FA Cup 4th Round Qualifying Draw

[Reading Rebel]

Will be held today on Talk Sport.

The draw is still regionalised.

Home draw against a lower division side should give us a decent chance of progressing to the next round.

[GlenSTFC]

11 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

Will be held today on Talk Sport.

The draw is still regionalised.

Home draw against a lower division side should give us a decent chance of progressing to the next round.

Famous last words! Remember there’s no easy game! But I’d certainly want to be drawn at home to give us the best chance.

[GlenSTFC]

Enfield have been placed in the northern section of today’s draw!!!

[Kaiser Gibbs Batman (KGB)]

17 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

Enfield have been placed in the northern section of today’s draw!!!

Reminds me of the story (possibly made-up) that Dover supporters once chanted, " You dirty Northern bastards!" at Woking.

[rebelbrewer]

Enfield at home

[sdelaney2308]

Slough v Enfield

[GlenSTFC]

I’m sure Enfield were in the northern section!

[The Crowing Cockerel]

5 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

I’m sure Enfield were in the northern section!

We were! The FA confirmed our victory and reallocated us just in the nick of time.

[GlenSTFC]

Just now, The Crowing Cockerel said:

We were! The FA confirmed our victory and reallocated us just in the nick of time.

The FA really are bunch of useless arses!

[grandad]

Isn't it Enfield Town? Enfield being a totally different club. 

[Reading Rebel]

The good news is it's a home tie.

A few weeks ago with our strongest 11 available we managed to scrape a draw scoring in the 97th minute of 5 minutes of time added on.

Needless to say a much improved performance from us will be needed if we are to progress.

 

 

Edited September 29, 2025 by Reading Rebel

[Curtis]

We really couldn’t expect a better opportunity than a home match against a club in the lower half at Step 2.

It’s winnable & a great chance to progress to the First Round proper.

[Twyford Rebel]

24 minutes ago, Curtis said:

We really couldn’t expect a better opportunity than a home match against a club in the lower half at Step 2.

It’s winnable & a great chance to progress to the First Round proper.

Agreed, it definately could have been far, far worse! There were quite a lot of big names in that draw.

[Reading Rebel]

Being at home obviously provides a good opportunity to progress.

Them being a lower half side probably means very little as they are above us on goal difference and we still have injury problems to key players.

In the recent 1-1 draw Scott said he got our first half tactics wrong so getting it right this time along with a defender coming back to bolster our defence could be the deciding factors on the outcome of the game.

[Reading Rebel]

The two FA Cup televised games will be:

Worthing v Forest Green Rovers

Farnham Town v Sutton

[GlenSTFC]

11 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

The two FA Cup televised games will be:

Worthing v Forest Green Rovers

Farnham Town v Sutton

Is this the first time a 4thQ tie has been fully televised?

[GlenSTFC]

Surprised we haven’t started selling tickets or advertising our match yet? Seems like a lost opportunity to get into the heads of the casual fan especially as it’s an international break weekend (with plenty of other non league matches to choose from).

Edited October 2, 2025 by GlenSTFC
Fat fingers plus numptyness = Mistakes will be made…

[Curtis]

Probably segregation plans to be made first.

[Reading Rebel]

4 hours ago, Curtis said:

Probably segregation plans to be made first.

I reckon same again except if it's bad weather give Enfield a corner behind a goal.

Edited October 3, 2025 by Reading Rebel

[GlenSTFC]

21 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I reckon same again except if bad weather give Enfield a corner behind a goal.

Seems obvious and fair to give any team when segregated, either half or all of the Berkeley, the remained of the flat standing plus upto half of behind the goal. This way the club and their fans can’t moan about not having enough space or cover.