FA Trophy Draw (away to Tranmere)

[xerxes]

This on the FA Website:

"Tranmere Rovers face the winners of the fifth-round replay between Chelmsford City and Barrow, while Braintree Town will entertain either Dulwich Hamlet or Macclesfield Town".

Only the three basic mistakes that I can see within a single sentence. Is this being posted by the NWEM on the FAs behalf I wonder?

No, the FA are quite capable of making gaffes like that without any assistance - I remember last season a similar mistake was made on their website.

Just to clarify, the first tie is actually Braintree Town/Dulwich Hamlet v Macclesfield, not Braintree Town v Dulwich Hamlet/Macclesfield as stated by saltcellar.

[Jonty]

Tough, but wiill give it more thought nearer the time.

[Jo am back]

Not a bad draw. Downside is that the Official site is so upto date it still has FGR highlites. OH well nothing chnges

Can you explain why it's a downside?

[Lancaster Branch]

Have we ever played Chelmsford before?

[saltcellar]

The Chelmsford v Tranmere replay is on Wednesday night.
I guess Tranmere aren't too happy about the replay but difficult to know how interested they'll be in that game?

They fielded a full strength team on Saturday John so must be taking it seriously.

[frankums]

Have we ever played Chelmsford before?

I can tell you it's another of "the only city in the country without a football team" candidates, along with Salford, Ely ...
Also, I do quite a bit of work around there. Pubs not up to much that I've seen.

[Lancaster Branch]

IIRC the football club changed its name to 'City' well before the town itself attained such status.

[JimmyCrabstick]

Have we ever played Chelmsford before?

I can tell you it's another of "the only city in the country without a football team" candidates, along with Salford, Ely ...
Also, I do quite a bit of work around there. Pubs not up to much that I've seen.

Salford have a team. They're called Salford City

[mightywhite]

The trivia is about league football clubs. Salford or Dudley I think are the biggest!

[Moribund]

Dudley is a town, and I always believed that Salford didn't count because they technically have Man United.
I once heard that it was Wakefield that was the biggest city never to have had a league team.

[Newbarnsblue]

I was under the impression that bath is the largest city without a football league team

[DaveP]

Dudley is a town, and I always believed that Salford didn't count because they technically have Man United.
I once heard that it was Wakefield that was the biggest city never to have had a league team.

Don't really understand the Salford comment.

1. Salford is a city in its own right
2. MCR United strictly play in Trafford not Manchester or Salford
3 Manchester City play in the city of Manchester

[Jim]

I was under the impression that bath is the largest city without a football league team

http://lovemytown.co.uk/footballteams/F ... Table6.asp

Population of Bath = 86,000

Possibly not 100% reliable info, eg Darlington (106,000) should be in that table above Stockport I think.

[Moribund]

Dudley is a town, and I always believed that Salford didn't count because they technically have Man United.
I once heard that it was Wakefield that was the biggest city never to have had a league team.

Don't really understand the Salford comment.

1. Salford is a city in its own right
2. MCR United strictly play in Trafford not Manchester or Salford
3 Manchester City play in the city of Manchester

I dunno, just what I was once told - just looked it up, and Salford is a town, while the City of Salford is the name of the Borough.
Knew there was a reason!

[HenneysKnee]

Tranmere not full strength tonight, hopefully Chelmsford can beat them