On BBC Two and via the live coverage tab at the top of this page, you can watch Guy Mowbray present an FA Cup re-run of some of the tournament's classic games.

Hereford v Newcastle is first up and the pitch has 22 players on it and around three blades of grass. A punch-up early doors gets a yellow card. That would be a 10-game ban these days.

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BBC Radio 5 live sports extra also has commentary of four FA Cup third round ties this weekend. Full details below.

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For a full list of all 17 matches taking place today, check out our fixtures page but some of the stand-out ties include Leicester v Newcastle, Blyth Spartans v Birmingham, Derby v Southport, Fulham v Wolves and Tranmere v Swansea.

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Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville on the Red Devils withdrawing from the FA Cup in the 1999-2000 season: "Sir Alex Ferguson got us all in the dressing room and told us we had to go to Brazil for the Club World Cup but it meant we had to pull out of the FA Cup or play a youth team in it. I never forget all the lads stood up and said 'we can't pull out of the FA Cup'.

"I remember Andy Cole saying 'we have got to play a youth team, we can't not play in the FA Cup'. And that's what all the players wanted."

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On Twitter:, external As football fine-lists go, Blyth's takes some beating. Spending a penny costs £2.

You can hear more from Dan on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on BBC One.

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Dover boss Chris Kinnear says "it does not matter" to his Conference club whether new Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is sat in the opposition dugout or not.

"Different managers have different tactics but we just get on with it. We're on a good run - unbeaten in 16 games. Bring it on," he says.

"It is the biggest game in Kent for 30-odd years, I don't think a Conference side has hosted a top-flight club in that time. It is massive for Dover and Kent as a whole."

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New Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has given his first interview, external since being appointed manager of the club he once played for this morning.

Palace sit 18th in the Premier League and Pardew expects to spend in January to boost their chances of survival.

"Without putting pressure on the chairman I think we are going to need a player or two at least and that's what we are going to try and do," the 53-year-old tells the club's website.

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Ishaan: Parents bought a dining table off Angel Rangel in the Championship days. Had a chat about how to take from his flat. We also tried to haggle the price down but the guy drove a hard bargain. Eating on that table is the best.

Mark Carolan: Asked Gareth Bale how his Spanish was coming along. "Not very well." he replied in English.

Dave Scott: Spoke to @pablo_zabaleta, external about his fish and chips he had on Fridays.

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Coming up from 11:00 on BBC Two, Guy Mowbray presents FA Cup Rewind with highlights of classic FA Cup third-round ties from yesteryear.

Ties to relive include Hereford's famous upset of Newcastle United in 1972 and Shrewsbury beating Everton at Gay Meadow in 2003.

French side Nice confirm they have reached an agreement, external to sign Hatem Ben Arfa.

Reports circulated on Friday that Newcastle had terminated the Frenchman's contract and subject to a medical, he will now return to his homeland with the Ligue 1 side.

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Phil Neville was on BBC Radio 5 live earlier talking about the experience of taking on a plucky lower-league underdog in the FA Cup.

"It's a horrible feeling waking up, thinking it's going to be an easy game," the former Everton man said. "And it doesn't become an easy game. We had it at Everton when we played Tamworth [in 2012]. The team that you've watched on the video isn't the team that you're playing on the pitch - they raise their game.

"But I used to love it because it was like a throwback with the muddy pitches and the fans right on top of you. I used to relish it."

The back pages are filled with Steven Gerrard but one paper, The Independent, go with a nostalgic lead.

"Mouthwatering ties offer 'smaller' clubs chance to create their own shocks," reads their back page.

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Our very own commentator John Motson is a bit of an FA Cup statistician and he recalls his top 10 shocks in a feature on our website.

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Tranmere manager Micky Adams on his struggling League Two side hosting Premier League team Swansea at Prenton Park: "Any football club at the lower end of the Football League would relish a match against a top-flight side and we're no different.

"To get to the third round we've had to win two games - and when I took over we were bottom of the Football League - so we needed any type of win. Any win breeds confidence, hopefully we won't get too distracted and take confidence from the game into our league form."

Swansea winger Wayne Routledge is free to play against Tranmere after his controversial red card against QPR was rescinded.

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Suzanne McGuigan:, external Taking my shoddy tinfoil FA Cup to see Gateshead at The Hawthorns. Bring on the Baggies!

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Dan Walker and the Football Focus team have loaded up and taken the show on the road this FA Cup weekend to Blyth ahead of their third-round tie against Birmingham City this afternoon.

Dan will be joined by guests Chris Waddle and Danny Higginbotham from 12:10 on BBC One.

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Southport may be in confident mood ahead of their trip to Derby but the Conference side are not at all fancied in Mark Lawrenson's predictions today.

Lawro faces former Wimbledon goalkeeper Dave Beasant and ex-Liverpool striker John Aldridge in his weekly guess of the weekend's scores.

All three predict a Derby win and none of them think Southport will even score.

Which of today's ties is most likely to produce an FA Cup upset? Have your say by voting at the top of this page.

The vote will close at 12:00 GMT. Terms and conditions can be found here.

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Southport forward Richard Brodie is hopeful the Conference strugglers can cause a shock at Championship high-flyers Derby County.

"We are very relaxed. The game has been on our minds for a long time but we've had important league games to concentrate on," says the 27-year-old, who famously almost nicked a draw for Crawley at Manchester United when he headed against the Old Trafford crossbar in 2011.

"It's been hard not to talk about the Derby game because everyone around the town is talking about it. All the old cliches come out in the FA Cup, but it is 11 v 11 and there will be a shock somewhere. We just hope it is us."