Clevedon Town 0–5 Eastleigh
Clevedon crashed out of the FA Cup when the were turned over by Blue Square Bet South team Eastleigh The last time these teams met was at the same stage of the FA Cup three years ago and history repeated itself on Saturday, with Eastleigh winning by the same score-line, spooky.
The Zamaretto League Division 1 South & West club was well beaten by Eastleigh and by the end of the first half were 2-0 up. A further three goals in the second-half sealed the game up.
Eastleigh win set them up for a road trip the either Brentwood Town or Woking in the Fourth Qualifying Round. They fought out a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
There is a Cardiff connection with Eastleigh via their manager Ian Baird. He joined Cardiff for a short spell form Southampton in season 1983/84 and had a pretty successful loan, scoring 6 league goals in 12 matches. The head coach at Eastleigh is also said to have had a spell Matt Gray with the City, allow I couldn’t find any record of him playing for the club.
The Conference teams enter this round and the low league teams mingle with the winners of the Fourth Qualifying Round next. Reaching the First Round Proper is the goal of all non-league clubs, a chance to pit themselves against league opposition. There is Welsh interest with both Newport and Wrexham looking to make the First Round Proper.
Newport County face Conference and promotion rivals Crawley Town at home while Wrexham also face Conference opposition at home in the shape of Southport.
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