Love the graphics, hate the Budweiser. Great old trophy, shame about those ribbons. But don’t you just like the lies.

a) Budweiser is supposed to be a beer.
b) They have tickets for 1st round matches - they don’t apart from the Alfreton Town v. Carlisle United tie and who would have thought that.
c) the FA Cup starts in November - there has already been 5 preliminary rounds before this starting in August.
d) This pic was taken from the Skysports website the actual coverage is on ESPN and ITV.

Blyth Spartans lost 0-2 to near neighbours Gateshead. This is after seeing them draw 0-0 at Droylsden in the earlier round. Gutted.