Rugby
Town have been given a home draw in
the FA Cup with Budweiser with Gornal
Athletic or Shifnal Town set to visit
Butlin Road in the Preliminary Qualifying
Round.
By
RUGBYTOWNFC.COM
Gornal
and Shifnal play in the Extra Preliminary
Round with Valley waiting in the next
round.
Gornal
are based in Dudley and last season
finished second in the West Midlands
(Regional) League Premier two places
above Wednesfield, who shocked Valley
in the First Qualifying Round last
season.
Last
year, Rugby overcame Atherstone Town
in the Preliminary Qualifying Round
with a 3-0 win in a replay at Sheepy
Road.
Meanwhile
Shropshire-based side Shifnal Town
are also members of the West Midlands
(Regional) League Premier and finished
ninth last season.
Both
Shifnal and Gornal are two steps below
Rugby in the non-league pyramid.
Valley
could face Kidsgrove, Atherstone or
Cadbury Athletic in the First Qualifying
Round should they progress.
Rugby
have made a couple of forays as far
as the Third Qualifying Rounds in
the last five seasons before suffering
unfortunate defeats to Chelmsford
City & most recently Bishop's
Stortford in 2008.
Valley
last reached the FA Cup First Round
proper back in 1993-4 nearly 18 years
ago while Rugby's best FA Cup record
came in 1987-88 and 1992-93 when they
reached the Second Round Proper.
Meanwhile
in the FA Carlsberg Trophy, Valley
face Sutton Coldfield
in the Preliminary Qualifying Round.
Rugby
won through to the Second Qualifying
Round iin the Trophy last season after
wins against Leighton Town and Hemel
Hempstead Town before losing out to
NPL Premier side Stocksbridge Park
Steels in the last minute.
The
winner of that game will travel to
Evo-Stik League Southern Division
One Central newcomers St Neots Town.
The
FA Cup game will take place on Saturday
3rd September 2011 at Butlin Road
while the FA Trophy game against Leighton
is scheduled for Saturday 8th October
2011.
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