In todays draw for the FA Cup sponsored by some insipid American fizzy pop company the Harriers came out of the hat with a decent home tie against Blue Square North side Corby Town. Our 4th qualifying round game will be played at Aggborough on October 29th and hopefully a win against the Steelmen will put us amongst the, slightly, bigger teams from the Football League. Like Hereford or Barnet.
We last came up against Corby just under a quarter of a century ago when we beat them 4-0 in the FA Trophy. Before that, up until 1983, we played them in the Southern League on numerous occasions and also in one other previous Trophy game in 1976 and an FA Cup game in 1982 when we lost 3-1 at home.
The official Corby website can be found
here and their forum
here.
The full draw is shown below and includes a couple of games where we can at least get rid of a couple of the stronger non league sides when Wrexham take on York City and Fleetwood travel to Mansfield.
Droylsden vs Blyth Spartans
Stourbridge vs Rushall Olympic
Kidsgrove Athletic vs Bradford (Park Avenue)
Gateshead vs Hebburn Town
Grimsby Town vs Ashington
Wrexham vs York City
Mansfield Town vs Fleetwood Town
Nantwich Town vs Nuneaton Town
Alfreton Town vs Lincoln City
AFC Telford United vs Gainsborough Trinity
Southport vs Stockport County
Solihull Moors vs FC Halifax Town
Kidderminster Harriers vs Corby Town
Darlington vs Hinckley United or Leek Town
Witton Albion vs Barrow
Dover Athletic vs Bath City
Bishop's Stortford vs Salisbury City
Eastbourne Borough vs East Thurrock United or North Greenford United
Chelmsford City vs Gloucester City
Hayes & Yeading United vs Cambridge United
Bodmin Town or Godalming Town vs Maidenhead United
Sutton United vs Leatherhead
Weston Super Mare vs Oxford City
AFC Totton vs Slough Town or Hanworth Villa
Basingstoke Town vs Staines Town
Thurrock or Arlesey Town vs Forest Green Rovers
Dartford vs Bromley
Luton Town vs Hendon
Kettering Town vs Southend Manor
Redbridge vs Ebbsfleet United
Newport County vs Braintree Town
