Eastbourne Borough land plum FA Cup tie at home to Blackpool

Eastbourne Borough will host League One Blackpool in the first round of the FA Cup.
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup has been madeThe draw for the first round of the FA Cup has been made
The draw for the first round of the FA Cup has been made

Borough won through to the first round by battling through three qualifying stages - beating Dorking Wanderers, Sheppey and Dulwich Hamlet.

They will be delighted to have landed a Football League club at home and will hope to earn some extra money by it being picked for live TV coverage.

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Blackpool, who won the Cup in the 1953 are currently 17th in League One

The downside of course is that no fans will be allowed into watch - and it has been announced this evening that even clubs at step three level and below, who have been allowed fans in all season so far, will not be allowed ANY in even if they are at home in the Cup.

Crawley, like all clubs in League One and League Two, enter at the first round stage and they will visit Totquay United. Torquay are currently riding high in second place in the National League so it will be a stiff test for John Yems' side.

The first round will be played over the weekend of November 6-9 with a number of ties due to be selected for live TV coverage.

Winners of first round ties will pick up £22,629, a decent sum but less than the £36,000 prize pot at the same stage last season.