THE draw for the first round proper of The FA Trophy was made at Wembley this lunchtime, with the Vanarama National League big guns now entering the competition.
Holders North Ferriby United were knocked out by Jamie Vardy’s former club Stocksbridge Park Steels in the third round qualifying – they have been rewarded with a tough trip to Gateshead.
Last season’s beaten finalists Wrexham, meanwhile, have been drawn away at fellow National League heavyweights Tranmere Rovers.
The 32 First Round clashes will take place on Saturday, December 12, with winning clubs picking up £5,000 from The FA’s prize fund.
FA Trophy first round draw in full:
1 FC Halifax Town v Tamworth
2 Grimsby Town v Solihull Moors
3 Sutton Coldfield Town v Barrow
4 Marine or Kidsgrove Athletic or Burscough v Guiseley
5 Macclesfield Town v Gainsborough Trinity or Ashton United
6 Nantwich Town v Matlock Town
7 Southport v Worcester City
8 Curzon Ashton v Nuneaton Town
9 Altrincham v Leamington
10 AFC Telford United v Chester
11 Stourbridge v Kidderminster Harriers
12 Gateshead v Stocksbridge Park Steels
13 AFC Fylde v Chorley or Skelmersdale United
14 Buxton or Bradford (Park Avenue) v Lincoln City
15 Tranmere Rovers v Wrexham
16 Hayes & Yeading United or Eastbourne Borough v Hemel Hempstead Town
17 Tilbury v Welling United
18 Truro City v Cirencester Town
19 Torquay United v Frome Town or Chesham United
20 Whitehawk v Dover Athletic
21 Grays Athletic or Corinthian Casuals v Hungerford Town
22 Boreham Wood v Woking
23 Concord Rangers v Lowestoft Town
24 Maidstone United v Bognor Regis Town
25 Cheltenham Town v Chelmsford City or Gloucester City
26 Merthyr Town or East Thurrock United v Maidenhead United
27 Oxford City v Ebbsfleet United
28 Aldershot Town v Eastleigh
29 Weston Super Mare v Wealdstone
30 Havant & Waterlooville v Forest Green Rovers
31 Bury Town v Dulwich Hamlet
32 Braintree Town v Bromley
