Typical!

By Matt Lawton
October 26 2003

Yesterday's draw for the FA Cup First Round summed up the luck that RMI have been suffering all season, with RMI's FA Cup conquerors Accrington Stanley getting a plum draw.

Stanley have been drawn at home to Third Division side Huddersfield Town, second only in size to Hull City in terms of attendances in the Third Division, with the former First Division outfit set to take thousands of supporters across the Pennines when they face Accrington in November.

Huddersfield command a suprisingly healthy support in the Leigh area so it would've been the perfect money-spinning draw for RMI should they have beaten Stanley.

FA Cup draw in full:

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