Latest 25/26 FA Cup First Round TV selections revealed by BBC and TNT Sports

The latest 25/26 FA Cup First Round TV selections have been revealed by BBC and TNT Sports which take place in a few weeks time.

The FA have said in a statement: The full schedule for the 2025-26 Emirates FA Cup first round proper – including the ties selected for live television broadcast – has now been confirmed.

Eight ties will be televised live by TNT Sports, with two of these also available to watch on BBC Sport, and 32 matches are scheduled to take place at 3pm GMT on Saturday 1 November.

Each of the clubs involved in the ties selected for live television broadcast will receive a £50,000 fee in addition to guaranteed payments from the competition’s prize fund for winning or losing.

Live television broadcast fixtures are scheduled in collaboration with the clubs, local authorities, police, and the broadcasters.

See the full broadcast schedule below…

The TV schedule for the #EmiratesFACup first round has been confirmed 📺

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— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) October 17, 2025

Friday 31 October
Luton Town v Forest Green Rovers – 7.30pm GMT, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

Saturday 1 November
Chelmsford City v Braintree Town – 12pm GMT, TNT Sports 1, 3 and discovery+
Brackley Town v Notts County – 5.30pm GMT, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, TNT Sports 3 and discovery+

Sunday 2 November
South Shields v Shrewsbury Town – 12pm GMT, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+
Eastleigh v Walsall – 2.15pm GMT, BBC Two, BBC Sport, TNT Sports 2 and discovery+
Port Vale v Maldon & Tiptree – 3pm GMT, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+
Gainsborough Trinity v Accrington Stanley – 5.15pm GMT, TNT Sports 1, 2 and discovery+

Monday 3 November
Tamworth v Leyton Orient – 7.30pm GMT, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

FA CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW IN FULL:

AFC Wimbledon (3) v Gateshead (5)
Barnsley (3) v York City (5)
Blackpool (3) v Scunthorpe United (5)
Bolton Wanderers (3) v Huddersfield Town (3)
Boreham Wood (5) v Crawley Town (4)
Bromley (4) v Bristol Rovers (4)
Burton Albion (3) v St Albans City (7)
Buxton (6) v Chatham Town (7)
Cambridge United (4) v Chester (6)
Chelmsford City (6) v Braintree Town (5)
Cheltenham Town (4) v Bradford City (3)
Colchester United (4) v Milton Keynes Dons (4)
Crewe Alexandra (4) v Doncaster Rovers (3)
Eastleigh (5) v Walsall (4) Eastleigh
Sutton United (5) v AFC Telford United (6)
FC Halifax Town (5) v Exeter City (3)
Fleetwood Town (4) v Barnet (4)
Gainsborough Trinity (7) v Accrington Stanley (4)
Grimsby Town (4) v Ebbsfleet United (6)
Luton Town (3) v Forest Green Rovers (5)
Macclesfield (6) v AFC Totton (6)
Mansfield Town (3) v Harrogate Town (4)
Newport County (4) v Gillingham (4)
Oldham Athletic (4) v Northampton Town (3)
Peterborough United (3) v Cardiff City (3)
Port Vale (3) v Maldon & Tiptree (8)
Reading (3) v Carlisle United (5)
Rotherham United (3) v Swindon Town (4)
Salford City (4) v Lincoln City (3)
Slough Town (6) v Altrincham (5)
South Shields (6) v Shrewsbury Town (4)
Spennymoor Town (6) v Barrow (4)
Stevenage (3) v Chesterfield (4)
Tamworth (5) v Leyton Orient (3)
Tranmere Rovers (4) v Stockport County (3)
Wealdstone (5) v Southend United (5)
Weston-super-Mare (6) v Aldershot Town (5)
Wigan Athletic (3) v Hemel Hempstead Town (6)
Brackley Town (5) v Notts County (4)
Wycombe Wanderers (3) v Plymouth Argyle (3)

FA CUP FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS

Tie – Home team – (Tier) – Score – Away team – (Tier)
32 – Farnham Town (7) 3–3 Sutton United (5)
1 – Darlington (6) 0–6 AFC Telford United (6)
2 – Macclesfield (6) 1–0 Stamford (7)
3 – Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1–1 Hartlepool United (5)
4 – Carlisle United (5) 5–2 Boston United (5)
5 – Rochdale (5) 1–2 York City (5)
6 – Runcorn Linnets (8) 0–1 Buxton (6)
7 – Morecambe (5) 1–1 Chester (6)
8 – South Shields (6) 4–0 Spalding United (7)
9 – Tamworth (5) 1–0 Hyde United (7)
10 – Scunthorpe United (5) 4–2 King’s Lynn Town (6)
11 – Aveley (7) 0–3 Gateshead (5)
12 – Spennymoor Town (6) 1–0 Billericay Town (7)
13 – Southport (6) 1–3 FC Halifax Town (5)
14 – Altrincham (5) 2–2 Harborough Town (7)
16 – Maldon & Tiptree (8) 1–0 Flackwell Heath (8)
17 – Woking (5) 1–1 Brackley Town (5)
18 – Wealdstone (5) 5–1 Whitstable Town (9)
19 – Slough Town (6) 3–2 Enfield Town (6)
20 – Eastbourne Borough (6) 0–3 Boreham Wood (5)
21 – Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) 0–2 Eastleigh (5)
22 – Southend United (5) 4–1 Folkestone Invicta (7)
23 – Ebbsfleet United (6) 2–0 Solihull Moors (5)
24 – Braintree Town (5) 2–0 Farnborough (6)
25 – Tonbridge Angels (6) 1–3 Chatham Town (7)
26 – Weston-super-Mare (6) 1–0 Needham Market (7)
27 – Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 2–1 Yeovil Town (5)
28 – Banbury United (7) 1–1 St Albans City (7)
29 – Chelmsford City (6) 4–3 Chippenham Town (6)
30 – AFC Totton (6) 1–1 Truro City (5)
31 – Dorking Wanderers (6) 2–3 Aldershot Town (5)
15 – Worthing (6) 1–4 Forest Green Rovers (5)

Replays
3R – Hartlepool United (5) 1–3 Gainsborough Trinity (7)
7R – Chester (6) 2–0 Morecambe (5)
14R – Harborough Town (7) 0–3 (a.e.t.) Altrincham (5)
17R – Brackley Town (5) 6–2 Woking (5)
28R – St Albans City (7) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Banbury United (7)
30R – Truro City (5) 1–1 (3–5 p) AFC Totton (6)
32R – Sutton United (5) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Farnham Town (7)

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Here’s how fans reacted to the latest 25/26 FA Cup First Round TV selections revealed by BBC and TNT Sports…

@Joseph_Oakman17: St Albans robbed…

@JakeCrilley: Halifax NL v Exeter L1 how isn’t that on tv but obviously forest green rovers are on tv no shock 😂

@engine1985: Terrible picks. All I can say is at least you didn’t pick an all league clash. Wigan vs Hemel or Barnsley York should have been on though.

@AlecHitchSUFC:
Luton v Forest Green?
Instead of…
Wigan v Hemel Hempstead
Barnsley v York
Halifax v Exeter

@jake_murphy95: @tntsports You have chelmsford v braintree on a saturday 12pm, which most fans would make a Monday night kick off, due to the locality of the both sides supporters. Yet put us on a monday night, miles away from home. Yet again, match going fans put last! Disgrace

@fletchhtfc: How Hemel ain’t on here is a disgrace

@NicktheHornet: Not showing Wigan v Hemel Hempstead is a joke

@calumgill24: I know it was said at the time, but what a tragedy that so much of the world’s greatest football tournament will be hidden behind the paywall.

@GrahamDee1968:
An all non league tie being shown ?!!
Unheard of at this stage.
👏 #EssexDerby #FACup

@1stevietaylor: Brackley on the bbc happy days. Shame it’s a 5:30 as it’s BRACKLEY fireworks that night and will be going off in the field right next to the pitch at 7pm

@AllAtSeaFanzine: This is the obvious disadvantage of getting an away draw against a team in the same division: TV coverage is about as likely as a pig winning the Grand National

@haughycfc: So happy that we’re playing 3pm Saturday but you have to say that it is a crazy decision 🤣 obviously Barnsley v York is getting more viewers than 75% of these picks

@jackstringer19: Can sort of see why Maldon and Tiptree are there as the lowest ranked side remaining, even though they’re away. Luton vs FGR is a shocker.

@zac_tominski: Chelmsford vs Braintree on TNT sports 🤣🤣. I like how they’ve put non league sides on TV but put em on BBC let TNT show the shit games and not let fans of non league teams having to pay a subscription just to watch their team in the FA cup 1st round