Town Draw Exeter!
By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 31/10/2004
TOWN face a 600-mile round trip to Devon in two weeks time after having been drawn against Conference outfit Exeter City in the FA Cup First Round. The Grecians currently lie mid-table in the Conference, and were a Football League club until 2003.
Town have already been knocked out of one cup this season by non-league opposition, when Carlisle claimed their scalps in the LDV Trophy.
Grimsby last played a non-league side in the FA Cup in 1976 when they beat Droylesden after a replay. Their last defeat in the FA Cup by a team outside the Football League was the previous year when Gateshead Utd triumphed 3-1 at Blundell Park.
The full draw is as follows:
Tiverton v Doncaster
Wycombe v Liversedge/Coalville Town
Hull v Morecambe
Cheltenham v Swansea
Boston Utd v Hornchurch
Cambridge City v Leigh RMI
Southend v Luton
Mansfield v Colchester
Hayes v Wrexham
Yeading v Halesowen
Barnet v Bath City
Aldershot v Canvey Island
Blackpool v Tamworth
Billericay v Stevenage
Slough Town/Salisbury v Walsall
Darlington v Yeovil
Bury v Vauxhall Motors
Hinckley Utd/Burton Albion v Torquay
Worksop/Alfreton v Macclesfield
Scunthorpe v Chesterfield
Forest Green v Bournemouth
Stafford Rangers v Chester
Swindon v Sheff Wed
Bristol City v Brentford
Leyton Orient v Dag & Red
Southport v Hereford
Bristol Rovers v Carlisle
Exeter v Grimsby
Bradford v Rushden & D'monds
Peterborough v Tranmere
Notts County v Lymington/Woking
Milton Keynes Dons v Lancaster City/Scarborough
Thurrock v Oldham
Northampton v Barnsley
Histon v Shrewsbury
Hartlepool v Lincoln City
Rochdale v Oxford
Stockport v Huddersfield
Port Vale v Kidderminster
Halifax/Leek Town v Cambridge Utd
Matches to be played November 13th/14th
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