(27 Oct 2014, 7:38 pm)Andreos1 wrote Haha, our fingers must have been poised!Basingstoke are Conference South and Harrow are Isthmian League Premier Division, 1 Step higher than Spenny...Get past Telford and I would fancy there chances of progressing...
Hopefully Shildon and Spenny both get through their replays.
Looking at the positives - Basingstoke and Harrow aren't the biggest of teams.
Didn't even realise Basingstoke had a team, despite working in the area a number of times!
If Spenny can force a replay and get them back up here, I fancy their chances of getting into the second round (Basingstoke in level 6 and Harrow level 7), cos Spenny in November isn't the nicest place in the world!
Excellent chance for the Northern League players to show their talents!
I will take Gateshead to progress, but Shildon or Norton Utd will be up for it In a big way, if it is Shildon, I can see the interest being quite high purely based on locality...Again if, and it is a big if at this point, then I would like Shildon to force a replay, it could potentially set them up financially for a while.
Only other stand out games are
Worcester v Coventry...Something of a Local Derby
Portsmouth v Aldershot...I once heard someone refer to games between these two as The Armed Forces Derby(Pompey being a Naval Base and Aldershot being an Army Town)
Hartlepool v East Thurrock United...Hartlepool are utter shite at the moment