Explained: How Cobblers could receive a BYE in first-round of FA Cup

The draw is being held next Monday, October 21, at around 7.10pm live on BBC 2.

And this season one club will receive a bye to round two of the competition when the first-round draw is made following Bury's removal from the competition.

The Shakers were expelled from both the English Football League and the FA Cup in August, which means the 47 remaining League One and League Two clubs will join 32 non-league outfits in the first round in November.

The final club left in the pot during the draw will receive the bye and that club will also be awarded the £36,000 prize money for a first-round winner.

The most recent incident of a EFL club not competing in the FA Cup was in 2000 when Manchester United pulled out due to the FIFA Club World Championships in Brazil. A lucky losers system was introduced instead of awarding a team a bye.

In that year, with an odd number of teams involved in the third-round draw, Darlington were selected at random from the 20 sides who had been knocked out in the second round and lost 2-1 at Aston Villa.