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FA Cup first round draw: Bracknell Town host Ipswich, Hereford face Portsmouth

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A Liverpool player with the FA Cup trophy.
The road to Wembley begins in earnest with the first round, with games to be played between 4-7 November. Photograph: Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images

Two former FA Cup winners face potentially tricky trips to non-league opposition after the first round draw was made on Monday. Ipswich Town, currently second in League One, will travel to face Bracknell Town of the Southern League Premier South. Portsmouth, the winners in 2008, go to National League North side Hereford FC.

The lowest-ranked side in the first round, seventh-tier Alvechurch, will travel to League One side Cheltenham Town. “We’re excited. It’s not a million miles away from here so hopefully the fans will follow us down,” the Southern League Premier Central side’s manager, Ian Long, told BBC One after the draw. Coalville Town and Needham Market, who play in the same division, will visit Charlton and Burton respectively.

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