Date: 17-10-21 The Harriers draw Grimsby Town in the Cup |
The Harriers reward for their FA Cup 4th qualifying round win at Bedfont Sports FC yesterday will be to renew old acquaintances with Grimsby Town.
On our way to Bedfont on the supporters coach yesterday we passed the Victoria Ground, the home of Bromsgrove Sporting, where Grimsby were about to arrive for their game against them. The Mariners ran out as easy 5 – 0 winners and, if foresight had been in mind, they could have stayed in Worcestershire to travel the few miles to play us.
We last played against Grimsby at Aggborough in August 2015 when we drew 2-2 with our goals coming from Reece Styche and Aman Verma. We lost up at Blundell Park a few months later and our ways parted with them going back into the Football League via the play-offs while eventually Colin Gordon sent us into the North to regroup ourselves. Yeh right!
Since then Grimsby have dropped back down into non-league but do find themselves in the number one position at the moment.
All told we’ve played them fifteen times, the first time was in November 2004, and have won five of those games but have lost six. I’ll leave you to work out the amount of drawn games. It isn’t hard.
The game will be played over the weekend of November 5th to the 8th and will mean that our game at Gloucester City on the 6th will now be re-arranged for a later date. With such a healthy following that Grimsby have it should also mean a return to the old days for us with a heaving South Stand once again and also a premium in car parking spaces.
The full draw is as follows:
Full FA Cup first round draw
Bradford City v Exeter City
Sunderland v Mansfield Town
Dorking Wanderers or Hayes & Yeading v Sutton United
Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle
Dagenham & Redbridge v Salford City
Carlisle United v Horsham
Dover Athletic or Yate Town v Yeovil Town or Weymouth
Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United v Bromley
Portsmouth v Harrow Borough
Gillingham v Cheltenham Town
Morecambe v Newport County
Banbury United v Barrow
Fleetwood Town v Burton Albion
AFC Sudbury v Colchester United
Northampton Town v Cambridge United
Corinthian Casuals or St Albans v Forest Green Rovers
Boston United or Stratford Town v Shrewsbury Town
Pontefract Collieries or Halifax Town v Maidenhead United
Chesterfield v Southend United
Rochdale v Tamworth or Notts County
Kidderminster Harriers v Grimsby Town
Wigan Athletic v Solihull Moors
Boreham Wood v Eastleigh or Folkestone Invicta
York City or Morpeth Town v Kettering Town or Buxton
Ipswich Town v Oldham Athletic
AFC Wimbledon v Brackley Town or Guiseley
Harrogate Town v Marine or Wrexham
Hartlepool United v Wycombe Wanderers
King’s Lynn Town v Walsall
Crewe Alexandra v Swindon Town
Bolton Wanderers v Stockport County
Charlton Athletic v Torquay or Havant & Waterlooville
Oxford United v Bristol Rovers
Crawley Town v Tranmere Rovers
Leyton Orient v Ebbsfleet United
MK Dons v Stevenage
Lincoln City v Bowers and Pitsea
Port Vale v Accrington Stanley
Marske United or Gateshead v Altrincham