Portsmouth handed trip to Chesterfield in FA Cup first round

Portsmouth handed trip to Chesterfield in FA Cup

League One leaders Portsmouth have been handed a trip to Chesterfield in the first round of the FA Cup.

Pompey - winners of the competition in 2008 and who are currently top of the third tier - will travel to the National League frontrunners who are managed by their former boss Paul Cook.

Oxford United, who sit just a point adrift of Portsmouth in League One, will face National League side Maidenhead United, while Derby County have been provided with a visit to Crewe Alexandra.

Wigan Athletic, the 2013 winners, will square off against fellow League One side Exeter City, with Bolton Wanderers playing host to Solihull Moors.

Reading have been handed a showdown with MK Dons, while Peterborough United will go up against Salford City at London Road.

Billericay Town or Sheppey United will play host to League Two club Walsall, and Cray Valley Paper Mills have been handed a dream tie to Charlton Athletic.

Mansfield Town and Wrexham, who sit in third and fifth in League Two, will also meet at Field Mill.

First-round draw in full

Curzon Ashton vs. Aveley or Barnet Alfreton Town vs. Worthing Chesterfield vs. Portsmouth Bolton Wanderers vs. Solihull Moors Exeter City vs. Wigan Athletic Leyton Orient vs. Carlisle United Kidderminster Harriers vs. Fleetwood Town Hereford vs. Gillingham Ebbsfleet United or Slough Town vs. Grimsby Town Charlton Athletic vs. Cray Valley Oxford United vs. Maidenhead United Newport County vs. Oldham Athletic Swindon Town vs. Aldershot Town Crewe Alexandra vs. Derby County Mansfield Town vs. Wrexham Marine vs. Harrogate Town Barnsley vs. Horsham Port Vale vs. Burton Albion Peterborough United vs. Salford City Eastleigh vs. Boreham Wood Bradford City vs. Wycombe Wanderers Billericay Town or Sheppey United vs. Walsall Shrewsbury Town vs. Colchester United Bristol Rovers vs. Chelmsford City or Whitby Town Lincoln City vs. Morecambe Sutton United vs. AFC Fylde Reading vs. Milton Keynes Dons Doncaster Rovers vs. Accrington Stanley Chester vs. York City or Needham Market Scarborough Athletic or Oxford City vs. Forest Green Rovers Notts County vs. Crawley Town Stockport County vs. Worksop Yeovil Town vs. Gateshead Stevenage vs. Tranmere Rovers Braintree Town or Chesham United vs. Maidstone United Bromley vs. Blackpool AFC Wimbledon vs. Cheltenham Town Cambridge United vs. Bracknell Town Northampton Town vs. Barrow Ramsgate vs. Hemel Hempstead or Woking

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