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October 30, 2024

2024-25 FA Cup, 1st Round Proper: location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances./+ The two clubs making their debut in the FA Cup 1st Round: Harborough Town, and Rushall Olympic.

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2024-25 FA Cup, 1st Round Proper: location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances




By Bill Turianski on the 30th of October 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2024-25 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.

The FA Cup – the oldest football tournament in the world – begins its 144th edition on Friday the 2nd of November 2024. The number of teams entered has increased from 732 to 745, and the growth of the 9th tier is the reason for the increase. The lowest-placed team to make it to the 1st Round this year is Hednesford Town (of south Staffordshire), who are in the 8th tier, in the Northern Premier League D1-West, and who are currently drawing an impressive 1,265 per-game (in home league matches).

Televised matches are: Friday, Tamworth (5) v Huddersfield Town (3). Saturday, Northampton Town (3) v Kettering Town (7). Sunday, Sutton United (5) v Birmingham City (3). Sunday late, Harrogate Town (4) v Wrexham (3). Monday, Chesham United (6) v Lincoln City (3).

2024-25: FA Cup 1st Round debut for Harborough Town (a 7th-tier side from Leicestershire in the East Midlands)…
Harborough Town will face 6th-tier side Tonbridge Angels (of Kent), away, on 2 November, 3 pm Greenwich Time. In the 4th qualifying round, Harborough Town beat Bury in front of a sell-out 1,600-crowd at their Bowden Park (aka the Bee Hive). The winner was scored by Leicester-born Ben Stephens from the penalty spot. Harborough are currently [30 Oct 2024] in 16th place in the Southern Premier Central, 2 pts above the relegation zone. They are drawing 365 per game (which is the lowest average attendance of all the teams which have qualified for the FA Cup 1st round this year).

-Harborough’s ‘anti-football’ heroes create Cup buzz (by Pat Grunhil at bbc.com/sport/football).

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Photo credits above – footballgroundmap.com/photos/bowden-park/harborough-tow. Mitch Austin (manager), photo by RB Images via bbc.com/sport/football. harboroughtownfc.org.



2024-25: FA Cup 1st Round debut for Rushall Olympic (a 6th-tier side from Walsall in the West Midlands)…
Rushall Olympic will host EFL League Two (4th-division) side Accrington Stanley (of Lancashire), at Dales Lane in Rushall, on 2 November, 3 pm Greenwich Time. In the 4th qualifying round, Rushall Olympic held fellow 6th-tier side Peterborough Sports to a 1-1 draw, in front of 886 at Rushall’s Dales Lane. In the re-play, Rushall Olympic beat Peterborough Sports 0-0/5-4 on penalties. Rushall Olympic, in just their second-ever season in the 6th tier, are currently [30 Oct 2024] in the relegation zone in the National League North, 3 points below safety. Rushall are drawing 474 per game (which is the second-lowest average attendance of all the teams which have qualified for the FA Cup 1st round this year).

-‘Village club’ Rushall relish Accrington cup date (bbc.com/sport/football).

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Photo credits above – Kafuffle at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DalesLane.jpg. Adam Stevens (manager), image from video uploaded by Rushall Olympic FC at youtube.com. Aerial drone shot of Dales Lane from rofc.co.uk/news. rofc.co.uk/gallery [12-10-'24 FA Cup 4th qualifying round v Peterborough Sports].
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-Soccerway (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th, 7th and 8th levels).

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