The two sides are already scheduled to meet in the League in a firey encounter on Bonfire day morning. Then with the FA Youth Cup tie pencilled in to be played the following weekend on Saturday 12th November the teams will end up getting to know each other very well. The young Blues were down to play away to Tranmere on that day in the League so that game will need to be rearranged.
Last year, as a non-league side, the lads had to start their campaign in the final qualifying round which they cruised through defeating Northwich Victoria 4-0 in front of a bumper crowd of 143. That was as good as it got for the youngsters though as they crashed out in the First Round Proper on the end of a 4-1 scoreline to a strong Hull City outfit with 146 spectators in attendance.
The young Blues will be hoping to progress to the Second Round with a draw at home to a Macclesfield side who are 11th in the North and Midlands West Conference two places behind United.
Under normal circumstances the Bristol derby between Rovers and City would have been billed as the tie of the round. However if AFC Wimbledon can get through qualifying round matches away to Sandhurst Town and Farnborough Town they will be rewarded with a trip to the MK Dons. Even at youth team level you'd have to think that a game between the two would attract a big crowd and a fervent atmosphere.
Full draw as follows :
Blackpool v Rotherham
Bury v Grimsby
Daisy Hill or Farsley Celtic v Doncaster
Stockport v Scunthorpe
Huddersfield v Workington or Burscough
Morecambe or Lancaster v Darlington
Chesterfield v Tranmere
Rochdale v Southport or North Ferriby
Wrexham v Skelmersdale or Vauxhall Motors
Carlisle v Macclesfield
Bradford City v Dunston FB or York City
Hartlepool v Chester
Oldham v Barnsley
Mansfield v Notts County
Chasetown or Coleshill v Arnold Town or Alvechurch or Rugby Town
Histon or Cogenhoe v Boston
Rushden & Diamonds v Lincoln
Kettering or Coventry Sphinx v Nottingham Forest
Burton Albion v AFC Telford United v Port Vale
Hednesford or Leek Town v Northampton Spencer or Cambridge City
Bedworth United or Stratford Town v Northampton
Walsall v Shrewsbury
Wycombe v Hillingdon Borough or Gravesend & Northfleet
Brentford v Burnham or Worthing
Barking & East Ham United or Bury Town v Sutton United or Mile Oak
Wealdstone or Ely City v Folkestone Invicta or Basingstoke Town
Southend v Northwood or Barton Rovers
Ramsgate or Aldershot v Buntingford Town or Rothwell Corinthians
Billericay or Waltham Forest v Leyton Orient
Milton Keynes Dons v Farnborough or Sandhurst Town or AFC Wimbledon
Stevenage or Haringey Borough v Woking or Corinthian Casuals
Gillingham v Barnet
Thamesmead Town or Chipstead v Chesham United or Staines Town
Beaconsfield SYCOB or Chelmsford City v Colchester
Oxford v Yeovil
Bournemouth v Taunton or Tiverton
Newport County or Worcester v Swindon
Poole Town or Gloucester City v Hereford or Bath City
Swansea v Cheltenham
Bristol Rovers v Bristol City
Ties to be played on or before Saturday 12th November 2005