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Gillingham are joined by Dover Athletic, Welling United and Maidstone United in the first round FA Cup draw

Gillingham will be the highest ranked team in Monday’s FA Cup first round draw.

The League 1 leaders will be joined in the draw along with several other Kent teams.

Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh Picture: Barry Goodwin
Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh Picture: Barry Goodwin

Historic rivals Maidstone United are one of those clubs to have made it to the first round, following

their fourth qualifying round victory over Chippenham Towwin over Eastbourne BoroughMargate were both knocked out

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Dover Athletic – who beat the Gills in the opening round five year ago – booked their first round spot with a

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Bromley and

on Saturday, while Welling face a replay on Tuesday after drawing 1-1 at Grays, a team managed by former Gills midfielder Mark Bentley.

The draw takes place on Monday evening and full details will be available on kentonline.

The Gills were beaten by Bristol City in the first round last season and by non-league side Brackley Town the year before that.

Maidstone lost to Wrexham in the second round last year after beating Stevenage in a first round replay and knocking out Welling in the final qualifier.

Dover went out to Crystal Palace in last year's competition, at the third round stage, having beaten Cheltenham and Morecambe in previous rounds.

They also reached the third round in the 2010/11 season, knocking out Gillingham at Priestfield in round 1.

Welling, who drew with Grays on Sunday with an 83rd minute equaliser from Sam Corne, reached round two in the 2013/14 season, losing out to Plymouth.

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