Whitley will be at home to fellow Ebac Northern League First Division side Hebburn Town in the Extra Preliminary Round of the Emirates FA Cup. The tie will be played on Saturday 10th August. The winners will face a trip to Yorkshire in the Preliminary Round to take on Northern Premier League side Pontefract Collieries.
In the Buildbase FA Vase First Qualifying Round, Whitley have been drawn at home to North West Counties League side Barnoldswick Town. This game comes almost exactly a year after the first ever game between the sides, when they met at Hillheads in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup, with Whitley running out 6-1 winners, a scoreline that did not reflect the battle that the visitors put up for the first hour of the contest. The tie will be played on Saturday 31st August and the winners will be will be away to either Northallerton Town or Stokesley in the next round.
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