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The FA Cup is back this weekend for the first round proper with the magic of the cup allowing sides to dream of a run and a date at Wembley Stadium next year. Four-time winners Bolton are among nine former winners at this stage, including their opponents Huddersfield, with Cardiff, Blackpool, Wigan Athletic, Bradford, AFC Wimbledon, Barnsley and Notts County also involved. Maldon & Tiptree entered the first round as the lowest-ranked side in the competition with the Essex side top of the eighth-tier Isthmian League Division One North. There are 32 non-league teams still involved in the competition, with three of them as low down as the seventh tier, with Isthmian League Premier Division outfit Chatham Town back at this stage for the first time in 97 years. While Liam Atkinson is leading the race for the Mitre Golden Ball Award, having scored eight goals for Longridge Town. Here’s everything you need to know about the FA Cup second round proper draw: The draw for the FA Cup second round proper will take place on Monday 3 November and it gets underway at approximately 6.45pm GMT before Tamworth v Leyton Orient. You can watch the FA Cup second round proper draw live on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+, while the latter and TNT Sports YouTube offer a live stream, the draw will take place before the final tie of the first round proper between Tamworth and Leyton Orient. The second round proper will be played around the weekend of Saturday 6 December. 1. Weston Super Mare or Aldershot Town 2. Salford City or Lincoln City 3. Luton Town or Forest Green Rovers 4. Gainsborough Trinity or Accrington Stanley 5. Colchester United or Milton Keynes Dons 6. Tranmere Rovers or Stockport County 7. Wigan Athletic or Hemel Hempstead Town 8. Newport County or Gillingham 9. Cheltenham Town or Bradford City 10. Barnsley or York City 11. Reading or Carlisle United 12. Bromley or Bristol Rovers 13. Peterborough United or Cardiff City 14. Oldham Athletic or Northampton Town 15. Crewe Alexandra or Doncaster Rovers 16. Tamworth or Leyton Orient 17. Stevenage or Chesterfield 18. Boreham Wood or Crawley Town 19. Sutton United or AFC Telford United 20. Bolton Wanderers or Huddersfield Town 21. Chelmsford City or Braintree Town 22. Spennymoor Town or Barrow 23. Wycombe Wanderers or Plymouth Argyle 24. FC Halifax Town or Exeter City 25. Slough Town or Altrincham 26. Wealdstone or Southend United 27. Rotherham United or Swindon Town 28. Grimsby Town or Ebbsfleet United 29. Buxton or Chatham Town 30. Burton Albion or St Albans City 31. Brackley Town or Notts County 32. Blackpool or Scunthorpe United 33. Cambridge United or Chester 34. AFC Wimbledon or Gateshead 35. Mansfield Town or Harrogate Town 36. Macclesfield or AFC Totton 37. South Shields or Shrewsbury Town 38. Fleetwood Town or Barnet 39. Port Vale or Maldon & Tiptree 40. Eastleigh or Walsall
