Shropshire Star

Haughmond handed tough Matlock Town FA Cup test

Haughmond have been drawn at home to Northern Premier Division side Matlock Town in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup.

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Matt Burton’s Midland Premier League team will need to overcome a side two steps above them to pick up £3,000 worth of prize money and a passage to the next round.

Market Drayton Town have also been drawn at home, but will need to overcome Sporting Khalsa in a replay at Greenfields tonight in order to meet Alvechurch in the next round.

The 72 teams from level seven of the English football pyramid – the top flights of the Northern Premier League, Southern League and Isthmian League – enter at this stage.

They’re joined by the 160 victors from the preliminary round, which was played out across the weekend, to set up the 116 ties to be played on Saturday, September 2.