FA Cup 2021/22 – 1st Rd ‘Proper’ tie-by-tie preview

The 150th anniversary of the FA Cup continues on Friday 5th November with the 1st Round ‘Proper’, and over that weekend 80 clubs, from Level 3 to Level 8 in the football pyramid, will battle it out for a place in the 2nd Round and be one game away from a potential meeting with a Premier league side.

To commemorate this anniversary my highly praised ‘FA Cup 150’ book provides facts and stats and Top 150 lists for the first 150 years of the FA Cup and can be ordered from this link: https://facupfactfile.co.uk/shop or from Amazon.

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The Forty FA Cup 1st Round ‘Proper’ Ties

Tie No. 1	Bradford City	Exeter City
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 2
Level	4	4
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	5 times went beyond Rd 1 in last 7 years	Last 3 FA Cup exits: Rd 1, Rd 2 then Rd 3
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 2	Sunderland	Mansfield Town
League Status	EFL1	EFL2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit	Last 3 FA Cup exits: Rd 1, Rd 2 then Rd 3
Notes	KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 1-0 just last year

Tie No. 3	Hayes and Yeading United	Sutton United
League Status	Southern League Premier South	EFL 2
Level	7	4
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Third successive Rd 1 appearance, a record for a Level 7 club	Last went beyond Rd 1 five years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Participating in FA Cup for 100th time

Tie No. 4	Sheffield Wednesday	Plymouth Argyle
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 1
Level	3	3
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Last failed to win at least one FA Cup game five years ago	Last failed to win at least one FA Cup game six years ago
Notes	Won 2-0 in 1903/04 Replay & Won 3-0 in 1967/68	KO: Sunday 12.15pm (ITV)

Tie No. 5	Dagenham and Redbridge	Salford City
League Status	National League	EFL 2
Level	5	4
Best Cup Run	Round 4	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Last year went beyond Rd 1 for first time in 5 years	Equalled best run last season for first time in 5 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Monday 7.45pm (ITV)

Tie No. 6	Carlisle United	Horsham
League Status	EFL 2	Isthmian League Premier
Level	4	7
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Just once failed to go beyond Rd 1 in last 13 seasons	Only time went beyond Rd 1 in 95 previous campaigns was 14 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 7	Yate Town	Yeovil Town
League Status	Southern League Premier South	National League
Level	7	5
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Second appearance in Rd 1 in 36th campaign, last doing so 9 years ago	Just twice gone beyond Rd 1 in last 6 seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings KO: Saturday 3.0pm	First ever ‘Y’ vs ‘Y’ FA Cup game in history

Tie No. 8	Scunthorpe United	Doncaster Rovers
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 1
Level	4	3
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit	Just once failed to win at least one FA Cup game in last seven years
Notes	Won 1-0 in 1914/15 & Won 3-2 in 2001/02	Won 3-0 in 2017/18. KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 9	Rotherham United	Bromley
League Status	EFL 1	National League
Level	3	5
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Just two FA Cup wins in last 7 years	Looking to avoid 5th successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 10	Portsmouth	Harrow Borough
League Status	EFL 1	Southern League Premier South
Level	3	7
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Last exited as early as 1st Rd 4 years ago	First time appearing in 1st Rd for 11 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 11	Gillingham	Cheltenham Town
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 1
Level	3	3
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Last exited as early as 1st Rd 5 years ago	Last exited as early as 1st Rd 4 years ago
Notes	Won 3-2 in 1999/00 Replay	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 12	Morecambe	Newport County
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Equalled best Cup run just last year	Last exited as early as 1st Rd 7 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 13	Banbury United	Barrow
League Status	Southern League Premier Central	EFL 2
Level	7	4
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Equalling best Cup run for 2nd successive season	Last went beyond 1st Rd five years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 5.15pm (ITV)

Tie No. 14	Fleetwood Town	Burton Albion
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 1
Level	3	3
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Four times equalled best Cup run in last 5 years	Just two FA Cup wins in last 7 years
Notes	KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 1-0 in 2013/14 Replay

Tie No. 15	AFC Sudbury	Colchester United
League Status	Isthmian League 1 North	EFL 2
Level	8	4
Best Cup Run	Round 1	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Second time appearing in 1st Rd in 23 campaigns, last time 21 years ago	Looking to avoid 6th successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings. Lowest ranked club still in FA Cup	KO: Friday 7.55pm (BBC)

Tie No. 16	Northampton Town	Cambridge United
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 1
Level	4	3
Best Cup Run	Round 5	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Just once went beyond 1st Rd in last 4 years	Looking to avoid 4th successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 1-0 in 2002/03 Replay

Tie No. 17	St Albans City	Forest Green Rovers
League Status	National League South	EFL 2
Level	6	4
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond 1st Rd 25 years ago and yet to beat a League side in the ‘Proper’ Rounds	Three times went beyond 1st Rd in last 5 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Sunday 5.15pm (BBC)

Tie No. 18	Stratford Town	Shrewsbury Town
League Status	Southern League Premier Central	EFL 1
Level	7	3
Best Cup Run	Round 1	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	First time appearing in 1st Rd in 41st campaign	Last exited Cup as early as 1st Rd eight years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Sunday 3.0pm (ITV)

Tie No. 19	FC Halifax Town	Maidenhead United
League Status	National League	National League
Level	5	5
Best Cup Run	Round 2	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Last equalled best Cup run 3 years ago	Last made 2nd Rd 135 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 20	Chesterfield	Southend United
League Status	National League	National League
Level	5	5
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Last made 2nd Rd three years ago	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	Won 2-1 in 1953/54. KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 4-3 in 1938/39 replay, Won 2-0 in 2001/02 Replay & Won 3-1 in 2013/14. Most common tie of the 1st Round.

Tie No. 21	Rochdale	Notts County
League Status	EFL 2	National League
Level	3	5
Best Cup Run	Round 5	WINNERS
FA Cup Form	Last years exited before 2nd Rd for first time in 8 years	Last year, due to Covid, exited before 1st Rd for first ever time in 134th campaign
Notes	KO: Sunday 3.0pm	Won 2-1 in 1949/50 & Won 3-1 in 1996/97

Tie No. 22	Kidderminster Harriers	Grimsby Town
League Status	National League North	National League
Level	6	5
Best Cup Run	Round 5	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond 1st Rd 8 years ago	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	Won 4-2 in 2012/13	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 23	Wigan Athletic	Solihull Moors
League Status	EFL 1	National League
Level	3	5
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Last years exited before 2nd Rd for first time in 5 years	Equalled best Cup run in each of last 3 seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 24	Boreham Wood	Eastleigh
League Status	National League	National League
Level	5	5
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Set best Cup run just last season in 50th campaign	Just once went beyond 1st Rd in last 4 seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 25	York City	Buxton
League Status	National League North	Northern Premier League Premier
Level	6	7
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond 1st Rd 11 years ago	First time appearing in 1st Rd for 59 years
Notes	Won 2-1 in 2019/20	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 26	Ipswich Town	Oldham Athletic
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Won just one FA Cup match in last 11 years	Just once failed to win at least one FA Cup game in last 10 years
Notes	Won 1-0 in 1953/54 replay & Won 6-3 in 1963/64	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 27	AFC Wimbledon	Guiseley
League Status	EFL 1	National League North
Level	3	6
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Just once failed to win at least one FA Cup game in last 5 years	Last posted best Cup run 3 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 28	Harrogate Town	Wrexham
League Status	EFL 2	National League
Level	4	5
Best Cup Run	Round 2	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Equalled best Cup run just last season	Just once went beyond 1st Rd in last six years
Notes	KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 2-0 in 2018/19 replay

Tie No. 29	Hartlepool United	Wycombe Wanderers
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 1
Level	4	3
Best Cup Run	Round 4	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Just once went beyond 1st Rd in last four years	Suffered two Rd 1 exits in last 3 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 30	King’s Lynn Town	Walsall
League Status	National League	EFL 2
Level	5	4
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Set best Cup run just last season	Just twice went beyond 1st Rd in last 5 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 31	Crewe Alexandra	Swindon Town
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Went beyond 1st Rd in 3 of last four seasons	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 32	Bolton Wanderers	Stockport County
League Status	EFL 1	National League
Level	3	5
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit	Twice went beyond 1st Rd in last three seasons
Notes	Won 5-1 in 1946/47 & Won 4-1 in 2001/02	Won 4-1 in 1909/10. KO: Sunday 3.0pm

Tie No. 33	Charlton Athletic	Havant and Waterlooville
League Status	EFL 1	National League South
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	WINNERS	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last season exited Cup before 2nd Rd for first time in 11 years	Last year went beyond 1st Rd for first time in 13 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 34	Oxford United	Bristol Rovers
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Just twice exited Cup before 2nd Rd in last nine years	Made 3rd Rd in both last 2 seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Sunday 1.0pm

Tie No. 35	Crawley Town	Tranmere Rovers
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 2
Level	4	4
Best Cup Run	Round 5	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Went beyond 1st Rd in both last 2 seasons	Went beyond 1st Rd in all last 3 seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 36	Leyton Orient	Ebbsfleet United
League Status	EFL 2	National League South
Level	4	6
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond 1st Rd six years ago	Last went beyond 1st Rd 18 years ago
Notes	Won 2-1 in 1993/94 versus Gravesend & Northfleet	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 37	Milton Keynes Dons	Stevenage
League Status	EFL 1	EFL 2
Level	3	4
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 5
FA Cup Form	Twice exited Cup before 2nd Rd in last 3 years	Twice exited Cup before 2nd Rd in last 3 years
Notes	KO: Saturday 3.0pm	Won 7-6 on pens after 0-0 draw 11 years ago

Tie No. 38	Lincoln City	Bowers and Pitsea
League Status	EFL 1	Isthmian League Premier
Level	3	7
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	Round 1
FA Cup Form	Went beyond 1st Rd three times in last five seasons	First time appearing in 1st Rd in 18th campaign
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 39	Port Vale	Accrington Stanley
League Status	EFL 2	EFL 1
Level	4	3
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Went beyond 1st Rd four times in last six seasons	Looking to avoid 3rd successive Rd 1 exit
Notes	Won 1-0 in 2010/11	KO: Saturday 3.0pm

Tie No. 40	Gateshead	Altrincham
League Status	National League North	National League
Level	6	5
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond 1st Rd four years ago	Just once went beyond 1st Rd in last five years
Notes	Won 2-0 in 2010/11	Participating in FA Cup in 100th time. KO: Saturday 3.0pm