Dear All,

Although it seems like an awful waste of my time, I suppose it's always nice at this time of the year to give all those poor Conference League teams a chance to enjoy their moment in the limelight as we make the draw for the preliminary round of the DITB FFA Cup.

The way it works is that we need 32 teams to go into the draw for the first round proper of the FFA Cup - which means that we have to whittle our existing 19 Conference League teams down to 12.

We will do this by drawing 14 teams in seven preliminary round ties, the winners of which will join the 20 Premiership teams and the remaining five Conference teams - who will get a bye - in the first round proper.

The following matches will take place this weekend which may include games taking place tonight and tomorrow night. So be careful with those transfers.

Simply, whichever team scores the most points over the next week progresses.

It doesn't matter what your league position is - but rather how you do on the day.

In the event of a draw, there will be a replay the following week. If it is still a draw after two weeks, the team with home advantage (i.e., the one whose name was drawn first) goes through.

Conference teams should now brace themselves for their 15 minutes of fame.

And now Brother Johnston will get his big money balls out and we can start the draw.

Drum roll Stevie please ....

Match One:

Mugsys Barber vs Stickshifter United




Match Two:



Gulladuff FF vs Inshallah




Match Three:

Well Hungarians vs Liquidator FC



Match Four:




Joeys Monsters vs Red Cherry Devils




Match Five:




Hoofers Utd vs Bazkinginglory

Match Six:

Someman4oneman (sounds a bit gay) vs Boys of Summer

Match Seven:

Minibabybelle FC vs Con Villa

BYES:

The following teams will automatically qualify for the first round proper of the FFA Cup.

Gunning for Glory

Dirty Dubs XI

Licence to Roam

The Rio Chargers

Prince of Darkness

That concludes the draw for the preliminary round of the Diving in the Box FFA Cup. Thank you Brother Johnston for your assistance.

Good luck to all involved. Hope you can join the rest of us in the first round proper.

Cheers,

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/