Yeovil Town have been drawn away to Leatherhead in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup, setting up a route to the competition proper for the Somerset club.
The tie is one of 32 matches listed for the next stage of the competition. Games will be played on and around the weekend of Saturday, 17 October, with the winners advancing to the first round in November.
Yeovil’s route into the next round
Leatherhead are the hosts for the all-Southern section fixture. The draw places Yeovil among clubs competing for one of the remaining places before the League One and League Two sides enter the FA Cup in the first round.
For Yeovil, the match provides a clear knockout objective: win away from home and move into the competition proper. A defeat would end the club’s FA Cup run at the fourth qualifying-round stage. The supplied draw details do not include a confirmed kick-off time or a specific match date beyond the weekend window.
Full Southern section draw
Yeovil Town’s tie is part of a Southern section featuring clubs from across the non-league pyramid. The other fixtures are:
- Salisbury v Eastbourne Borough
- Sutton United v Truro City
- Chesham United v Forest Green Rovers
- Bedford Town or Wingate & Finchley v Cray Wanderers
- Uxbridge v Hornchurch
- Aldershot Town v Tadley Calleva
- Torquay United v Oxford City
- Wimborne Town v Chelmsford City
- Wealdstone v Worthing
- Boreham Wood v Woking
- Eastleigh v Brentwood Town
- Southend United v Berkhamsted
- Sholing v SE Dons
- Plymouth Parkway v Chertsey Town
- Dover Athletic v Dorking Wanderers
The draw also includes two ninth-tier teams still chasing progress. SE Dons, a former Sunday league side created by rapper Don Strapzy, will travel to Sholing. The London club is based in Bexleyheath and is playing in the Southern Counties East Premier Division during only its third season in non-league football.
Sholing’s side comes from Hampshire and competes in tier seven of the Southern League Premier Division South. The other ninth-tier club remaining, Tadley Calleva, face an away tie against National League side Aldershot Town.
What happens after the ties?
The winners of all 32 fourth qualifying-round matches will join the League One and League Two clubs in the FA Cup first round in November. Yeovil’s next confirmed opponent in the published draw is Leatherhead, but the supplied information does not state whether the match will be televised, nor does it give ticketing or travel arrangements.