Barnsley and Bradford given home advantage

THE two Yorkshire sides already through to the FA Cup second round will fancy their chances of progressing further after being drawn at home to non-League opposition.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Nov 2014, 01:01 BST
Doncaster Rovers will visit manager Paul Dickov's former club Oldham if they beat Weston-super-Mare.Doncaster Rovers will visit manager Paul Dickov's former club Oldham if they beat Weston-super-Mare.
Doncaster Rovers will visit manager Paul Dickov's former club Oldham if they beat Weston-super-Mare.

Barnsley, comfortable victors over Burton Albion on their return to the first round after an eight-year absence, will host Chester at Oakwell, while Bradford City take on another Conference outfit in Dartford.

Sheffield United, providing they can see off Crewe in next week’s replay, will also be at home in round two with Plymouth 
Argyle set to face the victors.

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Another White Rose club facing a replay are York City. If the Minstermen can get past AFC Wimbledon they will travel to Wycombe Wanderers on the weekend of December 6-7.

Completing the list of five Yorkshire sides in last night’s second-round draw were Doncaster Rovers, whose first-round tie at Weston-super-Mare was controversially postponed just 21 minutes before kick-off on Saturday.

It has been rearranged for Tuesday, November 18 and the winners will travel to League One side Oldham in the second round.

Should Rovers get through, it will be a return to the club he used to manage for Paul Dickov.

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The Scot will be keen to negotiate the potentially tricky trip to Conference South outfit Weston-super-Mare without need of a replay as his side is already facing something of a fixture backlog. Due to the first-round tie falling victim to the weather, Rovers’ scheduled Johnstone’s Paint Trophy third-round tie at home to Notts County a week tonight has been put back to Tuesday, December 9.

The tie, which will be brought forward three days if Rovers and Sean Derry’s men are out of the Cup, had already been moved back from tonight due to the Magpies being in Cup action on Sunday against Accrington Stanley.

FA Cup
Second Round draw

Oxford Utd v Tranmere, Bury v Luton, Wrexham v Stevenage/ Maidstone Utd, Scunthorpe v Worcester, Colchester v Peterborough, Wycombe v York/ AFC Wimbledon, Notts County/ Accrington Stanley v Yeovil, Hartlepool v Blyth Spartans, MK Dons v Chesterfield, Dag & Red/ Southport v Eastleigh, Gateshead v Warrington Town, Oldham v Weston-s-Mare/ Doncaster R, Preston v Walsall/ Shrewsbury, Barnsley v Chester FC, Bradford v Dartford, Crewe/ Sheff Utd v Plymouth, Cheltenham v Dover, Cambridge Utd v Mansfield/Concord Rangers, Bristol City v Basingstoke/AFC Telford, Portsmouth/ Aldershot v Northampton/ Rochdale.

To be played December 5-8.

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