THE FA YOUTH CUP FIRST ROUND PROPER DRAW HAS BEEN MADE, AS EFL CLUBS JOIN COMPETITION

The draw for the first round proper of the FA Youth Cup was made on Friday 14 October, as clubs from EFL Leagues One and Two join the competition.

There are 40 ties at this stage, with the 32 non-League clubs who have progressed through the qualifying stages being joining by 48 EFL teams.

First round ties should be played by Saturday 5 November 2022, unless mutually agreed otherwise. Should ties be level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time will be played and if the game is still level then it will be decided by a penalty shootout.

To be eligible to feature in the 2022-23 FA Youth Cup, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2004 and before 1 September 2007.

The draw

1 Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

2 Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley

3 Harrogate Town v Stockport County

4 Barnsley v Spennymoor Town

5 Salford City v Barrow (walkover for Salford City – Barrow withdrawn)

6 Morecambe v Bradford City

7 Tranmere Rovers v FC Halifax Town or AFC Blackpool

8 Bolton Wanderers v Wythenshawe Amateurs

9 Rochdale v York City or Hyde United

10 Chester or AFC Fylde v South Shields

11 Scunthorpe United v Solihull Moors

12 Grimsby Town v Walsall

13 Crewe Alexandra v Mansfield Town

14 Sutton Coldfield Town v Shrewsbury Town

15 Lincoln City v Doncaster Rovers

16 Port Vale v Chesterfield

17 Basford United v Derby County

18 Sheffield Wednesday v Burton Albion

19 Lowestoft Town v Concord Rangers

20 Peterborough United v Northampton Town

21 Cambridge United v Stevenage

22 New Salamis or Dereham Town v Colchester United

23 Northampton On Chenecks v Milton Keynes Dons

24 Ipswich Town v Aveley

25 Southend United v Kettering Town

26 Sutton United v Leyton Orient

27 Portsmouth v Three Bridges

28 Gosport Borough v Bromley

29 Gillingham v Corinthian Casuals

30 AFC Wimbledon v Lewes

31 Dover Athletic v Langley

32 Beaconsfield Town v Maidstone United

33 Charlton Athletic v Cray Wanderers or Kingstonian

34 Woking v Horndean

35 Forest Green Rovers v Eastleigh

36 Exeter City v Newport County

37 Oxford United v Torquay United or Bishop’s Cleeve

38 Plymouth Argyle v Cheltenham Town

39 Bristol Rovers v Andover Town or Ardley United

40 Mangotsfield United v Swindon Town

Source: The Football Association

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