Rovers face FA Cup trip to Clarke’s Walsall

BRISTOL Rovers will visit League Two side Walsall, managed by former Gas boss Darrell Clarke, in the FA Cup first round.

The sides have already played each other in the EFL Trophy this season, when Walsall gained the bonus point for winning the penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw at the Memorial Stadium. Skelmersdale United, the lowest-ranked team left in this season’s FA Cup, will travel to Football League new boys Harrogate Town

FA Cup, 1st rd draw: Leyton Orient v Newport County, Havant & Waterlooville v Cray Valley, Sunderland v Mansfield Tn, Bolton Wands v Crewe Alexandra, Oxford Utd v Peterborough Utd, Exeter City v AFC Fylde, Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City, Walsall v Bristol Rovers, Rochdale v Chesterfield, Swindon Tn v Darlington, Barnet v Burton Albion, Wigan Ath v Chorley, Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley, Oxford City v Northampton Tn, Maldon & Tiptree v Morecambe, Bromley v Yeovil Tn, Torquay Utd v Crawley Tn, Eastbourne Borough v Blackpool, Cheltenham Tn v South Shields, Stevenage v Concord Rangers, Harrogate Tn v Skelmersdale Utd, Gillingham v Woking, Charlton Ath v Plymouth Argyle, Hayes & Yeading Utd v Carlisle Utd, FC United of Manchester v Doncaster Rovers, Salford City v Hartlepool Utd, Scunthorpe Utd v Solihull Moors, Hull City v Fleetwood Tn, Colchester Utd v Marine, Barrow v AFC Wimbledon, Dagenham & Redbridge v Grimsby Tn, Cambridge Utd v Shrewsbury Tn, Brackley Tn v Bishops Stortford or St Albans City, Eastleigh v MK Dons, Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oldham Ath, Boreham Wood v Southend Utd, Ipswich Tn v Portsmouth, Port Vale v King’s Lynn, Lincoln City v Forest Green, Banbury Utd v Canvey Island.

Ties to be played on weekend of Nov 7-9.