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Last season the teams only played each other once in the league as well, that coming on the first day of the campaign on the old training pitch at Brunton Park. County thumping the Cumbrians 4-0 that day with Chris Coward being the main Hatters tormenter as he notched a hat-trick, with James Vincent scoring the other goal.
Fortunately for United though Coward, who signed a professional deal at Edgeley Park in the summer, is just over a month outside the qualifiying age for the competition this season. Centre-half James Tunnicliffe, who, like Coward, is currently on loan at Blue Square Prem1er crisis club Northwich Victoria, also misses out as he was over 18 years old on the 1st of September 2007.
With these two first year professionals now missing from the Stockport youth team ranks the Hatters have struggled a bit in the league this season. County currently sitting fourth bottom with two wins, a draw and five defeats from their eight games played, scoring seven but conceding an alarming seventeen at the rate of two goals a match.
Due to the rules of the competition the tie will be played at Brunton Park, more than likely under floodlights in the week commencing Monday the 5th of November. The draw is heavily regionalised at this stage so there are plenty of local derbies elsewhere in the fixtures, as well as many non-league teams who have already battled through three rounds in some instances before playing their final qualifying games in the coming fortnight.
First Round Proper Draw In Full :
Ashton Athletic or Marine v Chester City
Grimsby Town v Tranmere Rovers
Bury v Silsden or Sheffield FC
Huddersfield Town v Hartlepool United
York City v Yorkshire Amateur or Dinnington Town
Darlington v Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale
Bradford City v Macclesfield Town
Oldham Athletic v Wrexham
Carlisle United v Stockport County
Morecambe v Rotherham United
Curzon Ashton or Salford City v Chesterfield
Woodley Sports or Ashton Town v Crewe Alexandra
Mansfield Town v Stamford AFC or Alfreton Town
Lincoln City v Stapenhill or Boston United
Nuneaton Borough or Alvechurch v Port Vale
Mickleover Sports or Retford United v Stone Dominoes or Stourbridge
Nottingham Forest v Walsall
Shrewsbury Town v Bromsgrove Rovers or Chasetown
Luton Town v Leyton Orient
Dagenham and Redbridge v Gillingham
Waltham Abbey or Stevenage Borough v Enfield Town or Ashford Town (Middx)
Camberley Town or Carshalton Athletic v Millwall
Rushden and Diamonds or Stotfold v Grays Athletic or Leverstock Green
Cambridge United or Bury Town v Hemel Hempstead Town or Hullbridge Sports
Leatherhead or Tooting and Mitcham United v Wycombe
Corby Town or Dunstable Town v Leyton or Wealdstone
Whyteleafe or Tonbridge Angels v Barnet
Southend United v Staines Town or Croydon Athletic
Brentford v Maidstone United or Lewes
Ebbsfleet United or Deal Town v Northampton Town
Colney Heath or Boreham Wood v Debenham LC or Woodbridge Town
Brighton and Hove Albion v Milton Keynes Dons
Swansea City v Merthyr Tydfil or Gloucester City
Yeovil Town v Bath City or Tiverton Town
Basingstoke Town or Milton United v Hereford United
Bracknell Town or Maidenhead United v Oxford City or Aldershot Town
Poole Town or Christchurch v Bristol Rovers
Reading Town or Oxford United v AFC Bournemouth
Cheltenham Town v Swindon Town
*Ties to be played by Saturday the 10th of November
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