2021-22 FA Cup

Lowest rank non leaguers at home is the best possible draw.

They are doing replays this year, which I think is a bit surprising as I thought it worked well last season without them

I think there's no reason I don't see the non league season finishing properly to be honest considering how many people have now been double vaccinated plus hospital rates are nothing like they were a year ago.

Think replays should have been permanently done away with though, all they do nowadays is clog up the fixture schedule and having the games going to extra time straight away makes them more exciting and gives the underdog a better chance of progressing, as 9 times out of 10 the higher ranked team wins the replay. Plus imagine if say last season's game vs Torquay finished at full time without that dramatic extra time period?

Also if clubs are relying on the lottery of earning a replay against a larger club as a source of income then they really need to rethink their business model

The draw is on Sunday at around 1pm on ITV

Lets not also forget another Sussex club in this weekends 4th qualifying round - Hastings United.
Be great if we drew Horsham or Hastings in the 1st round proper!

If my memory serves me correctly and hopefully fellow forum fans can confirm - I think when we reached the 3rd round proper as a non-league team in the 91/92 season, we played Horsham away in the 4th qualifiyng round and drew 0-0, before winning the replay 3-0 at Town Mead that set us up for a home tie in the first round proper against league opposition in Northampton?

www.crawleytownfc.com/news/2021/october/reds-find-out-emirates-fa-cup-first-round-ball-number/ Crawley are Ball number 13

Correct, we beat Horsham after a replay, beat Northampton and then won at Hayes to set-up a third round tie at the Goldstone with Brighton.