Arsenal may not be involved in the FA Cup until the third round, and their attention may be mostly on the Premier League and UEFA Champions League, but today they will know the first steps they must take to defend their trophy. The Gunners ended their trophy drought last season, and today the first round draw was made, meaning Arsenal can start to pin-point who they will face in two rounds time. Check out the full first-round draw:
FA Cup first-round draw |
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Mansfield | v | Concord |
Gosport | v | Colchester |
Yeovil | v | Crawley |
York | v | AFC Wimbledon |
Walsall | v | Shrewsbury |
Notts County | v | Accrington Stanley |
Chorley or FC Halifax | v | Bradford City |
Warrington Town | v | Exeter City |
Eastleigh | v | Alfreton or Lincoln City |
Basingstoke or Harrow Borough | v | Spennymoor or AFC Telford |
Dagenham and Redbridge | v | Tamworth or Southport |
Weston-Super-Mare | v | Doncaster |
Peterborough | v | Carlisle |
Cheltenham | v | Swindon |
Bromley | v | Dartford |
Weymouth or Braintree | v | Chesterfield |
Chelmsford or Barnet | v | Wycombe |
Gillingham | v | Bristol City |
Portsmouth | v | Aldershot |
Norton or Shildon | v | Gateshead |
Crewe | v | Sheffield United |
Grimsby | v | Oxford United |
Tranmere | v | Bristol Rovers |
Southend | v | Chester FC |
Luton | v | Newport County |
Stevenage | v | Maidstone United |
Bury | v | Nuneaton or Hemel Hempstead |
Cambridge | v | Fleetwood |
Northampton | v | Rochdale |
Eastbourne or Dover | v | Morecambe |
Port Vale | v | MK Dons |
Macclesfield or Wrexham | v | Woking |
Plymouth | v | AFC Fylde |
Barnsley | v | Burton |
Hartlepool | v | East Thurrock |
Coventry | v | Worcester City |
Oldham | v | Leyton Orient |
Canvey Island or Havant & Waterlooville | v | Preston |
Blyth Spartans | v | Altrincham |
Forest Green | v | Scunthorpe |
Ties to be played on 7, 8, 9, 10 November 2014 |
Can Arsenal defend their trophy, and could any of these first-round teams go all the way and win the trophy in the spring?
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