City host Brighton in FA CUP 1st Round

By Nathan Jackson
October 25 2003

City have been handed possibly the toughest team in the FA Cup 1st Round, the Imps were first "out of the hat" and were given a very tough home tie against Brighton and Hove Albion.

City will being a trail of a very unlikely return to Cardiff at home to Brighton and Hove Albion. It was a good draw for all other Lincolnshire teams though as for the first time in a long time, 6 teams from Lincolnshire are in the first round.

Full FA Cup First Round draw:

Lincoln v Brighton
Peterborough v Hereford
Oldham v Carlisle
Cheltenham v Hull City
Yeovil v Wrexham
Macclesfield v Boston United
Grays or Margate v Aldershot
Scarborough v Doncaster Rovers
Barnet v Stalybridge Celtic
Blackpool v Boreham Wood
Wycombe v Swindon
Lancaster City v Cambridge United
East Thurrock or Woking v Histon
Bournemouth v Bristol Rovers
Eastbourne or Stevenage v Stockport County
Grantham v Leyton Orient
Thurrock v Luton
Northampton v Plymouth
Tranmere v Chesterfield
Hornchurch v Darlington
Scunthorpe v Shrewsbury
Torquay v Burton
Accrington Stanley v Huddersfield
Grimsby Town v QPR
Notts County v Shildon
Brentford v Farsley Celtic or Gainsborough
Kidderminster v Northwich or Halifax
Southend v Mangotsfield or Canvey Island
York City v Barnsley
Port Vale v Ford United
Mansfield Town v Bishop Stortford
Sheffield Wednesday v Salisbury City
Farnborough v Weston Super Mare
Chester City v Exeter City or Gravesend
Telford or Tamworth v Crawley Town
Colchester v Oxford United
Bradford Park Avenue v Bristol City
Bury v Rochdale
Swansea v Rushden & Diamonds
Hartlepool v Bromsgrove or Whitby