Adult tickets for Cray Wanderers v Stockport County are £15, under-16s free, on general sale from 9am on 28 October. The 8 November FA Cup tie is live on BBC Two.

Cray Wanderers’ first ever FA Cup first round tie, at home to Stockport County, will be shown live on BBC Two. The match is at Flamingo Park on the Sidcup Bypass on Sunday 8 November, kick-off 2.15pm, the club announced on Thursday.

Updated 25 October: the club has published its ticket details. It is an all-ticket match. Adult tickets are £15, concessions £10 and under-16s free, with general sale from 9am on Wednesday 28 October.

It will also be on TNT Sports 3, BBC iPlayer and HBO Max. The club says it will be the first Cray Wanderers game ever broadcast live on terrestrial television.

How they got here

Cray play in the Isthmian League Premier Division, the seventh tier. Stockport were top of the League One table on Friday, four divisions higher.

Cray reached the first round by knocking out Bedford Town of National League North. The fourth qualifying round tie at Bedford on Saturday 17 October finished 0-0. The replay at Flamingo Park on Tuesday night went to extra time at 1-1 and then to penalties at 2-2, according to the club’s match report. Ola Ogunwamide and Ade Yusuff, with a penalty, scored for Cray. Goalkeeper JJ Briggs saved two kicks in the shoot-out and Jakob Lowe scored the winning one to make it 4-3.

Before the draw the club wrote that Cray were seeking “a 1st Round place for the first time” in their preview. The Stockport game falls on Remembrance Sunday.

What the club said

In its announcement the club said the broadcast was “a great showcase as to who we are”, and credited “Gary Hillman and Michael Paye and all those and there are too many to mention here who have put in decades of work and graft”.

What it means for you

  • It is all-ticket. The club says tickets must be bought in advance. Prices are £15 for adults, £10 for concessions and free for under-16s (Cray Wanderers).
  • When tickets go on sale:
When Who can buy
Monday 26 October, 9am Season ticket holders, one ticket each, through a link sent by email
Monday 26 October, 3pm Anyone buying the new season ticket package (below)
Tuesday 27 October, 9am Cray Wanderers youth members, details sent separately
Wednesday 28 October, 9am General sale
  • The season ticket package covers the rest of the 2026/27 season plus the Stockport tie: £160 adult, £102 concession, £44 under-16.
  • Stockport fans get their ticket details from their own club. Queries to Cray go to the email address on the club’s ticket page.
  • The ground is Flamingo Park Sports and Leisure, Sidcup Bypass, Chislehurst BR7 6HL, on the A20. The club’s directions for newcomers set out the routes by car.
  • Other games move. The Isthmian Premier match at Dulwich Hamlet on Tuesday 3 November has been postponed with the Stockport tie in mind, the club says. A new date has not been set.

Two borough clubs at home

The borough has two home ties in the first round. Bromley FC host Rotherham United of League Two at Hayes Lane, with the tie due around the weekend of 7 November. Bromley have not yet confirmed the date or kick-off.

Before Stockport, Cray play at Berkhamsted in the FA Trophy on Saturday 24 October, then at Stanway Rovers and Brentwood Town in the league, the Isthmian League’s fixture list shows. This week’s other results from the borough’s clubs are in our weekend sport round-up.