Ex-Newcastle striker Alan Shearer on MOTD

"The FA Cup is a welcome distraction for Hartlepool. The pressure is on them, but it's a huge incentive for them to get through."

When Alan Shearer has to resort to a Liam Gallagher-style parka, you know it's cold. Not friendly weather conditions at Victoria Park. Almost set for kick-off...

Ex-Newcastle striker Alan Shearer on MOTD

"I think without a doubt history can help Blyth - they know they can actually do it. It's a young team - can't seem to be any pressure on those guys. They come up against a team that's really struggling."

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Blyth expect to be cheered on by 1,200 Spartans fans tonight, who will be making the 40-mile trip down the north-east coast. Some are coming from further afield...

Blyth Spartans boss Tom Wade: "Tonight we have an even bigger support and we have lads travelling from Cannock, Stoke and Coventry so the support is massive. It will spur the lads on, we need our supporters to feel like it is a home game and they will do that.

"They have to know just how important they are to us and if we are to win we have to realise we are all in this together"

All the way from Staffordshire! Don't let them down Spartans...

Hartlepool are bottom of the league and facing the humiliation of a potential Cupset tonight. Pools have almost nothing to gain tonight. Can they deliver the goods?

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We are under way on BBC Two and at the top of this page...

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Best selfie of the night so far? Very possibly, courtesy of H'Angus the Monkey, Hartlepool's official mascot.

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Julie Guest: "I have a relative who has only missed one Birmingham City game for over 60 years, the only time he missed one was when he had an operation!"

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Steve Ackling: "Having been an avid Hull City fan since 1966 I was delighted when my youngest daughter, Jo, discovered a love for football but just a tad disappointed when she chose local club Derby County as her team rather than my beloved Tigers. I could only see one answer to this dilemma - get season tickets for both clubs!

"And so 2002-03 was the start of a 7-year feast of football in which we went to 309 Tigers and Rams games, witnessing four promotions and two Championship play-off final wins. Oh, and Derby County recording the lowest ever Premier League points total!"

Blyth are led by Robbie Dale, the barman who has scored in every round of the cup so far. Peter Jeffries, a former Hartlepool season-ticket holder and scaffolder, is in goal for the Northumberland side. The starting XI also includes midfielder Jarrett Rivers, who works in his mum's newspaper shop, and student midfielder Stephen Turnbull, who is doing an apprenticeship with a ferry company.

Hartlepool make four changes to the side that lost 3-1 at home to Wycombe. Jonathan Franks and Sidney Schmeltz come in to join former Newcastle United forward Marlon Harewood in attack.

Blyth Spartans XI: Jefferies, Nicholson, Watson, Hutchinson, Buddle, Turnbull, Rivers, Wade, Hawkins, Maguire, Dale.

Hartlepool XI: Flinders, Austin, Bates, Lanzoni, Jones, Featherstone, Woods, Walker, Franks, Harewood, Schmeltz.

Spartans manager Tom Wade was one of the members of the 42,000-strong crowd at St James' Park when Blyth were beaten 2-1 by Wrexham in the fifth round in 1977-78 - the 55-year-old is a lifelong supporter and started going to matches at the age of eight. It will be his 100th match in charge of Blyth against Hartlepool and the club also runs in the family - his son Matthew plays in midfield.

John Shaw: "For Middlesbrough's first-ever FA Cup Final appearance at Wembley in 1997 I had to fly back from Hong Kong the night before the game and, pretending to be a Chelsea supporter and heavily disguising my accent, bought a Chelsea section ticket at Stamford Bridge which I managed to exchange for a Boro ticket just before the game.

"After the National Anthem and the presentation of the teams, I was about to sit down to enjoy the game when a certain Roberto Di Matteo blasted home after just 42 seconds. Never easy being a Boro fan! Less than a day later I was back in Hong Kong, not even jetlagged, just shellshocked."

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Hull goalkeeper Steve Harper:, external Having played for Hartlepool & also against Blyth a few times it's certain to be a feisty cup tie at Victoria Park tonight.

Talismanic forward Robbie Dale, who has scored in every round so far, is a key component of Blyth's hopes of FA Cup progress.

"He's a bit of a maverick on the park. When he's on his game, he's unplayable," manager Tom Wade told BBC Newcastle.

"He leads from the front, like an Alan Shearer sort of captain and when he's on the pitch everybody looks up to him. We've got a lot of young players in the side with ambition and he helps them come on."

"Wembley! Wembley! We're the famous Blyth Spartans and we're going to Wembley!"

That's the first time I've heard that chant this season. Good work from the away end. A few too many syllables if I'm being picky.

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A non-league side fancying a big Cupset would consider Hartlepool a decent draw.

Pools are bottom of the Football League, 92nd out of 92, and have collected just 12 points all season.

Boss Paul Murray says: "It is natural that everybody wants an upset.

"That is why the cameras were down at Warrington in the first round - it is what it is all about - and why they are here.

"A lot of people will be wanting an upset but it is our job to make sure that doesn't happen."

Not long till kick-off and the Blyth fans are out in force and sensing a upset...

David Redden:, external Blyth Spartans fans are on their way! Another giant killing required! #gettingcarriedaway #romance

Jordan Wright:, external Absolutely buzzing! Howay Blyth!

Mitch Mansfield:, external Fulham v Watford, Dortmund v Hoffenheim, Fiorentina v Juve or the FA Cup? A Friday night dilemma, but BBC FA Cup had me at Blyth Spartans.

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Our first Friday night game of the FA Cup season served up the Cupset the cameras were hoping for as Warrington Town made light of a 100-place gap between themselves and Exeter in the football pyramid to win.

Will Blyth manage another shock tonight?

Kieran Goldberg: "If the Blyth Spartans fan is worth a long story then so is Barnet's Steve Pursey. If I am not mistaken he has missed one game in the last 35 years, a game which was initially postponed, then changed to a delayed kick-off later that same afternoon.

"Not only does he attend every home and away game for the Bees, he now takes an active part in the supporters club, arranging coach transport to games for fans."

Andy Tillen: "I've not missed a Hampshire Sunday league match home and away since August 1975. Also my friend Paul Black hasn't missed a Reading game home and away since 1974."

Words fail me Andy...

One game in the Championship for us to worry about tonight. A few weeks ago Fulham were struggling at the foot of the table and Watford flying at the top.

But Kit Symons has transformed Fulham's fortunes, guiding his team to seven wins since replacing Felix Magath.

Watford, on their fourth manager of a bizarre season, seem to be heading in the opposite direction, Slavisa Jokanovic's men down to seventh after losing their last four. "We have not had good results and it's our obligation to stop that," says Jokanovic.

Can they? We'll find out soon.