Sheffield United made a safe passage into the second round after beating Colchester United by three goals top two - Chris Porter's late penalty sent Sheffield United through to the second round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 win, despite a stirring second-half comeback by Colchester. The Blades struck twice in the space of two early first-half minutes.
Harry Maguire headed Tony McMahon's free-kick into the far corner of the net, in the 10th minute and the Blades doubled their lead when Porter closed down Magnus Okuonghae's attempted pass and delivered a cross-shot which flicked in off Tom Eastman, despite keeper Sam Walker's attempts to keep it out. Matt Hill struck the crossbar for the visitors and Sheffield United were the better side in the first half.
But Colchester reduced the deficit three minutes after the break when Macauley Bonne headed in after Clinton Morrison had flicked on Luke Garbutt's delivery. And Garbutt drove in a superb low shot from 25 yards from Brian Wilson's throw to equalise just after the hour. But after Okuonghae was adjudged to have handled Maguire's header in the area, Porter netted from the spot to send the Blades through.
The draw will be made by Tore Andre Flo; brother of former Sheffield United striker Jostein who played for Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers and Perry Groves who featured for Arsenal and yesterday's opponents Colchester United. Thedraw will take place at 4.10PM following the commencment of the live ITV fixture between Bishop's Stortford and Northampton Town.
The FA Cup with Budweiser: Second Round Proper draw numbers
1 Morecambe or Southend United
2 Walsall
3 Boreham Wood or Carlisle United
4 Mansfield Town
5 Milton Keynes Dons
6 Bristol Rovers or York City
7 Tamworth
8 Grimsby Town or Scunthorpe United
9 Bury or Cambridge United
10 Dover Athletic
11 Sheffield United
12 Oxford United or Gateshead
13 Hartlepool United
14 Wrexham
15 Chesterfield
16 Bristol City
17 Coventry City
18 Preston North End
19 Bishop’s Stortford or Northampton Town
20 Burton Albion or Hereford United
21 Rotherham United
22 Gillingham or Brackley Town
23 Salisbury City
24 Tranmere Rovers
25 Brentford
26 Stevenage
27 Shortwood United or Port Vale
28 Leyton Orient
29 Peterborough United
30 Torquay United or Rochdale
31 Braintree Town or Newport County
32 Oldham Athletic or Wolverhamton Wanderers
33 Lincoln City or Plymouth Argyle
34 Kidderminster Harriers
35 Hednesford Town or Crawley Town
36 Stourbridge
37 Welling United
38 Macclesfield Town
39 Wycombe Wanderers or Crewe Alexandra
40 Fleetwood Town
Ties to be played on 7 & 8 December 2013