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Dorking Wanderers enter the Trophy in Round 2 proper (along with all other step 2 sides), and the draw for it is on Monday
If the format follows as per last season then the region we would be in for Round 2 will be a pretty huge one across the whole of the South
This would potentially mean facing one of the long list of teams below:
Sittingbourne or Cray Valley PM
Real Bedford or Ashford United
Brentwood Town or Welling United
Leatherhead or Canvey Island
AFC Sudbury or Leiston
Wingate & Finchley or Cheshunt
Stanway Rovers or Harrow Borough
Tilbury or Hadley
Waltham Abbey or Chatham Town
Billericay Town or Bishop's Stortford
St Albans City or Hanwell Town
Burgess Hill Town or Folkestone Invicta
Walton & Hersham or Hendon
Bracknell Town or Banbury United
Basingstoke Town or Dorchester Town
Plymouth Parkway or Poole Town
Wimbourne Town or AFC Portchester
Gloucester City or Havant & Waterlooville
Farnham Town or Bishop's Cleeve
PLUS the whole of the National League South(24)
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
Also very tempted to sack it off and go elsewhere, what an uninspiring draw on a completely free weekend when even a nice visit Devon or Cornwall wouldn't have been too much trouble.
Second year running at home against them in this exact round of the Trophy too - remember the Prior 'Panenka' in the shoot out then Marc and Co. legging it to America for a 3 day 'trip' (I'm trying to describe that USA visit politely!)
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
The home draw means 6 of our next 8 games are at Meadowbank! Two of those being against Eastbourne.
Also means we face Tommy Widdrington in back to back cup games...
@dorking-eagle Haha yea I know - am always away or something...
FFS - might be a hard sell that one! Still, at least we're at home and it's winnable...
Maidstone fans on social media are REALLY moaning about getting Torquay away (for the second season running too). Apparently last season the Trophy game was a consecutive weekend to their league game there
Would have been happy with that myself, but I do totally get that repetition can get tedious!
I know it's a different statosphere, but in the Champions League, coming in NEXT season, any fixture between the same two teams can not be repeated for three consecutive seasons. There is a catch – it will only count where the same team is at home.
Nevertheless, what a good rule.
"Why would I leave to join a League Two club? We're going there anyway!" - Marc White
@steve1966 Last year, Eastbourne were a top 3 side. At least this year they are second bottom although they are obviously a better side than the positon suggests.
@steve1966 Last year, Eastbourne were a top 3 side. At least this year they are second bottom although they are obviously a better side than the positon suggests.
I am not sure, I saw them against Horsham in early September and they were awful.
So annoying getting the same team 2 seasons running. Haven’t decided if I’m going as yet as we have so many home games coming up.
