It’s that time again, the BBC announce which 24/25 FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round tie they will televise, and we’re looking forward to it.
The early rounds of the FA Cup qualifiers have been streamed on the BBC since 2017, which has not only put non league clubs on the map, but also earned them a welcome financial boost for being on the telly.
A game from every stage is be live-streamed across BBC Sport’s digital platforms, allowing audiences to watch the game live on PC, mobile or connected TV. Matches will also be available live and on-demand on BBC iPlayer.
The #EmiratesFACup fourth round qualifying game between @Hednesford_Town and @GatesheadFC will be available to watch live! 📺
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) October 4, 2024
FA STATEMENT:
The Emirates FA Cup fourth round qualifying tie between Hednesford Town and Gateshead will be available to watch live on the BBC.
The game will kick off at 3.30pm BST on Saturday 12 October and can be streamed via BBC iPlayer and the red button, as well as on the BBC Sport website on tablet, phone and desktop.
Both clubs will receive a £2,000 fee from The FA.
As part of BBC Sport giving extra prominence to the Emirates FA Cup, live coverage of matches will be provided through to the last kick of the ball at Wembley Stadium in May during the 2024-25 season.
Steve Rudge, BBC Sport’s head of football, said: “We are delighted that audiences will be able to share in the passion of the FA Cup from the opening stage of the competition. To highlight the tournament from first kick to last will showcase the desire for success in the famous Cup throughout the football pyramid.”
David Newton, the FA’s head of competitions, said: “The Emirates FA Cup is the world’s most loved domestic cup competition.
“We’re delighted that the BBC is widening the competition’s reach by allowing fans the opportunity to follow the drama live, right from the very start through to the showpiece final at Wembley Stadium.”
FA CUP FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW IN FULL:
1 Rushall Olympic (6) – Peterborough Sports (6)
2 Tamworth (5) – Macclesfield (7)
3 Oldham Athletic (5) – FC Halifax Town (5)
4 Hartlepool United (5) – Brackley Town (6)
5 Farsley Celtic (6) – Kettering Town (7)
6 Altrincham (5) – Solihull Moors (5)
7 AFC Fylde (5) – Rochdale (5)
8 Scarborough Athletic (6) – Chester (6)
9 Biggleswade (8) – York City (5)
10 Harborough Town (7) – Bury (9)
11 Curzon Ashton (6) – King’s Lynn Town (6)
12 Gainsborough Trinity (7) – Boston United (5)
13 Hednesford Town (8) – Gateshead (5)
14 Biggleswade Town (7) or Alfreton Town (6) – Spennymoor Town (6)
15 Kidderminster Harriers (6) – Guiseley (7)
16 Taunton Town (7) – Maidenhead United (5)
17 Horsham (7) – Gorleston (8)
18 Aldershot Town (5) – Bath City (6)
19 Eastleigh (5) – Southend United (5)
20 Chertsey Town (7) – Sutton United (5)
21 Boreham Wood (6) – Carshalton Athletic (7)
22 Haringey Borough (8) or Lowestoft Town (7) – Weston-super-Mare (6)
23 Wealdstone (5) – Gosport Borough (7)
24 Leiston (7) – Dagenham & Redbridge (5)
25 Barnet (5) – Chelmsford City (6)
26 Bishop’s Cleeve (8) or Chesham United (6) – Yeovil Town (5)
27 Cray Wanderers (7) – Tonbridge Angels (6)
28 Woking (5) – Slough Town (6)
29 Forest Green Rovers (5) – Weymouth (6)
30 Maidstone United (6) – Ebbsfleet United (5)
31 Plymouth Parkway (7) – Worthing (6)
32 Braintree Town (5) – Bishop’s Stortford (7)
FA CUP THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS
Tie – Home team (Tier) – Score – Away team (Tier) – Att.
Saturday 28 September 2024
5 Wythenshawe Town (8) 0–1 Farsley Celtic (6) 413
1 Guiseley (7) 1–0 Scunthorpe United (6) 1,254
2 Stockton Town (7) 1–1 Chester (6) 804
3 Radcliffe (6) 2–3 Bury (9) 2,800
4 Southport (6) 0–1 Curzon Ashton (6) 960
6 Darlington (6) 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1,256
7 Warrington Rylands 1906 (7) 0–2 Scarborough Athletic (6) 339
8 Spennymoor Town (6) 1–0 Chorley (6) 625
9 Macclesfield (7) 6–1 Witton Albion (8) 2,188
10 Buxton (6) 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 806
11 Leiston (7) 1–1 Hornchurch (6) 312
12 Haringey Borough (8) 3–3 Lowestoft Town (7) 317
13 Shifnal Town (9) 0–0 Hednesford Town (8) 1,106
14 Harborough Town (7) 1–0 Leamington (6) 614
16 Royston Town (7) 0–0 Peterborough Sports (6) 621
18 St Ives Town (7) 0–3 Kettering Town (7) 681
19 Rushall Olympic (6) 2–1 Anstey Nomads (8) 324
20 Chelmsford City (6) 2–1 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 808
21 Gorleston (8) 4–2 St Albans City (6) 281
22 Bishop’s Stortford (7) 3–2 Hereford (6) 674
23 Worksop Town (7) 1–1 King’s Lynn Town (6) 759
24 Salisbury (6) 1–2 Bath City (6) 1,312
25 Cray Wanderers (7) 3–0 Hastings United (7) 408
26 Chertsey Town (7) 3–2 Ashford United (8) 641
27 Worthing (6) 3–1 Dartford (7) 1,263
28 Winchester City (7) 2–2 Weymouth (6) 640
29 Margate (8) 1–1 Horsham (7) 582
30 Tonbridge Angels (6) 2–1 Walton & Hersham (7) 1,068
31 Taunton Town (7) 2–1 Amersham Town (9) 833
32 Sittingbourne (8) 0–3 Plymouth Parkway (7) 506
33 Chatham Town (7) 0–3 Slough Town (6) 702
34 Bishop’s Cleeve (8) 0–0 Chesham United (6) 726
35 Brackley Town (6) 4–1 Ramsgate (8) 513
36 Herne Bay (8) 0–1 Maidstone United (6) 1,997
37 Oxford City (6) 2–3 Gosport Borough (7) 317
38 Carshalton Athletic (7) 3–2 Melksham Town (8) 523
39 Boreham Wood (6) 2–1 Larkhall Athletic (8) 504
40 Chippenham Town (6) 1–1 Weston-super-Mare (6) 677
Sunday 29 September 2024
17 Biggleswade (8) 1–0 Canvey Island (7) 341
Replays
Tuesday 1 October 2024
2R Chester (6) 1–0 Stockton Town (7) 1,397
10R Kidderminster Harriers (6) 2–0 Buxton (6) 1,123
11R Hornchurch (6) 1–3 (a.e.t.) Leiston (7) 274
13R Hednesford Town (8) 1–0 Shifnal Town (9) 1,046
16R Peterborough Sports (6) 1–0 Royston Town (7) 211
23R King’s Lynn Town (6) 0–0 (4–3 p) Worksop Town (7) 466
28R Weymouth (6) 3–0 Winchester City (7)
29R Horsham (7) 2–0 Margate (8) 752
40R Weston-super-Mare (6) 1–0 Chippenham Town (6) 523
Tuesday 8 October 2024
15 Biggleswade Town (7) – Alfreton Town (6)
12R Lowestoft Town (7) – Haringey Borough (8)
34R Chesham United (6) – Bishop’s Cleeve (8)
FA CUP QUALIFYING GAMES PREVIOUSLY TELEVISED:
2017/18
Extra Preliminary Round – Litherland REMYCA (10) vs AFC Liverpool (9) (BBC)
Preliminary Round – South Shields (8) vs Bridlington Town (9) (BBC)
First Qualifying Round – Billericay Town (7) vs Didcot Town (8) (BBC)
Second Qualifying Round – Deeping Rangers (9) vs Kidderminster Harriers (6) (BBC)
Third Qualifying Round – Ashton Athletic (9) vs Chorley (6) (BBC)
Fourth Qualifying Round – St Albans City (6) vs Boreham Wood (5) (BBC)
2018/19
Extra Preliminary Round – Haverhill Rovers (9) vs Haverhill Borough (10) (BBC)
Preliminary Round – Prestwich Heys (10) vs Radcliffe (8) (BBC)
First Qualifying Round – Maltby Main (9) vs Frickley Athletic (8) (BBC)
Second Qualifying Round – Lymington Town (9) vs Torquay United (6) (BBC)
Third Qualifying Round – Peterborough Sports (8) vs Chorley (6) (BBC)
Fourth Qualifying Round – Dunston UTS (9) vs Gateshead (5) (BBC)
2019/20
Extra Preliminary Round – Punjab United vs Broadbridge Heath (BBC)
Preliminary Round – Heather St John’s vs Worcester City (BBC)
First Qualifying Round – Thatcham Town vs Salisbury (BBC)
Second Qualifying Round – Irlam vs York City (BBC)
Third Qualifying Round – Halesowen Town vs Altrincham (BBC)
Fourth Qualifying Round – Potters Bar Town vs Barnet (BBC) and York City vs Stockport County (BT Sport)
2020/21
Extra preliminary round – Maine Road v Squires Gate (BBC Sport)
Preliminary pound – Stocksbridge Park Steels v Stalybridge Celtic (BBC Sport)
First qualifying round – Hashtag United v Soham Town Rangers (BBC Sport)
Second qualifying round – Warrington Rylands v York City (BBC), Hashtag United vs Braintree Town (Twitch)
Third qualifying round – Christchurch v Dulwich Hamlet (BBC Sport)
Fourth qualifying round – Ilkeston Town v Hartlepool United (BBC), Bishop’s Stortford v St Albans City (BT Sport)
2021/22
Preliminary round – Sheffield v Sherwood Colliery (BBC Sport)
First qualifying round – Lichfield City v Nuneaton Borough (BBC Sport)
Second qualifying round – Sutton Common Rovers v Jersey Bulls (BBC Sport)
Third qualifying round – Hanley Town v Brackley Town (BBC Sport)
Fourth qualifying round – Bromsgrove Sporting v Grimsby Town (BBC Sport)
2022/23
Preliminary round – Marlow v Thame United
First qualifying round – Bury AFC v North Shields
Second qualifying round – Walton & Hersham v Chatham Town
Third qualifying round – Congleton Town v AFC Fylde
Fourth qualifying round – Anstey Nomads v Chesterfield
2023/24
Preliminary Round – Horley Town v AFC Croydon Athletic
First Qualifying Round – Sporting Khalsa v Darlaston Town
Second Qualifying Round – Tadcaster Albion v Chester
Third Qualifying Round – Leek Town v South Shields
Fourth Qualifying Round – Bracknell Town v Dag & Red
2024/25
Preliminary Round – Ashington v Bishop Auckland
First Qualifying Round – Campion v Blyth Spartans
Second Qualifying Round – Lordswood v Sittingbourne
Third Qualifying Round – Wythenshawe Town v Farsley Celtic
Fourth Qualifying Round – Hednesford Town v Gateshead
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