The Preliminary Round of the 2006/07 FA Cup is set for this weekend with 268 teams fighting for a place in the First Round Qualifying in two weeks time. We started with the match-up between Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association and Billingham Synthonia that was won by Jarrow 5-2 in front of a reported 67 paying spectators.
Some background on Thackley – “Thackley F.C. are a football club based in Bradford. They were established in 1930 and joined the Yorkshire League Division Two in 1967”.
Thackley beat Ramsbotton FC 1-0 in a replay before a crowd off 77 after a 1-1 draw in the Extra Preliminary Round.
The winner will play Fleetwood Town on September 16 in the First Round Qualifying.
The tie of the Preliminary Round, for me, has to be Norton & Stockton Ancients against Darwen FC.
Darwen FC, interestingly, was in the Football League between 1891 and 1899, and are famous for suffering 18 consecutive league defeats, holding the record for the heaviest league defeat in a First Division match: 12-0 away to West Bromwich Albion in the 1891-92 season, and they're believed to be have hired football's first two professional players.
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