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We are spoiling you with an absolute smorgasbord of FA Cup first-round action on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ today.

If you so wish, you can wallow in the grandeur of the fabulous competition for seven straight hours - or you can just dip your toe in and out when it pleases you. It's your choice.

We have an early kick-off, a late kick-off on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, and three live 15:00 GMT games sandwiched in between. Oh, and you'll find all the goals from the other ties on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport website too.

Details above. You. Are. Welcome.

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Why I love the FA Cup number 23,089.

Tonbridge Angles have a Champions League medal holder in their team.

After winning Sky's reality TV show 'Football's Next Star' which aired in 2010, Ben Greenhalgh lived the dream after securing a professional contract with Inter Milan.

As a teenager, he trained alongside players such as Patrick Vieira under the watchful eye of Jose Mourinho, Inter's boss at the time.

Greenhalgh, from Orpington, travelled with Inter to the 2010 Champions League final when the Italian giants beat Bayern Munich in Madrid to secure a European and domestic treble.

He was given a Champions League winners' medal which he lost after using it as a golf ball marker - before being reunited with it many months later.

Read his incredible story here.

Tonbridge Angels start with former Inter Milan midfielder Ben Greenhalgh - more about him in a minute.

Stuart McCall names the same Bradford City starting XI which saw off Southend 3-0 on Tuesday.

Former Birmingham forward Clayton Donaldson has recovered from a knock, while Ben Richards-Everton returns to the substitutes bench.

Time for team news from our first tie of the day.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused problems for the weekend’s first-round ties in the FA Cup, even though the government has given the go-ahead for ties to be played despite there being several clubs from below National League level still involved and the country entering a renewed lockdown.

AFC Wimbledon’s tie at Barrow has been postponed after the Dons announced that an unspecified number of their first-team players had tested positive for the virus, meaning the whole of the League One team’s squad must now self-isolate.

Saturday's fixture, scheduled to be played at League Two Barrow's Holker Street home, will now be rearranged.

Scunthorpe are also waiting on the status of several of their players who missed last month's defeat at Exeter following positive tests for coronavirus ahead of their tie against Solihull. Six players were absent against Exeter and Scunthorpe’s fixtures against Salford, Colchester and Port Vale since then have all been postponed.

Deep breath, then. Here are the 27 games we have for you today (it should have been 28 but more on that in a minute...)

• Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City (12:00 GMT) - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Website & ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer
• Exeter City v AFC Fylde (13:00 GMT)
• Banbury United v Canvey Island - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Website & ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer

• 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 - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Website and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer
• Dagenham & Redbridge v Grimsby Town
• Gillingham v Woking
• Hull City v Fleetwood Town
• Ipswich Town v Portsmouth - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Website & ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer
• Leyton Orient v Newport County
• Lincoln City v Forest Green Rovers
• Oxford United v Peterborough United
• Port Vale v King's Lynn Town
• Rochdale v Stockport County
• Salford City v Hartlepool United
• Stevenage v Concord Rangers
• Sunderland v Mansfield Town
• Swindon Town v Darlington
• Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley
• Walsall v Bristol Rovers
• FC United of Manchester v Doncaster Rovers (17:30 GMT) - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two & ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer

It's been an exciting run for Skelmersdale United but their journey ended on Friday with a 4-1 defeat at League Two Harrogate Town - who play five tiers above their opponents.

Having entered at the extra preliminary round stage, Skem won six qualifying games to reach the first round for the first time since 1971.

Against Harrogate, the part-timers fell behind in the first minute when Calvin Miller scored after Mark Beck had hit the post.

Beck added a second goal just before half-time with a glancing header.

Jake Lawlor's deflected effort made it 3-0, Aaron Martin headed in a fourth before Danny Mitchley's consolation.

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We have 27 ties kicking-off between 12:30 GMT and 17:30 GMT, with a further 11 matches taking place on Sunday and Monday.

It's a huge weekend for splendidly named clubs like Cray Valley Paper Mills, Maldon & Tiptree and Merseyside-based Marine.

We already have one team through to Monday's second-round draw.

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It's that time of year when youngsters up and down the country raid the tin foil drawer and make a pretend FA Cup trophy.

When fans of non-league clubs dream big. When English Football League clubs fear being on the end of a giant-killing.

Sadly, there will be no fans and no tin foil FA Cups on display this weekend.

But you can be sure first round weekend will be dripping in drama, excitement and upsets.

Shall we?