FA Cup first round draw date confirmed as Doncaster Rovers wait to discover their opponents

Doncaster Rovers will discover their opponents for the first round of the FA Cup when the draw takes place on Monday evening.

It has been announced that the draw will take place at approximately 6.35 pm and will be available to watch on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max and the TNT Sports YouTube channel. The programme will begin at 6.30 pm and will be conducted by former Arsenal defender Martin Keown and former England international Fara Williams.

Doncaster Rovers will enter the FA Cup in the first round alongside their 23 League One counterparts, all 24 teams in League Two and 32 sides from either the National League or the lower divisions of English football.

The first round of the competition will take place over the weekend of 7–8 November and will be sandwiched between Rovers’ final EFL Trophy group stage game away at Rochdale and the home clash with Leyton Orient which will see Richie Wellens go head to head with his former club.

Grant McCann’s side recorded away victories over Crewe Alexander and Chesterfield to reach the third round of last year’s competition before falling short in an entertaining 3-2 defeat against Championship side Southampton. In the year prior to that, they made it to the fourth round recording wins over Barrow, Kettering and Hull City before being beaten by eventual winners Crystal Palace in DN4.

With the draw scheduled to take place on Monday, following the conclusion of this weekend’s fourth qualifying round ties, the ball numbers have been confirmed with Rovers being assigned number 16.

1. Accrington Stanley

2. AFC Wimbledon

3. Barnet

4. Barnsley

5. Blackpool

6. Bradford City

7. Bristol Rovers

8. Bromley

9. Burton Albion

10. Cambridge United

11. Cheltenham Town

12. Chesterfield

13. Colchester United

14. Crawley Town

15. Crewe Alexandra

16. Doncaster Rovers

17. Exeter City

18. Fleetwood Town

19. Gillingham

20. Grimsby Town

21. Huddersfield Town

22. Leicester City

23. Leyton Orient

24. Luton Town

25. Mansfield Town

26. Milton Keynes Dons

27. Newport County

28. Northampton Town

29. Notts County

30. Oldham Athletic

31. Oxford United

32. Peterborough United

33. Plymouth Argyle

34. Port Vale

35. Reading

36. Rochdale

37. Rotherham United

38. Salford City

39. Sheffield Wednesday

40. Shrewsbury Town

41. Stevenage

42. Stockport County

43. Swindon Town

44. Tranmere Rovers

45. Walsall

46. Wigan Athletic

47. Wycombe Wanderers

48. York City

49. Harborough Town or Spennymoor Town

50. Chorley or Worcester City

51. Gateshead or Stafford Rangers

52. FC Halifax Town or South Shields

53. Leiston or Guiseley

54. Barrow or Gloucester City

55. Hartlepool United or Marine

56. Boston United or Scunthorpe United

57. Macclesfield or Anstey Nomads

58. Altrincham or FC United Of Manchester

59. Bury or Harrogate Town

60. Spalding United or Alvechurch

61. AFC Rushden & Diamonds or Morecambe

62. Kidderminster Harriers or Solihull Moors

63. Carlisle United or Tamworth

64. AFC Fylde or Atherton Collieries

65. Salisbury or Eastbourne Borough

66. Sutton United or Truro City

67. Chesham United or Forest Green Rovers

68. Leatherhead or Yeovil Town

69. Bedford Town or Cray Wanderers

70. Uxbridge or Hornchurch

71. Aldershot Town or Tadley Calleva

72. Torquay United or Oxford City

73. Wimborne Town or Chelmsford City

74. Wealdstone or Worthing

75. Boreham Wood or Woking

76. Eastleigh or Brentwood Town

77. Southend United or Berkhamsted

78. Sholing or SE Dons

79. Plymouth Parkway or Chertsey Town

80. Dover Athletic or Dorking Wanderers