EASTLEIGH have got their wish of a home tie against Football League opposition in the FA Cup first round proper.

The Spitfires - the only non-League side to reach the third round last season - have drawn a tasty showdown against League One strugglers Swindon Town over the weekend of November 4-7.

Vice-captain Joe Partington said: “It will be a good test for us to try and pull off a result against a League One team.

“It’s nice for the fans to experience another League side coming to Eastleigh. Hopefully we can emulate the atmosphere we had when Bolton were here last season.

“Last year’s run was massive for all the lads in the team and it was great for the club and the chairman to get such good coverage. If you play the FA Cup right and do well, you get publicity the league will never give you.”

While Eastleigh were enjoying a fairytale 2015/16 FA Cup adventure that saw them beat Bromley, Crewe and Stourbridge away before famously taking Bolton Wanderers to a third round replay, Swindon were having another miserable time of it.

The Robins have failed to progress past the first round for four years. Last season they were beaten 3-1 at Rochdale and prior to that they exited at the hands of lower-league opposition.

Cheltenham emphatically saw them off 5-0 in November 2014 and in the two seasons before that the Robins were twice left red-faced by Macclesfield Town.

Currently head coach Luke Williams’ side are fifth to bottom of League One with just three wins from 13 outings.

Portsmouth, the opposition many Eastleigh fans might have been hoping for, have been drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers, while ex-Eastleigh boss Richard Hill’s Whitehawk entertain Stourbridge.

Full FA Cup first round draw:

Sheffield United v Leyton Orient

Millwall v Southend United

Dagenham & Redbridge v FC Halifax Town

Merstham v Oxford United

Taunton/Hemel Hempstead v Barrow

Southport v Fleetwood Town

Yeovil v Solihull Moors

Stockport County v Torquay/Woking

Dartford v Sutton United

Walsall v Macclesfield Town

Port Vale v Stevenage

Northampton v Harrow Borough/Margate

Cambridge United v Dover Athletic

Westfields v York/Curzon Ashton

MK Dons v Spennymoor Town

Gillingham v Brackley Town

Alfreton/Gateshead v Newport County

Portsmouth v Wycombe Wanderers

Maidstone United v Rochdale

Bury v AFC Wimbledon

St Albans City v Carlisle United

Boreham Wood v Notts County

Mansfield Town v Plymouth Argyle

Braintree Town v Eastbourne Borough

Hartlepool United v Wrexham/Stamford

Bolton Wanderers v Grimsby Town

Bradford City v Accrington Stanley

Oldham Athletic v Doncaster Rovers

Eastleigh v Swindon Town

Shrewsbury Town v Barnet

Morecambe v Coventry City

Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers

Whitehawk v Stourbridge

Colchester United v Chesterfield

Lincoln City/Guiseley v Altrincham

Exeter City v Luton Town

Charlton Athletic v Scunthorpe United

Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra

Peterborough United v Chesham

Blackpool v Kidderminster Harriers