Football: Fry's United scheduled to meet Barnet
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Your support makes all the difference.IF beleaguered Barnet win their survival battle, they will face their former manager, Barry Fry, in the first round of the Coca-Cola Cup.
Barnet are due to meet Southend United, who took Fry from Underhill last season, in the two-leg tie, with the first leg at Roots Hall during the week commencing 16 August.
The draw for this season's competition was delayed for two weeks until Barnet's fate was decided by an extraordinary meeting of Football League clubs in Nottingham on Monday, at which the debt-ridden Hertfordshire team were given a reprieve from expulsion from the League. However, Barnet's participation in the League and Coca-Cola (League) Cup depends on their ability to raise pounds 500,000 within a week to satisfy the demands of the League.
Wycombe Wanderers, newly promoted from the GM Vauxhall Conference, take on Leyton Orient, with the second leg at Adams Park in the week starting 23 August.
COCA COLA CUP First-round draw: Huddersfield Town v Scarborough; Sunderland v Chester City; Stockport County v Hartlepool United; Darlington v Bradford City; Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool; Chesterfield v Carlisle United; Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United; Bolton Wanderers v Bury; Port Vale v Lincoln City; Stoke City v Mansfield Town; Preston North End v Burnley; Rochdale v York City; Shrewsbury Town v Scunthorpe United; Crewe Alexandra v Wrexham; Notts County v Hull City; Bournemouth v Cardiff City; Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion; Walsall v Exeter City; Birmingham City v Plymouth Argyle; Swansea City v Bristol City; Hereford United v Torquay United; Brentford v Watford; Fulham v Colchester United; Southend United v Barnet; Gillingham v Brighton and Hove Albion; Leyton Orient v Wycombe Wanderers; Cambridge United v Luton Town; Reading v Northampton Town. First leg: week beginning Monday 16 August. Second leg: week beginning Monday 23 August.
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