FA Cup Draw: Dover Land Leicester, Wimborne Get Bradford

Non-league Dover Athletic have been handed the tie of the FA Cup second round at home to 2021 winners Leicester City, while seventh-tier Wimborne Town will host Bradford City after the draw was made on Monday night.

The draw took place at Plymouth Parkway's Manadon Sports Hub before the final first-round tie, and it rewarded the weekend's giant-killers with home ties. Dover, of Step 6, will welcome a Leicester side who lifted the trophy at Wembley five years ago, according to the full draw published by TNT Sports.

Wimborne produced the biggest shock of the first round on Sunday, stunning League Two Crawley Town 2-0 to reach the second round for the first time in their history. Their reward is a home tie against Bradford City, themselves FA Cup winners in 1911 and fresh from a 7-0 win over Marine.

Wimborne boss Sills savours another huge occasion

Wimborne manager Tim Sills, pictured celebrating Sunday's win, told TNT Sports he had wanted a home tie against anyone and was delighted to land a club with Bradford's history.

"I said a home tie against anyone, I'll be happy at this stage. To come up against a team with such history... a huge, huge club," Sills said in quotes also carried by the Independent report of the draw. "I can just feel the stress levels of the people back at the club - they've got to do it all again. What an occasion it was yesterday. We can't wait to hopefully produce another magical moment."

The other seventh-tier survivors were also kept at home. Guiseley, who beat National League side Sutton United 1-0, will host League One Notts County - winners in 1894 - while the winners of Monday's last first-round tie will be at home to League Two Barnet. That place was settled later on Monday when Plymouth Parkway beat Berkhamsted 2-1 to book the Barnet tie.

The second-round ties in full

Chesterfield v Cheltenham Town; Guiseley v Notts County; Wigan Athletic v Barnsley; Exeter City v Stevenage; Plymouth Parkway v Barnet; York City v Carlisle United; Crewe Alexandra v Plymouth Argyle; AFC Fylde v Luton Town; Barrow v Kidderminster Harriers; Colchester United v Mansfield Town; Rochdale v Newport County; Dover Athletic v Leicester City; Port Vale v Leyton Orient; Grimsby Town v Oldham Athletic; Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion; Salisbury v Blackpool; Wimborne Town v Bradford City; Rotherham United v Bristol Rovers; Reading v Stockport County; Wycombe Wanderers v MK Dons.

Elsewhere, fifth-tier Kidderminster Harriers, who thrashed League One Doncaster Rovers 3-0, travel to Barrow, Salisbury host Blackpool, AFC Fylde welcome Luton Town, and 2013 winners Wigan Athletic face Barnsley in an all-League One tie. Grimsby Town, who scraped past eighth-tier Stafford Rangers on penalties, host Oldham Athletic, who knocked out Sheffield Wednesday after extra time.

Six clubs in the draw have lifted the FA Cup before: Notts County, Bradford, Barnsley, Blackpool, Wigan and Leicester. Forty teams remain, with twenty places in the third round on offer.

So what happens next?

The twenty second-round ties will be played across the weekend of Saturday 5 December, with winning clubs receiving £79,500 in prize money. The real prize, though, is a place in the third round on the weekend of 9 January 2027, when Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition.

That is what makes home draws like Dover's and Wimborne's so valuable: win one more game in front of their own supporters and a genuine glamour tie - and the payday that comes with it - could follow in January.

Beyond the Final Whistle: This is the FA Cup working exactly as it should. Leicester, winners in 2021, must go to Step 6 Dover and earn their place the hard way, while Wimborne - part-timers who had never reached this round before Sunday - get a second huge home occasion in a month. The big clubs enter in January, but the competition's soul lives in ties like these, and on Monday night the draw protected it perfectly.

Which non-league side do you back to cause the biggest second-round upset - Dover, Wimborne or Guiseley? Let us know in the comments.