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[Sale Holmfield]

This would have been a great game for me in the nineties (or in the eighties when I lived on the south coast myself), as my uncle lived in Havant, and I used to stay over when we played Farnborough Town. In fact, his house was adjacent to their former ground at Front Lawn - they might have been Havant Town then, prior to their merger with Waterlooville - and I have seen a Sunday league game there, after they had moved out, when I stayed for a weekend and my uncle and auntie probably wanted me out of the house. Sadly, they had both died by 2001.

 I have never been inside the current ground, which they have been able to develop as it's further away from any houses, although I have seen it from outside. However we have had a meeting, sort of, with Havant and Waterlooville before, as some of us took part in a quiz competition organised by Tony Williams of Team Talk magazine and the Non-League Directory in which we were drawn against them in 2004. Unfortunately, they beat us as I couldn't remember Nuneaton Borough's colours, and a ringer in our team thought that Moss Lane was the home ground of Macclesfield Town! 

We obviously can't attend as Havant's in  tier 4 (somebody had told me Waterlooville is in tier 2, which would be funny, but, apparently is incorrect), but this must be one of the ties of the round with both clubs in good form. Boston United v Chesterfield looks interesting too, although I have to wonder how seriously Chesterfield will take it.

Yep. Waterlooville is within Havant Borough which is in Tier 4. Just up the road from me. Would have been a great draw for me at any other time.

Yes, it would have been great for me too in the last century!
I notice Havant and Waterlooville's match tonight at Welling and their next two have been postponed because of covid. Better now than next month from our point of view,

[HashtagAlty]

This would have been a great game for me in the nineties (or in the eighties when I lived on the south coast myself), as my uncle lived in Havant, and I used to stay over when we played Farnborough Town. In fact, his house was adjacent to their former ground at Front Lawn - they might have been Havant Town then, prior to their merger with Waterlooville - and I have seen a Sunday league game there, after they had moved out, when I stayed for a weekend and my uncle and auntie probably wanted me out of the house. Sadly, they had both died by 2001.

 I have never been inside the current ground, which they have been able to develop as it's further away from any houses, although I have seen it from outside. However we have had a meeting, sort of, with Havant and Waterlooville before, as some of us took part in a quiz competition organised by Tony Williams of Team Talk magazine and the Non-League Directory in which we were drawn against them in 2004. Unfortunately, they beat us as I couldn't remember Nuneaton Borough's colours, and a ringer in our team thought that Moss Lane was the home ground of Macclesfield Town! 

We obviously can't attend as Havant's in  tier 4 (somebody had told me Waterlooville is in tier 2, which would be funny, but, apparently is incorrect), but this must be one of the ties of the round with both clubs in good form. Boston United v Chesterfield looks interesting too, although I have to wonder how seriously Chesterfield will take it.

Yep. Waterlooville is within Havant Borough which is in Tier 4. Just up the road from me. Would have been a great draw for me at any other time.

Yes, it would have been great for me too in the last century!
I notice Havant and Waterlooville's match tonight at Welling and their next two have been postponed because of covid. Better now than next month from our point of view,

Are replays for covid allowed? they were only introduced in the FA Cup proper rounds.

[rorysgrandad]

This would have been a great game for me in the nineties (or in the eighties when I lived on the south coast myself), as my uncle lived in Havant, and I used to stay over when we played Farnborough Town. In fact, his house was adjacent to their former ground at Front Lawn - they might have been Havant Town then, prior to their merger with Waterlooville - and I have seen a Sunday league game there, after they had moved out, when I stayed for a weekend and my uncle and auntie probably wanted me out of the house. Sadly, they had both died by 2001.

 I have never been inside the current ground, which they have been able to develop as it's further away from any houses, although I have seen it from outside. However we have had a meeting, sort of, with Havant and Waterlooville before, as some of us took part in a quiz competition organised by Tony Williams of Team Talk magazine and the Non-League Directory in which we were drawn against them in 2004. Unfortunately, they beat us as I couldn't remember Nuneaton Borough's colours, and a ringer in our team thought that Moss Lane was the home ground of Macclesfield Town! 

We obviously can't attend as Havant's in  tier 4 (somebody had told me Waterlooville is in tier 2, which would be funny, but, apparently is incorrect), but this must be one of the ties of the round with both clubs in good form. Boston United v Chesterfield looks interesting too, although I have to wonder how seriously Chesterfield will take it.

Yep. Waterlooville is within Havant Borough which is in Tier 4. Just up the road from me. Would have been a great draw for me at any other time.

Yes, it would have been great for me too in the last century!
I notice Havant and Waterlooville's match tonight at Welling and their next two have been postponed because of covid. Better now than next month from our point of view,

Haven't some clubs already scratched from cup competitions because they couldn't fulfil the fixture due to covid requirements?

[ManagementGuru]

Yes - for example Notts County scratched from the FA Cup

[Sale Holmfield]

This week in the Trophy,  Yeovil Town,as reported on the Alty Files website, have withdrawn, and so have Truro City, even though they were in Tier One at the time, following Covid tests (but before results in the former case).

Frome Town have been expelled following their refusal as a non-elite club to travel to Maidstone United in Tier Four. They say, correctly, that non-elite clubs in Tier Four are  not allowed to play, but the FA said they should behave as an elite club. That's going to be  a bit of a problem in the Trophy which is still made up of a mix of elite and non-elite clubs.

[CRT Butty]

This week in the Trophy,  Yeovil Town,as reported on the Alty Files website, have withdrawn, and so have Truro City, even though they were in Tier One at the time, following Covid tests (but before results in the former case).

Frome Town have been expelled following their refusal as a non-elite club to travel to Maidstone United in Tier Four. They say, correctly, that non-elite clubs in Tier Four are  not allowed to play, but the FA said they should behave as an elite club. That's going to be  a bit of a problem in the Trophy which is still made up of a mix of elite and non-elite clubs.

The fa will need to get its head out of its arse.

[hsmith1]

kicking clubs out for covid is not fair at all

[rorysgrandad]

kicking clubs out for covid is not fair at all

I suppose cup competitions have a problem the leagues don’t. If a league fixture is called off it can be rearranged for months later. If a cup game is postponed there’s a much shorter time to rearrange it, i.e. before the next round is due to be played. Complications set in where club A delays the cup competition and just as they have isolated for the required time club B falls foul of covid and need to start isolation. Then club C etc.etc.
I do feel sympathy for clubs who have to scratch from cups. I’d be mortified in Alty had to forego a chance of glory in this years trophy because of covid and not because they lost fair and square.

[Sale Holmfield]

Yeovil have had their results now, and they were negative, so they can play league games again now. However, they remain removed from the Trophy.

[One Foot in the Grave]

This week in the Trophy,  Yeovil Town,as reported on the Alty Files website, have withdrawn, and so have Truro City, even though they were in Tier One at the time, following Covid tests (but before results in the former case).

Frome Town have been expelled following their refusal as a non-elite club to travel to Maidstone United in Tier Four. They say, correctly, that non-elite clubs in Tier Four are  not allowed to play, but the FA said they should behave as an elite club. That's going to be  a bit of a problem in the Trophy which is still made up of a mix of elite and non-elite clubs.

The fa will need to get its head out of its arse.

Could one find such a very small head in such an enormous arse ?