Non-league minnows Arlesey Town to travel to Coventry City in FA Cup first round

Minnows draw Coventry in FA Cup

Southern League Premier Division outfit Arlesey Town have been handed a first-round tie away to 1987 winners Coventry City in the FA Cup.

Meanwhile, 2008 champions Portsmouth will host League One rivals Notts County.

Isthmian League side Metropolitan Police, who won 3-0 away at South Park in yesterday's fourth qualifying round, have been rewarded with a home tie against Crawley Town.

Bradford Park Avenue will travel to Doncaster Rovers.

First round draw in full: Kidderminster Harriers vs. Oldham Athletic Hayes & Yeading or Boreham Wood vs. Brentford Chelmsford City or East Thurrock vs. Colchester United Metropolitan Police vs. Crawley Town Luton Town vs. AFC Telford United or Nuneaton Town Portsmouth vs. Notts County Bishop's Stortford vs. Hastings United Fleetwood Town vs. Bromley Forest Green Rovers or Dartford vs. Port Vale Torquay United vs. Hyde or Harrogate T AFC Bournemouth vs. Dagenham & Redbridge Morecambe vs. Rochdale Swindon Town vs. Macclesfield Town Cambridge City vs. Milton Keynes Dons Cheltenham Town vs. Yate Town or Newport County Dorchester Town vs. Plymouth Argyle Coventry City vs. Arlesey Town York City vs. AFC Wimbledon Bury vs. Exeter City Chesterfield vs. Hartlepool United Doncaster Rovers vs. Bradford Park Avenue Gillingham vs. Scunthorpe United Aldershot Town vs. Hendon Lincoln City or FC Halifax Town vs. Walsall Wrexham vs. Alfreton Town Southend United vs. Stockport County Crewe Alexandra vs. Wycombe Wanderers Bristol Rovers vs. Sheffield United Hereford United vs. Shrewsbury Town Mansfield Town vs. Slough Town or Gosport Borough Barnet vs. Oxford United Rotherham United vs. Stevenage AFC Fylde or Ilkeston Town vs. Accrington Stanley Gloucester City vs. Leyton Orient Burton Albion vs. Altrincham Guiseley vs. Barrow Northampton Town vs. Bradford City Preston North End vs. Yeovil Town Braintree Town vs. Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United vs. Ebbsfleet United

The ties will be played over the weekend of November 3/4.

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