Blades Draw Colchester in Cup

Sheffield United has drawn fellow League One side Colchester United in the First Round Proper of the FA Cup. The Blades will travel to Colchester, expectedly to be played on Saturday, 9th November 2013 after the cup draw was made moments ago by former Liverpool boss Gerard Houlier and ex-Arsenal defender Ray Parlour. It will be the third time that the two United’s of Sheffield and Colchester have come face to face with one another – both games were played at Bramall Lane and each has a victory under their name. The draw in Full is as follows: Morcambe v Southend United Walsall v Shrewsbury Town Boreham Wood v Carlisle United St Albans City v Mansfield Town MK Dons v FC Halifax Town Bristol Rovers v York City Tamworth v Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United Bury v Cambridge United Corby Town v Dover Athletic Colchester United v Sheffield United Oxford United v Gateshead Hartlepool United V Nott’s County Wrexham v Alfreton Town Chesterfield v Daventry Town Bristol City v Dagenham & Redbridge AFC Wimbledon v Coventry City Preston North End v Barnet Bishop’s Shortford v Northampton Town Burton Albion v Hereford United Rotherham United v Bradford City Gillingham v Brackley Town or Barrow Sailsbury City v Ebbsfleet United or Dartford Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers Brentford v Staines Town or Poole Town Stevenage v Portsmouth Shortwood United or Aldershot Town v Port Vale Leyton Orient v Southport Peterborough United v Exeter City Leyton Orient v Plymouth Argyle Torquay United v Rochdale Braintree Town v Newport County Oldham Athletic v Lincoln City or Worcester City Bradford PA or Kidderminster Harriers v Hemel Hempstead Town or Sutton United Hednesford United v Crawley Town Stourbridge v Biggleswade Town Welling United v Luton Town Macclesfield Town v Swindon Town Wycombe Wanderers v Crewe Alexandra Gloucester City v Fleewood Town  Ties to be played on the weekend of Saturday, 9th November 2013. Source: Blades-Mad

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