F.A.Cup 4th Qualifying Round

The F.A.Cup results stolen from Flashscore are below:

I will analyse the interesting scores after you read out line by line .....

	5.10. 15:00	Finished	Alfreton	2 - 2	Gateshead
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Altrincham	3 - 1	Matlock
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Barrow	2 - 1	Tranmere
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Beaconsfield	0 - 5	Brackley
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Boreham Wood	3 - 0	Hendon	(1 - 0)
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Braintree	4 - 2	Bromley
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Burgess Hill	0 - 5	Dover Ath.
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Chesham	1 - 0	Potters
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Dagenham & Red.	3 - 1	Wealdstone
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Eastleigh	6 - 0	North Leigh
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Egham	0 - 1	St. Albans
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Harrogate	0 - 2	Halifax	(0 - 0)
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Harrow	2 - 2	Margate
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Kidderminster	6 - 0	Weymouth
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Lincoln City	0 - 0	Guiseley	(0 - 0)
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Lincoln Utd.	0 - 3	Spennymoor
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Maidstone	3 - 1	Billericay
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Merstham	2 - 1	Ebbsfleet
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Nantwich	1 - 3	Stourbridge
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	North Ferriby	1 - 4	Macclesfield
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Solihull	3 - 1	Kettering
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Southport	1 - 0	Chester
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Stamford	1 - 1	Wrexham
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Stockport	2 - 0	Bishop Auckland
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Sutton	2 - 1	Forest Green
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Taunton	0 - 0	Hemel
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Tonbridge	0 - 3	Dartford	(0 - 1)
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Torquay	1 - 1	Woking
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Welling	0 - 1	Whitehawk
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	Westfields	2 - 1	Leiston
	15.10. 15:00	Finished	York	1 - 1	Curzon

So ,,,, my thoughts are .....

It is good to see Braintree progress since they lost last season's manager to Lincoln.

Dover Athletic were the other minnow vying for promotion last season.

My Weymouth selection got battered away at Kidderminster.

North Ferriby got beaten at home by Macclesfield.

Forest Green are now free to concentrate on the league.

Taunton live on into the first round draw but have to go to a replay against Hemel Hempstead.

There is so much more I could say and I am sure you want to hear it but real life is calling.

Today - Saturday 15th October

I have just listened to the Arsenal TV broadcast as my main team struggled to hold on to a 3-2 lead. It sounds as if Swansea, if they had had a good finisher, would have won the match by several goals. This may be the natural pessimism of football supporters (the match is commentated on by fans) so I shall watch the match later on to determine whether the opinions of the commentators were accurate.

Brighton were at home in the Falmer Stadium taking on Preston North End (whatever happened to Preston Central and Preston South?) and the match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Southend United were also at home and beat Chesterfield 1-0 at Roots Hall.

Exeter City continued a trend which has seen their best results coming away from home. If I were them I would agree to play all matches away. Travelling to Barnet they managed a convincing 4-1 away win which will help to ease their relegation fears.

North Ferriby United were in the F.A.Cup fourth qualifying round so I will leave them until my F.A.Cup review. It does mean that the draw for the first round proper is imminent.

Weston-super-Mare travelled to East Thurrock and got completely stuffed 5-1.

Weymouth are another team that played in the F.A.Cup so you can wait for their result as well.

Tiverton Town beat AFC Totton in the Southern League South & West.

Bridport were taking on Odd Down in a cup match today and I can find no trace of the result on the internet. Such are the problems the lower down the chain that you go.

Exmouth Town were not playing a league match and I can find no mention of a cup match so I have to presume that they were having valuable rest time.

Now I can look at the F.A.Cup. A tournament I do enjoy as the different levels take each other on.