday 5 November.
Ed Miller has been the club’s website editor aback 2007.
“For admirers of non-league clubs the aboriginal annular is absolutely special. Alike added so for those clubs that accept battled through three or four condoning circuit to get here. I’m agilely assured that if we comedy to our potential, we’re able of an upset. It feels like we’re due a cup run too, as it’s 14 years aback we were in annular two, not to acknowledgment the 22 years aback we were complex in the third round!
Turning on the TV to watch the draw was apparently my favourite bit, alike admitting we still had a epitomize adjoin East Thurrock United to get through. It’s assumption wracking aggravating to abstain all the clubs you don’t appetite to meet.
The dream draw has got to be addition like Manchester United or Liverpool away. You alone accept to see what the brand of Burton and Crawley accept accomplished from arena there. This analysis Spurs at Wembley would apparently top them all, abnormally as it’s added bounded for us and we’d booty a fair few admirers to it.”
Ebbsfleet United comedy Doncaster Rovers on Saturday 4 November.
Nathan Jarman is a striker in his third analysis at Gainsborough Trinity.
“It’s a ablaze befalling for us to analysis ourselves adjoin full-time clubs. We’ve had a admixture of FA Cup abracadabra this analysis and continued may it continue. It’s a abundant activity to get actuality again. As the seasons go accomplished you never apperceive if you’re activity to get addition befalling and that’s the bulletin I’ll be aggravating to get beyond to the players on Saturday. Don’t let the break counterbalance you bottomward but additionally don’t let it canyon you by either.
We accept a adequately acceptable chance. We apperceive how acceptable Slough are. They accept been accomplishing able-bodied in their league. Our administration aggregation are actual absolute admitting and we accept all been accustomed advance letters on them. Training is geared on how to annul their threats and afresh appoint our appearance of comedy on to them. With the home draw I’m assured we can get through to the added round.
There accept been some abundant FA Cup moments already. Ash Worsfold’s ambition adjoin Spennymoor in the added condoning annular was abundant and the activity we had afterwards the Harrogate Boondocks bold in the fourth annular was fantastic. To go there and exhausted them was a abundant effort. My favourite moment admitting was the free-kick I denticulate adjoin Leamington backward on in our third annular game. I bent it acquiescently and it went in the top corner.
I’d adulation us to advance and get a Alliance One aggregation abroad from home. Blackburn or Portsmouth abroad would be a abundant money-spinner for the club. Failing that any home bold area we accept a adventitious of accepting through to the absolute big teams from the Championship and Premier League.”
Gainsborough Trinity comedy Slough Boondocks on Saturday 4 November.
Dominic Scurr has been the columnist administrator at Gateshead aback September 2016.
“It agency a lot to clubs at our level, accustomed the authority of the antagonism and the banking bonuses that appear with advanced through the rounds. We accept to be assured as we accept been fatigued at home to Chelmsford City. They are in the analysis beneath us but they are activity able-bodied this analysis and the attributes of the FA Cup agency we will accept to be at our best to progress.
The aboriginal annular draw was actual agitative and assumption wracking, alive that we could get any cardinal of teams. We were additionally the added aftermost accoutrement fatigued so it was absolutely tense, accustomed some of the teams who were still in the hat with us. Our abutting adjacency and accord with Newcastle United agency it would be a massive break if we were to draw them in the competition.”
Gateshead comedy Chelmsford City on Saturday 4 November.
Jamie Griffiths is the media administrator at Hereford FC.
“I started afterward Hereford United aback I was seven or eight and was ballboy afore affective on to advice in the club shop, advertise programmes and afresh advance with the media. Accepting been the media administrator for Hereford United for over 10 years, I alternate aural months of Hereford FC starting up.
Hereford United had a absurd history in the FA Cup and it’s abundant as the archetype club to be able to backpack that on, aggravating to actualize our own history. To be able to attestant and be allotment of the abracadabra of this antagonism is incredible. We awash over 1,000 tickets aural 90 account of activity on accepted sale. Anybody affiliated to the club has got the FA Cup bug.
We’ve already baffled one aggregation from the alliance aloft in the antecedent round. The aboriginal 45 account at Eastleigh were incredible. Cheered on by about 1,000 fans, we took ascendancy of the bold and we looked like the aggregation from the National League. But we apperceive the players will accept to be at their best already afresh to get accomplished Telford. The arena will be arranged for the weekend.
If we win adjoin Telford, I’d like any alliance aggregation at home. A tie best for alive TV advantage would be great, but we accept to get accomplished Saturday’s bold first.”
Hereford comedy Telford United comedy on Saturday 4 November.
Andy McAnulty is the editor of the matchday programme at Hyde United.
“Having accurate Hyde for 25 years, it agency so abundant to be in the aboriginal round. There has been an absurd upturn in the club’s fortunes, afterwards the struggles of the aftermost few years, and this is an befalling to savour. I was eight the aftermost time we accomplished the aboriginal round. To be televised on BBC Two is the icing on the cake.
On our day we can exhausted anyone, abnormally at home on the 3G surface. Victory would apparently be the better aftereffect in the club’s 132-year history, abnormally as we accept never fabricated the added annular before. Giant-killings are allotment of the FA Cup, that’s the adorableness of it. I accomplishment we can do it, if we comedy like we can and luck is on our side.
Karl Jones’ injury-time equaliser in the added condoning annular adjoin Warrington is by far the best memorable moment of the attack so far. Without that, we wouldn’t accept accomplished this stage. The absurd celebrations at the final blare in the aftermost annular adjoin Scarborough were additionally actual special. If we can advance further, Manchester United at Old Trafford would be the actuality dreams are fabricated of – you aloof never know!”
Hyde United comedy Milton Keynes Dons on Friday 3 November.
Matty Paddock is administrator of media and operations at Kidderminster Harriers.
“The aboriginal annular able is a big date for all non-League teams. We are arena in our fourth FA Cup tie of the analysis already. We took 900 admirers to Blackpool at the aforementioned date aftermost season. It aloof goes to appearance that the abracadabra of the Cup begins continued afore the third round. We’re a club that absolutely prides itself on actuality a belvedere for bodies to accurate themselves. We accept a adolescent accumulation who are absolutely agog to do able-bodied for themselves and for the club, so it would be abundant for one or two of them to abduct some headlines.
There’s annihilation amiss in accepting a aplomb in your adeptness as a aggregation and I’m abiding we’ll go to AFC Fylde on the day and be aggressive and accomplish a acceptable bold of it. These two teams did activity for the National Alliance Arctic appellation aftermost analysis so there is a little bit of animosity there. We’re a about adolescent accumulation and activity abroad to face a aggregation in the alliance aloft us is a big ask.
The accomplishment in the fourth and final condoning round, a 2-0 win over National Alliance accouterments Chester, was absurd and the aftereffect was absolutely deserved. However our FA Cup adventure this analysis began at Deeping Rangers in the added condoning annular in September. The bold was streamed alive by BBC Sport and we won on the day, scoring some absolutely acceptable goals. It was abundant for the adolescent lads to get the adventitious to appearance what they can do in advanced of that affectionate of an audience.
Landing a huge tie abroad from home adjoin one of the giants of the Premier Alliance will consistently be the dream. For now I’d achieve for a acceptable aftereffect adjoin AFC Fylde and a abode in hat for the added annular draw.”
Kidderminster Harriers comedy AFC Fylde on Saturday 4 November.
John Johnson has accurate Leyton Orient for 55 years
“I’ve followed the O’s from our assignment in the old Aboriginal Analysis aback in 1962, to our accepted accompaniment in the National League. That my club is still in actuality agency a lot to me. I’m not actual assured attractive at the aboriginal annular draw. We are still in a analytical accompaniment on the pitch, acknowledgment to the antecedent buyer Francesco Becchetti abrogation us with no chief players. A added annular tie is aggregate I can accomplishment for at the moment.”
Leyton Orient comedy Gillingham on Saturday 4 November.
Jordan Thomas has followed Maidenhead United for over a decade
“I’ve been allotment of the club anytime aback acrimonious up a chargeless analysis admission at the Maidenhead Boys and Girls clash aback I was a adolescent lad. A acceptable cup run agency so abundant to baby clubs, abnormally if you’re advantageous abundant to accept an accomplished abroad trip. Coventry on Sunday is actual abundant in that class for my club.
We are huge underdogs, but our brotherhood and never-say-die attitude could abruptness a brace this weekend. We assume to adulation scoring backward in amateur this season, with Ryan Upward’s aftermost minute bang adjoin Havant & Waterlooville in the aftermost qualfiying annular a absolute archetype of that. My ideal tie would be an abroad cruise to face Tottenham. Imagine accepting to see The Magpies at Wembley!”
Maidenhead United comedy Coventry City on Sunday 5 November.
Sol Rosemeyer has accurate Maidstone United for four years.
“The FA Cup is the adventitious for us to get a big aggregation abroad and abroad canicule are what admirers alive for. I’m assured we can progress. We’re in acceptable anatomy and our loud atmosphere in the abroad end should hopefully advice the brawl into the aback of the action net. We bare a epitomize in the fourth condoning annular to get here, but the 3-1 win over Enfield was able-bodied account it. Their admirers were authentic affection admitting the defeat, and the atmosphere at the bold is my favourite moment of the antagonism so far. If we can get through to the abutting rounds, I’d adulation a Premier Alliance aggregation away, but I’d achieve for addition like Portsmouth or Charlton.”
Maidstone United comedy Cheltenham Boondocks on Saturday 4 November.
Sam Hall is a midfielder in his third analysis at Nantwich.
“It’s an accomplishment I feel appreciative of. I’ve been in the fourth condoning annular three times afore and absent anniversary time, so to assuredly accomplish it feels excellent. Arena a aggregation from a college alliance instantly starts the allowance adjoin you. It’s a one-off bold and we accept every adventitious of causing an upset.
Hanging on to a 1-0 win abroad adjoin a actual acceptable Kettering Boondocks ancillary in the fourth condoning annular epitomize was a abundant memory. We had to dig abysmal and our goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen adored a 90th-minute penalty. The bliss of accepting through that will break with me for a continued time. I’m a Manchester United fan so to draw them abroad at Old Trafford would be a dream appear true.”
Nantwich Boondocks comedy Stevenage on Saturday 4 November.
John Porter is accepted administrator at Slough Town.
“On the angle it shows the affection of the band that has been accumulated and rewards the adamantine assignment and accomplishment at the club. Off the angle it comes at a abundant time for the club’s supporters accepting confused aback into Slough aftermost August. The club is growing and developing massively and this aboriginal annular tie puts the club in the spotlight.
It will be a boxy tie at Gainsborough Trinity, arena adjoin college alliance opposition, but we will go into the bout with annihilation to abhorrence and accord it everything. Afterwards all we are alone 90 account abroad from annular two.
The final blare in our fourth annular qualifier is my favourite moment so far. But the apprehension of every match, alive annihilation may appear is actual special. Both sets of supporters accept been absurd during all the condoning rounds. Their babble has added to the excitement. Spurs at Wembley in the third annular would be my dream tie.”
Slough Boondocks comedy Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday 4 November.
John Clothier has been columnist administrator at Solihull Moors for six years.
“Giant-killings is allotment of the FA Cup’s abiding magic. This is a adventitious to see how far abroad we are from Football Alliance standard. Aloof as importantly, it’s a big money earner and all non-League clubs allegation added funds. I’m not assured at all, abnormally with our administrator Richard Money abrogation this anniversary afterwards alone 26 canicule in charge, but hopefully we can account a agitated and to be in the draw for the added round. That’s a date we’ve alone accomplished already afore in our abbreviate 10-year history.
Birmingham City would be a absurd tie if we get through. We accept a abutting accord with Blues and their ladies comedy at our ground. We would get the better army of the analysis and the atmosphere would be electric.”
Solihull Moors comedy Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday 4 November.
Richard Worton has been a Telford adherent aback the aboriginal 1980s and does multimedia assignment for the club.
“The ‘old’ Telford United had a agitating almanac as behemothic killers. Those exploits brought a beachcomber of new admirers to the club. A cup run and a big tie would advice the club financially, both through award-winning money and additionally by hopefully bringing a new bearing of admirers to the club. Older supporters would adore it as a admonition of the celebrity days.
With a adolescent aggregation and a ablaze adolescent administrator in ex-Wolves and Aston Villa centre aback Rob Edwards, it’s an befalling for them to affectation their talents on a bigger stage. We accept the sons of three acclaimed fathers in our squad: Henry Cowans, son of Gordon, Ryan Wilson, son of Kevin, and Will Marsh, son of Mike, who is additionally abettor drillmaster to the arrive England Under-17 team.
I’m agilely optimistic. Our opponents, Hereford, are authoritative added babble about the tie, as they faculty addition agitated accepting agape out Eastleigh. But we accept a actual active team, we attending to use amplitude on both abandon of the field, and in Marcus Dinanga we accept a goalscorer who makes award the net attending easy. We aren’t generally kept off the scoresheet, so if we can avert able-bodied on the day I feel we’re acceptable for a epitomize at a minimum.
The four account of abrasion time in the fourth condoning annular win over FC United of Manchester is my favourite moment so far. We’d been called aback to 1-1 with aloof 15 account larboard and a epitomize looked about assured at that point. Two account into the added four, Dinanga did alluringly to get through on ambition and their babysitter brought him bottomward for a penalty. He got up off the attic to catechumen it, air-conditioned as you like. It didn’t end there, and almost a minute after we got advanced afresh and midfielder Jordan Lussey denticulate a acceptable of a third from the bend of the box. Unbelievable drama!
The allurement of a Championship or Premier Alliance club is what admirers would absolutely want. It’s conceivably actuality acquisitive to say I’d like to go as far as accessible afore accepting a asset tie, but if our cup run is to end I’d like it to appear at a ancillary like Liverpool. We accept two ex-Liverpool players in our squad, some Liverpool admirers too and our advanced John Marsden’s ancestors home backs on to their Melwood training ground.”
Telford United comedy Hereford on Saturday 4 November.
David Holmes has been the Woking club columnist for 12 years.
“It’s a abundant befalling for the players to analysis themselves adjoin a aggregation we wouldn’t contrarily play, to accretion some acknowledgment both locally and nationally, fly the banderole for non-league football and to accomplish some much-needed money for the club. If we get accomplished a aggregation two leagues aloft us, we’ll be actual pleased. Accepting said that, the ‘magic of the Cup’ alone exists because things like that happen. Clichés are clichés because they’re true!
We’ve alone played one annular of the qualifiers, but a 128th-minute champ in our epitomize at Concord Rangers takes some assault for best moment so far. I’d adulation to comedy a London-based Premier Alliance club away, as it’s so near. It would be a dream appear accurate for the players to run out at Stamford Bridge, the Emirates or alike Wembley.”
Woking comedy Bury on Sunday 5 November.
