The cash-strapped side were relegated from the Nationwide First Division at the end of last season and were just hours away from being thrown of of the Football League all together but were saved with hours to spare by a generous donation of cash.
The full draw is as follows:
| southern section | |||
| aldershot town | v | wycombe wanderers | |
| barnet | v | stevenage borough | |
| boston united | v | cambridge united | |
| brentford | v | milton keynes dons | |
| bristol city | v | peterborough united | |
| bristol rovers | v | kidderminster harriers | |
| cheltenham town | v | dagenham & redbridge | |
| colchester united | v | southend united | |
| oxford united | v | exeter city | |
| shrewsbury town | v | afc bournemouth | |
| swansea city | v | luton town | |
| torquay united | v | yeovil town | |
| walsall | v | rushden & diamonds | |
| woking | v | leyton orient | |
| northern section | |||
| bradford city | v | accrington stanley | |
| carlisle united | v | grimsby town | |
| hartlepool united | v | hull city | |
| hereford united | v | scunthorpe united | |
| huddersfield town | v | morecambe | |
| lincoln city | v | doncaster rovers | |
| macclesfield | v | chesterfield | |
| mansfield town | v | darlington | |
| notts county | v | wrexham | |
| port vale | v | barnsley | |
| rochdale | v | scarborough | |
| sheffield wedndesday | v | chester city | |
| stockport county | v | bury | |
| york city | v | blackpool | |