Eastleigh will play either Southport or Dagenham & Redbridge in the FA Cup second round, but it wasn’t the glamour home tie chairman Stewart Donald was hoping for.

The Spitfires have reached this stage of the competition for the first time in their history after beating Vanarama Conference rivals Kidderminster and Lincoln City in previous rounds.

With a number of League One clubs among the draw last night, Donald, the head of Bridle Insurance who took ownership of the club in 2011, was hoping to avoid what the Silverlake Stadium side have ended up getting.

“Firstly it’s not at home,” Donald said. “Neither of those teams are the glamour tie we were hoping for.

“We wanted to play at home and you look at some of the teams in there like Bristol City, Portsmouth. That would be the tie you’d want.

“But we’re still making history,” he added. “Yes we’d have liked a more glamorous game and not a team in our own league again, but we’re 90 minutes away from making another bit history by reaching the third round.

“It’s a winnable game. It’s bad but it could have been a lot worse. There are some very tough teams in the north.

“That’s what you have to focus on.”

Eastleigh’s Vanarama Conference rivals Southport, who Richard Hill’s side beat 2-1 on Stoneham Lane in early September, will host League Two strugglers Daggers on Tuesday November 18 after a 0-0 forced a replay.

The Spitfires got to this stage for the first time in their history after beating Kidderminster in the fourth qualifying round.

Richard Hill's side then beat Lincoln City 2-1 on Saturday in the first round thanks to a Ben Strevens last minute goal. If they play Dagenham it will be first they play a Football League side competitively.

They are now just one round away from facing possible Premier League opposition.

The second round game will be played on Saturday December 6. That means the Conference game against Grimsby will be postponed to a later date.