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Four all-Blue Square Premier ties being made was the biggest news from Monday’s draw for the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup (Sponsored by e.on), the last round of matches to take place before the 48 teams from the Coca-Cola Football Leagues One and Two are brought in for the first round proper.

Luton Town and Chester City, both relegated from League Two last season, face fellow non-league top-flighters Grays Athletic and Barrow, respectively, in the final qualifying round, with all matches scheduled to be played on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Two other all-Blue Square Premier ties dot the landscape in the final qualifying round, with newly-promoted AFC Wimbledon making the relatively short trip to West Sussex to face Crawley Town, and Mansfield Town will host Altrincham in the final all-Blue Square Premier tie.

Oxford United, which currently sits atop English non-league football’s top division, hosts Blue Square South side promotion candidate Thurrock, meanwhile, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, Aylesbury of the Spartan South Midlands league, welcomes Ryman Premier side Wealdstone to Haywood Way.

On top of a place in the FA Cup’s first round proper, the fourth qualifying round’s 32 winners will also receive £12,500 each from the Football Association’s prize fund.

The fourth qualifying round draw in full, with home teams listed first and Blue Square Premier sides listed in bold:

Hinckley United v Histon
Nuneaton Town v Guiseley or Kendal Town
FC Halifax Town v Wrexham
Gateshead v Alfreton Town or Southport
Workington v Rushden & Diamonds
Mansfield Town v Altrincham
Buxton v Stourbridge or Hucknall Town
Salford City or Blyth Spartans v AFC Telford United
Ilkeston Town or Eastwood Town v Tamworth
Lincoln United or Frickley Athletic v Cambridge United
Kettering Town v Redditch United
Northwich Victoria v FC United of Manchester or Stalybridge Celtic
Barrow v Chester City
Kidderminster Harriers v Fleetwood Town
York City v Bedworth United
Hendon or Ashford Town (Middlesex) v Woking
Gloucester City v Lowestoft Town
Heybridge Swifts or Farnborough v Salisbury City
Truro City or Mangotsfield United v Forest Green Rovers
Crawley Town v AFC Wimbledon
Oxford City v Bury Town or Bedfont Town
Bromley v Ebbsfleet United
Chelmsford City v Stevenage Borough
Aylesbury v Wealdstone
Dover Athletic v Eastleigh
Hayes & Yeading United v Staines Town
Luton Town v Grays Athletic
Oxford United v Thurrock
Bath City v AFC Totton
Paulton Rovers v Chippenham Town
Tooting & Mitcham United v Eastbourne Borough
Hampton & Richmond Borough or Aveley v Sutton United

Matthew Semisch