Friday, November 3, 2023

FA Cup Picks 2023-24: First Round, Part I

 In keeping with my increasingly busy schedule, I have opted to break up my picks for the forty ties of the first round proper into batches as time allows. For each pairing, the predicted score is for the entire tie, whether it is decided on the day or in a replay ten days or so afterward.

UPDATE: I have decided to list the actual scores as they are finalized so that you can see how I did with each tie. Included are the point values for the final scores.

Friday picks

Barnsley 3-1 Horsham (actual 3-0/6-3; 10pt)

Sheppey United 1-2 Walsall (actual 1-4; 12pt)

Saturday picks

Northampton Town 0-3 Barrow (actual 1-3; 14pt)

Curzon Ashton 2-4 Barnet (actual 0-1; 10pt)

Alfreton Town 3-2 Woking (actual 2-0; 10pt)

Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Solihull Moors (actual 4-0; 11pt)

Exeter City 0-3 Wigan Athletic (actual 0-2; 11pt)

Leyton Orient 1-0 Carlisle United (actual 3-1; 10pt)

Hereford 1-0 Gillingham (actual 0-2)

Oxford United 4-1 Maidenhead United (actual 2-0; 10pt)

Newport County 3-4 Oldham Athletic (actual 2-0)

Swindon Town 2-1 Aldershot Town (actual 4-7)

Marine 4-3 Harrogate Town (actual 1-5)

Port Vale 1-2 Burton Albion (actual 2-0)

Peterborough United 2-1 Salford City (actual 4-4/6-6; Peterborough on penalties; 10pt)

Eastleigh 2-2 Boreham Wood (Boreham Wood on pens) (actual 5-1)

Bradford City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers (actual 1-2)

(To be continued)

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