The new opponents Rochdale could still face in the FA Cup

And this draw is particularly significant for all involved, because it will determine who stands in the way of a potentially lucrative third-round tie, when Premier League and Championship sides enter the fray.

For Dale to even be at this stage is something of a novelty, with Saturday’s win at Fleetwood Town being their first in this competition’s main draw for five years, when Jake Beesley’s late winner settled a first-round replay against Notts County in their favour.

So do fans want a winnable tie to give themselves a good chance of a “glamour tie” next? A trip to one of the bigger League One sides still in the competition? A local derby, perhaps? Or a meeting with someone new?

If the latter is what they are after, there are six teams left in the draw with whom they have no previous playing history.

Unsurprisingly, they are all currently non-league clubs with one of them to be eliminated this evening when Plymouth Parkway and Berkhamsted meet in the final first-round tie after the draw is made.

Dale have also never met the team who caused arguably the shock of the round in Wimborne Town, who beat League Two strugglers Crawley Town 2-0 on Sunday, nor have they previously faced Guiseley, who also pulled off a shock by beating National League side Sutton United 1-0 on Saturday.

The last remaining team Rochdale would be meeting for the very first time is Salisbury, who hammered Sholing 6-0 to book their second-round spot.

Naturally, being drawn away to any of those six would mean a visit to a new ground, but that would also be the case for two of the League One sides still in the draw.

Leicester City are the biggest of them, with Dale never having played at their impressive King Power Stadium – their only previous meeting with the Foxes came in the 1993-94 League Cup, when ties were played over two legs. Rochdale were beaten 2-1 at Leicester’s old Filbert Street ground having lost 6-1 at Spotland in the first leg.

The other new ground would be Reading’s Select Car Leasing Stadium – formerly and still widely known as the Madejski Stadium.

The two clubs do have plenty of history with each other, particularly in the 1970s, but they have not met since the 1983-84 Division Four season, when the Royals still played at their old Elm Park home.

1. Dover Athletic 2. Mansfield Town 3. Exeter City 4. Luton Town 5. Bristol Rovers 6. Oldham Athletic 7. Kidderminster Harriers 8. Leyton Orient 9. Wycombe Wanderers 10. Milton Keynes Dons 11. Newport County 12. Rotherham United 13. Barnet 14. Rochdale 15. Barnsley 16. Plymouth Parkway/Berkhamsted 17. Chesterfield 18. Barrow 19. AFC Fylde 20. Crewe Alexandra 21. Stevenage 22. Burton Albion 23. Stockport County 24. Port Vale 25. Cheltenham Town 26. Colchester United 27. Shrewsbury Town 28. Reading 29. Wimborne Town 30. Plymouth Argyle 31. Blackpool 32. Guiseley 33. Grimsby Town 34. Leicester City 35. Bradford City 36. York City 37. Notts County 38. Wigan Athletic 39. Carlisle United 40. Salisbury