The BBC will broadcast one game from every round of this season’s FA Cup qualifying, the latest to be selected is this weekend’s match between Prestwich Heys and Radcliffe.
It is the second tie of this season’s competition to be chosen after the cameras captured Haverhill Rovers beating Haverhill Borough 2-0.
Magic of the FA Cup, in person at Prestwich or live on the BBC. Saturday 12:30pm #EmiratesFACup #weareradcliffe pic.twitter.com/SBaVrtQiwn
— Radcliffe FC (@radcliffeboro) August 20, 2018
Radcliffe were previously known as Radcliffe Borough. News of the change came in May, chairman Paul Hilton announced at the end-of-season awards that they were dropping the Borough from its title after 68 years. Complete with a new badge and image which still has Boro as its nickname.
You might be familiar with their manager, who is Jon Macken, the former Manchester City forward, his assistant is also well known, Frank Sinclair, who won the FA Cup with Chelsea in 1997.
Radcliffe play in the eighth tier Northern Premier League Division One West, while Prestwich are in the North West Counties League Division One North.
The tie will be live on the BBC Sport website, app, iPlayer and Red Button from 12:30pm.
Victory from this round will earn teams £2,890 and leave them four wins away from the first round proper, yep, a long way to go yet.
Since the news of the selected FA Cup tie was made by the BBC, there was plenty reaction, some loving the choice of game, others not so – take a look at those tweets on the next page.

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