Eight FA Cup First Round ties selected to be shown live on BBC Final Score

Eight FA Cup First Round ties have been selected to be shown live on BBC Final Score; it has been confirmed ahead of this weekend.

Just the previous years, FA Cup games have been picked to have extended TV highlights on Sunday the 8th of November with kick-off for those 12:45 pm starts.

For the first few proper rounds, the BBC select a number of matches to show in-game highlights and goals as they happen along with a reporter at a few of the grounds to talk to the viewers through what has been happening as well as try to get a cheeky chat with the managers and players mid-game.

Sometimes those brief talks don’t always go to plan as we saw back in 2016 when reporter Mark Clemmit chose to speak with then-Newport manager Graham Westley about the game against Alfreton Town, just watch how awkward it got in the viral video below…

Alfreton Town v Newport County #FACup

The best interview you’ll see all day ? pic.twitter.com/ojWez8GbOw

— Around The Grounds ? (@ArndTheGrnds) November 6, 2016

When the BBC regained the rights for the FA Cup in 2014–15, the programme was renamed FA Cup Final Score when the competition is the main focus, including a modified logo featuring the FA Cup trophy and Sunday broadcasts which show the key incidents from the day’s games. Although centring on the FA Cup, there are also updates from matches in other domestic competitions that are taking place.

Reporters appearing most weeks include Mark Clemmit, Chris Wise, Vicki Sparks, Robyn Cowen, Tony Husband, Damian Johnson, Ivan Gaskell, Lynsey Hooper, Naz Premji, Emma Saunders, Derm Tanner, Peter Slater, Aaron Paul, Hamish Marshall, Marc Webber, Mike Williams, Sue Smith and Roddy Forsyth.

On the 23rd May 2019, it was announced that ITV would replace BT Sport in broadcasting the FA Cup from the 2021–22 season, this new deal will see BBC and ITV become joint broadcasters of the tournament, this will mean for the first time that all FA Cup matches would be all be exclusively broadcast on free-to-air television.

Eight FA Cup First Round ties selected to be shown live on BBC Final Score, find out which below…

8 November 2020 – Havant & Waterlooville (6) v Cray Valley Paper Mills (8)
8 November 2020 – Barnet (5) v Burton Albion (3)
8 November 2020 – Wigan Athletic (3) v Chorley (6)
8 November 2020 – Maldon & Tiptree (8) v Morecambe (4)
8 November 2020 – Torquay United (5) v Crawley Town (4)
8 November 2020 – Hayes & Yeading United (7) v Carlisle United (4)
8 November 2020 – Eastleigh (5) v Milton Keynes Dons (3)
8 November 2020 – Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) v Oldham Athletic (4)

A total of thirty-two non-league sides have made it through qualifying and will join forty-eight English Football League clubs from League One and League Two in the draw.

The First Round Proper ties are to play across the weekend of Saturday the 7th of November, with Premier League and EFL Championship sides joining the competition from the Third Round as they would usually do.

To fit into a busy schedule for the 2020/21 season, replays have been removed from the competition. The prize fund has also been reduced, with figures returning to those last used in the 2017/18 FA Cup.

LATEST FA CUP TV SELECTIONS:

The Emirates FA Cup First Round Proper fixtures listed below have been selected for live single-camera broadcast on BBC digital platforms. The FA live broadcast fee for these fixtures is £12,500 per club.

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2020
Harrogate Town v Skelmersdale United (19:45 KO) – Live on BT Sport 1

SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2020
Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City (12:30 KO) — Live on BBC and BT digital platforms
Ipswich Town v Portsmouth (15:00 KO) – Live on BBC and BT digital platforms
FC United of Manchester v Doncaster Rovers (17:30 KO) — Live on BBC Two
Colchester United v Marine (15:00 KO) — Live on BBC digital platforms Banbury United v Canvey Island (15:00 KO) —Live on BBC digital platforms

SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2020
Eight games on BBC Final Score as seen earlier in the article
Eastbourne Borough v Blackpool (14:30 KO) – Live on BT Sport 1

MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2020
Oxford City v Northampton Town (19.45 KO) — Live on BT Sport 1

THE FULL DRAW:

Banbury United v Canvey Island
Barnet v Burton Albion
Barrow v AFC Wimbledon
Bolton Wanderers v Crewe Alexandra
Boreham Wood v Southend United
Brackley Town v Bishop’s Stortford
Bromley v Yeovil Town
Cambridge United v Shrewsbury Town
Charlton Athletic v Plymouth Argyle
Cheltenham Town v South Shields
Colchester United v Marine
Dagenham & Redbridge v Grimsby Town
Eastbourne Borough v Blackpool
Eastleigh v MK Dons
Exeter City v AFC Fylde
FC United v Doncaster Rovers
Gillingham v Woking
Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oldham Athletic
Harrogate Town v Skelmersdale United
Havant & Waterlooville v Cray Valley PM
Hayes & Yeading United v Carlisle United
Hull City v Fleetwood Town
Ipswich Town v Portsmouth
Leyton Orient v Newport County
Lincoln City v Forest Green Rovers
Maldon & Tiptree v Morecambe
Oxford City v Northampton Town
Oxford United v Peterborough United
Port Vale v King’s Lynn Town
Rochdale v Chesterfield
Salford City v Hartlepool United
Scunthorpe United v Solihull Moors
Stevenage v Concord Rangers
Sunderland v Mansfield Town
Swindon Town v Darlington
Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City
Torquay United v Crawley Town
Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley
Walsall v Bristol Rovers
Wigan Athletic v Chorley

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