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Matches are getting underway from Stourbridge to Barnet to Portsmouth - stay with us for coverage of all the action.

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All of the FA Cup goals and highlights will be available after the matches on the BBC Sport website via the match reports.

Below is the television schedule for all of the football highlights so you can plan your weekend accordingly.

As well as our text service throughout the afternoon, you can also listen to live commentary of all of the FA Cup games using the 'live coverage' tab at the top of the page, and then clicking 'FA Cup commentaries'.

This is a United Kingdom only service so apologies to anybody following to us elsewhere in the world.

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It's wet and windy throughout the majority of the country but it's now only a few minutes until we'll have some live football to warm the bones.

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From Exeter's road trips to Northwich's revival, BBC Sport has taken a look at some of the stories of this weekend's FA Cup second round.

Click here to read more.

Accrington top scorer Josh Windass starts up top alongside Billy Kee as they look to knock out the 2008 FA Cup winners.

Portsmouth: Murphy, Davies, Clarke, Webster, Stevens, Doyle, Hollands, Evans, McGurk, Bennett, McNulty.

Accrington: Mooney, Pearson, Davies, Wright, Halliday, Mingoia, Crooks, Barry, McConville, Windass, Kee.

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This time last year the second-round got off with a bang as non-league side Blyth Spartans caused an upset at League Two Hartlepool. 

However the Northern Premier League side were knocked out at the first attempt this season, as they were beaten 2-1 in the first qualifying round by North East neighbours Spennymoor Town.

It's all over at the Britannia Stadium where Stoke have pulled off a surprise 2-0 win against Manchester City. Marko Arnautovic bagged both of the goals within the first 15 minutes to send the Potters up to ninth in the Premier League table.

You can follow all the rest of today's Premier League action by clicking here.

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Away from football for a minute, and don’t forget you can still vote for your overseas sports personality of the year. 

Bolt? Carter? Djokovic? Ledecky? Spieth? Williams? Who is your choice? 

You can vote here, and signing up now will mean you are all set to cast your vote for the main Sports Personality of the Year award on 20 December.

Northampton top scorer Marc Richards is on the bench today while Cobblers midfielder Joel Byrom faces his former club.

Northampton: Smith, Moloney, Buchanan, Taylor, Diamond, Cresswell, Byrom, Adams, D’Ath, Potter, Calvert-Lewin

Northwich: Springthore, Byrne, Duxbury, Krou, Clarke, Astles, Summerskill, Ball, Bennett, Howard, Williams.

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For the 18 teams involved today, a run in this famous competition could have a huge impact on their finances for years to come.

If you're interested in finding out just how valuable a win today could be for your team, head over to this excellent guide put together by the BBC iWonder team in March.

Stourbridge: Solly, Green, Scarr, Tonks, Smikle, Pierpoint, Dodd, Broadhurst, Hawley, Richards, Lait

Eastleigh: Flitney, Partington, Green, Evans, Reid, Payne, Constable, Reason, Midson, Strevens, Dury

In the world of semi-professional football, it is not unusual for team managers to have second jobs.

Eastleigh boss Chris Todd, a former Swansea, Torquay and Exeter defender, changed his life around in 2008 after being diagnosed with leukaemia, trying a number of different opportunities.

You can read more on his incredible life inAdam Williams' pieceon the 34-year-old who became boss in October.

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Whatever happens in the second-round, non-league football will have some representation.

Hampshire-based Eastleigh were playing in the eighth-tier Wessex League back in 2003 but reached the National League for the first time in their history last campaign, finishing fourth but losing in the play-off semi-finals to Grimsby.

The semi-professional side, with the superb nickname of 'the Spitfires', have not got second season syndrome either as they sit fifth so far this season.

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It's just seven years since Sol Campbell lifted the FA Cup as Portsmouth beat Cardiff at Wembley.

Since then it's been a slide down the football pyramid for Pompey but they're well set in League Two this season, sitting fifth. 

They face a team above them at Fratton Park this afternoon in Accrington who have won five of their last six.

Yeovil: Weale, Smith, Dolan, Sokolik, Bird, Jeffers, Dickson, Cornick, Roberts, Ward, Sheehan

Stevenage: Day, Henry, Franks, Wells, Ogilvie, Cox, Tonge, Whelpdale, Pett, Kennedy, Gnanduillet

Northwich Victoria are certainly a team used to winning. 

They sit top of the Northern Premier League Division One North having won 16 of their 17 games this season.

The Vics beat National League side Boreham Wood 2-1 in a replay to progress to round two and Jim Gannon's side will fancy themselves even travelling to a League Two side.

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A run in the cup can translate into some improved form in the league and Sheffield United and Oldham will hope that will be the case.

In this all League One encounter, the Blades currently sit 12th after Nigel Adkins replaced Nigel Clough in the summer when they missed out on promotion through the play-offs for the third time in four seasons.  

Oldham's player-manger David Dunn took over after Darren Kelly was sacked after seven games this term but they are occupying the final relegation place at the moment.

No three points today but a big 'W' could be just what is needed.