Bulls hopeful of decent draw
Hereford United will ascertain their opponents in the first round of the LDV Vans Trophy this Saturday at 10.05am.
The Bulls are in the southern section of the draw, which includes twenty-eight teams, report confguide.com, while Bury, Huddersfield Town, Northampton Town and Swansea City have had byes to the second round.
Potential opponents include the two Bristol clubs, Rovers and City, and also Football League rivals Brighton. Local opponents Cheltenham TOwn and Kidderminster Harriers are in the southern section, as are Forest Green Rovers and Yeovil Town.
The numbers for the Southern Section of the draw are: (1) AFC Bournemouth, (2) Barnet, (3) Boston United, (4) Brentford, (5) Brighton & Hove Albion, (6) Bristol City, (7) Bristol Rovers, (8) Cambridge United, (9) Cheltenham Town, (10) Colchester United, (11) Dagenham & Redbridge, (12) Exeter City, (13) Forest Green Rovers, (14) Hereford United, (15) Kidderminster Harriers, (16) Leyton Orient, (17) Luton Town, (18) Oxford United, (19) Peterborough United, (20) Plymouth Argyle, (21) Queens Park Rangers, (22) Rushden & Diamonds, (23) Southend United, (24) Stevenage Borough, (25) Swindon Town, (26) Torquay United, (27) Wycombe Wanderers, (28) Yeovil Town.
This year, the "Silver Goal" rule will apply if scores are level at 90 mins: the side leading at the end of the first period of extra time will be declared the winners. If the scores are still tied at the end of the first period a second 15 minute period of extra time will be played. Then penalties if still level.