FA Cup Draw Takes Place As National League Clubs Enter

The fourth qualifying round takes place next month and things are really getting serious.

Teams are just 90 minutes away from a potential money-spinner with a League One or League Two club - and then who knows what as the competition gathers pace.

Three-time semi-finalists Oldham Athletic take on FC Halifax Town while Gateshead have a tricky test at either Hednesford or Shifnal Town.

Sutton United take on fellow Surrey side Chertsey Town as Slough Town and Woking were drawn together.

Headline makers of previous years are in still in. Boreham Wood face Carshalton Athletic while Kidderminster Harriers meet Guiseley, who flattered Scunthrope on Saturday, if they beat Buxton in a replay.

Maidstone United - who were one game away from the quarter-finals last year - have a hame game against Ebbsfleet United.

Tamworth welcome Robbie Savage's Macclesfield while Altrincham meet Solihull Moors and Southend United go to Eastleigh.

Matches will take place on Saturday 12 October, with the right to play in the first round which beings in early November.

Fourth round qualifying winners earn £9,375 from the prize pot, with defeated sides banking a £3,125 cheque.

The draw in full:
Rushall O v Royston or Peterborough S
Tamworth v Macclesfield Town
Oldham Athletic v FC Halifax Town
Hartlepool United v Brackley Town
Farsley Celtic v Kettering Town
Altrincham v Solihull Moors
AFC Fylde v Rochdale
Scarborough A v Stockton or Chester
Biggleswade v York City
Harborough Town v Bury
Curzon Ashton v Worksop or Kings Lynn
Gainsborough Trinity v Boston United
Shifnal or Hednesford v Gateshead
Biggleswade or Alfreton v Spennymoor
Buxton or Kidderminster H v Guiseley
Taunton Town v Maidenhead United
Margate or Horsham v Gorleston
Aldershot Town v Bath City
Eastleigh v Southend United
Chertsey Town v Sutton United
Boreham Wood v Carshalton Athletic
Haringey or Lowestoft v Chippenham or Weston
Wealdstone v Gosport Borough
Leiston or Hornchurch v Dagenham & Redbridge
Barnet v Chelmsford City
Bishop’s Cleeve or Chesham United v Yeovil Town
Cray Wanderers v Tonbridge Angels
Woking v Slough Town
Forest Green v Winchester or Weymouth
Maidstone United v Ebbsfleet United
Plymouth Parkway v Worthing
Braintree Town v Bishop's Stortford