Eighth tier Maldon and Tiptree will travel to Vale Park to play the Valiants in the first round of the FA Cup.
The Jammers are top of the Isthmian League North Division – 103 places below Vale in the English football pyramid.
The Essex club are the lowest ranked side in the draw and the match could earn a television spot as a result. However, Vale have come unstuck against non-league opponents in the FA Cup in the past – losing to the likes of Chasetown, Kings Lynn Town and Canvey Island.
The first round ties will be played around the weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November.
First round draw in full
1 Weston Super Mare v Aldershot Town
2 Salford City v Lincoln City
3 Luton Town v Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
4 Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley
5 Colchester United v MK Dons
6 Tranmere Rovers v Stockport County
7 Wigan Athletic v Hemel Hempstead Town
8 Newport County v Gillingham
9 Cheltenham Town v Bradford City
10 Barnsley v York City
11 Reading v Carlisle United
12 Bromley v Bristol Rovers
13 Peterborough United v Cardiff City
14 Oldham Athletic v Northampton Town
15 Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers
16 Tamworth v Leyton Orient
17 Stevenage v Chesterfield
18 Boreham Wood v Crawley Town
19 Farnham Town or Sutton United v AFC Telford United
20 Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
21 Chelmsford City v Braintree Town
22 Spennymoor Town v Barrow
23 Wycombe Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle
24 FC Halifax Town v Exeter City
25 Slough Town v Altrincham or Harborough Town
26 Wealdstone v Southend United
27 Rotherham United v Swindon Town
28 Grimsby Town v Ebbsfleet United
29 Buxton v Chatham Town
30 Burton Albion v Banbury United or St Albans City
31 Woking or Brackley Town v Notts County
32 Blackpool v Scunthorpe United
33 Cambridge United v Morecambe or Chester
34 AFC Wimbledon v Gateshead
35 Mansfield Town v Harrogate Town
36 Macclesfield v AFC Totton or Truro City
37 South Shields v Shrewsbury Town
38 Fleetwood Town v Barnet
39 Port Vale v Maldon & Tiptree
40 Eastleigh v Walsall
This “banana skin” tie is exactly what the FA Cup is all about. This could be the lowest ever ranked opposition to face the Vale in the Cup. We should absolutely sail through and earn the win bonus to Round 2, unless there’s the biggest Potteries FA Cup upset since Blythe Spartans humiliated Stoke in 1978.
Could well be a potential shock result when you see numerous ex league players in The Jammers side . Freddie Sears immediately springs to mind!
But several others, especially from nearby Colchester United. A tough test for both teams.
Come on you Jammers that’s upset port vale.