Our reward for beating Grimsby Town in the FA Cup yesterday is a very good draw at home to former Premiership side Oldham Athletic.  The Harriers were the first out of the hat in the draw that took place at 1.30pm today with out number 54 ball being extracted from the fishbowl by Earl Barratt, himself a former Oldham player and also the scorer of an FA Cup goal against Manchester Utd many moons ago.

Many Harriers fans were hoping for a re-match against Coventry City following our awful defeat there in 2008.  Others were hoping for Portsmouth or Sheffield Utd while the more realistic wanted an easy lower league side at home and an easy chance of progressing further.

As it is we now face a side that we have never played before and a great chance of going further if we can beat them.  League 1 side Oldham currently sit in mid table in the League and Paul Dickov as their manager.  Interestingly one of their squad is Robbie Simpson who appeared for Coventry City in the FA Cup game against us.

Their various websites can be found here and the game will be played on the weekend of November 3rd/4th.

The draw in full will follow:

Kidderminster Harriers v Oldham Athletic

Hayes & Yeading or Boreham Wood v Brentford

Chelmsford City or East Thurrock v Colchester United

Metropolitan Police v Crawley Town

Luton Town v AFC Telford U or Nuneaton Town

Portsmouth v Notts County

Bishop's Stortford v Hastings United

Fleetwood Town v Bromley

Forest Green Rovers or Dartford v Port Vale

Torquay United v Hyde or Harrogate Town

AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge

Morecambe v Rochdale

Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town

Cambridge City v Milton Keynes Dons

Cheltenham Town v Yate Town or Newport County

Dorchester Town v Plymouth Argyle

Coventry City v Arlesey Town

York City v AFC Wimbledon

Bury v Exeter City

Chesterfield v Hartlepool United

Doncaster Rovers v Bradford Park Avenue

Gillingham v Scunthorpe United

Aldershot Town v Hendon

Lincoln City or FC Halifax Town v Walsall

Wrexham v Alfreton Town

Southend United v Stockport County

Crewe Alexandra v Wycombe Wanderers

Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United

Hereford United v Shrewsbury Town

Mansfield Town v Slough Town or Gosport Borough

Barnet v Oxford United

Rotherham United v Stevenage

AFC Fylde or Ilkeston Town v Accrington Stanley

Gloucester City v Leyton Orient

Burton Albion v Altrincham

Guiseley v Barrow

Northampton Town v Bradford City

Preston North End v Yeovil Town

Braintree Town v Tranmere Rovers

Carlisle United v Ebbsfleet United