Brewers cup test

ATHLETIC have been handed a home draw against npower League Two outfit Burton Albion in the FA Cup first round.

The Brewers come to Boundary Park on the weekend of November 12-13.

It will be the sides’ first meeting since a memorable clash in the same competition in 2002.

Burton earned a 2-2 away draw and repeated the scoreline at their former Eton Park home, before Athletic eventually prevailed in a jittery penalty shoot-out.

Elsewhere Rochdale host Bradford City, League One leaders Charlton Athletic go to non-league Halifax Town and Sheffield Wednesday travel to Morecambe.

The FA Cup with Budweiser first round proper is —

Hereford United v Yeovil Town; Bury v Crawley Town; Luton Town v Northampton Town; Cambridge United v Wrexham; Morecambe v Sheffield Wednesday; Swindon Town v Huddersfield Town; Redbridge v Oxford City; Bristol Rovers v Kidderminster Harriers or Corby Town; OLDHAM ATHLETIC v Burton Albion; Preston North End v Southend United; Dagenham & Redbridge v Bath City; Hartlepool United v Stevenage; Droylesden or Blyth Spartans v Gateshead; Alfreton Town or Lincoln City v Carlisle United; Chesterfield v Torquay United; Crewe Alexandra v Colchester United; Tranmere Rovers v Cheltenham Town; Chelmsford City or Gloucester City v AFC Telford United; Darlington or Hinckley United v Tamworth; Exeter City v Walsall; Bradford City v Rochdale; Notts County v Accrington Stanley; Port Vale v Grimsby Town; Sheffield United v Oxford United; FC Halifax Town v Charlton Athletic; Sutton United or Leatherhead v Kettering Town; AFC Bournemouth v Gillingham; MK Dons v Nantwich Town; AFC Totton v Bradford Park Avenue; Newport County v Shrewsbury Town; Leyton Orient v Bromley; East Thurrock United v Macclesfield Town; AFC Wimbledon v Scunthorpe United; Salisbury City v Arlesey Town; Brentford v Basingstoke Town; Maidenhead United v Aldershot Town; Mansfield Town or Fleetwood Town v Wycombe Wanderers; Barrow v Rotherham United; Southport v Barnet; Plymouth Argyle v Stourbridge.

Ties to be played weekend of November 12.