Luton handed FA Cup tie against Forest Green or Chesham

Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road. Photo by Liam Smith

Luton Town have been drawn at home against either Forest Green Rovers or Chesham United in the first round of the FA Cup.

The Hatters will welcome one of the non-league sides to Kenilworth Road on the weekend of November 7, with the identity of their opponents to be decided by a replay after Forest Green and Chesham played out a goalless draw on Saturday.

The two teams meet again at Forest Green’s New Lawn ground tomorrow night, with the winners earning a trip to face Town.

It will be a second successive season in which Luton have faced Forest Green at the same stage of the competition. The sides met last term in a memorable encounter at Kenilworth Road, where the Hatters squandered a three-goal lead before Gideon Kodua struck an injury-time winner to secure a 4-3 victory.

Forest Green are now without former manager Robbie Savage, who recently left the club to take charge of League One side Peterborough United.

A coaching team of Jonathan Gould, Josh Bowen and Yan Klukowski have taken over at the National League club, who sit 16th in the table after losing 4-2 at home to Hartlepool United in their most recent home fixture.

Chesham, meanwhile, are jointly managed by James Duncan and Michael Murray and compete in National League South.


FA Cup first-round draw: Dover Athletic vs Wealdstone; Mansfield Town vs Macclesfield or Anstey Nomads; Huddersfield Town vs Exeter City; Luton Town vs Chesham United or Forest Green Rovers; Bristol Rovers vs Cambridge United; Oldham Athletic vs Sheffield Wednesday; Kidderminster Harriers vs Doncaster Rovers; Leyton Orient vs Harborough Town; Accrington Stanley vs Wycombe Wanderers; MK Dons vs Swindon Town; Newport County vs Walsall; Bromley vs Rotherham United; Barnet vs Tranmere Rovers; Fleetwood Town vs Rochdale; Barnsley vs Aldershot or Tadley Calleva; Plymouth Parkway vs Berkhamsted; Chesterfield vs Leatherhead or Yeovil Town; Gillingham vs Barrow or Gloucester City; Bury or Harrogate Town vs AFC Fylde; Crewe Alexandra vs AFC Wimbledon; Oxford United vs Stevenage; Burton Albion vs Rushden & Diamonds; Bedford Town or Cray Wanderers vs Stockport County; Port Vale vs Scunthorpe United; Cheltenham Town vs FC Halifax Town; Colchester United vs Chorley or Worcester City; Eastleigh vs Shrewsbury Town; Peterborough United vs Reading; Wimborne Town vs Crawley Town; Plymouth Argyle vs Spalding United or Alvechurch; Hornchurch vs Blackpool; Guiseley vs Sutton United; Gateshead or Stafford Rangers vs Grimsby Town; Oxford City vs Leicester City; Bradford City vs Marine; York City vs Northampton Town; Altrincham or FC United of Manchester vs Notts County; Boreham Wood vs Wigan Athletic; Carlisle United vs Salford City; Salisbury vs Sholing.

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