Neil Johnston
BBC Sport at Bramall Lane

There are 104 places separating Sheffield United and AFC Fylde but the non-league club's biggest goal threat could well be Danny Rowe.

As a schoolboy, Rowe trained alongside Tom Cleverley and Danny Drinkwater at Manchester United before being released at the age of 16.

Soon after leaving United, Rowe began an apprenticeship as a joiner which included three years on a Blackpool building site.

Rowe has bagged more than 100 goals since joining the Coasters in 2014. Will he grab the headlines here?

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Today's Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield, which kicks off at 16:01 GMT, is live on BBC One. Make sure you join Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Leon Osman for that one from 15:30 GMT.

But before then, there are plenty more fixtures to enjoy. BBC local radio has full match commentary of every tie across the round on the website and app.

BBC Radio 5 Live will have commentary of Middlesbrough v Tottenham (14:01 GMT), Liverpool v Everton (16:01 GMT) and West Ham's visit to Gillingham (18:16 GMT).

There is also full match commentary of Nottingham Forest's trip to Chelsea on Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (14:01).

And OF COURSE, we will be here with live text commentary and goal clips all day on the BBC Sport website and app.

A smelly afternoon?

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in 12 home FA Cup matches against sides from a lower division (W11, D1) since losing 2-1 to Millwall in January 1985.

When playing outside the top flight, Derby have won just one of their last 23 FA Cup matches against top-flight opponents (W1, D6, L16), a 2-1 win at West Brom in January 2017.

Two years to the day since this happened.

Virgil van Dijk. On his debut. Scoring in the 84th minute. Against Everton. In the FA Cup third round. They won 2-1.

He literally could not have started his Anfield career any better could he? He's done alright for the Reds since then too. Will he start this afternoon?

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Coventry City might be 'homeless' but they are absolutely flying in League One - as well as enjoying a decent FA Cup run.

The Sky Blues - winners in 1987 - are ground-sharing at Birmingham City's St Andrew's for the 2019-20 season after failing to agree a deal to stay at the Ricoh Arena.

Striker Matt Godden has scored back-to-back hat-tricks in games over Christmas, while in Mark Robins they have a boss who knows all about winning the FA Cup.

Robins came on as a late substitute for Manchester United in the 1990 final against Crystal Palace, which ended 3-3 after extra time. United won the replay 1-0.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Remember you can listen to this match on BBC Radio 5 Live. Nice.

It's an all-Championship affair at Loftus Road this afternoon, with Swansea travelling to White City for the second time this season having beaten QPR 3-1 in August.

These two sides last met in the FA Cup in the 2001-02 season in the first round, a 4-0 home win for the Swans on that occasion.

The third round isn't a happy hunting ground for QPR, though. They have been eliminated at this stage on 49 occasions - the only side to be eliminated more in this round are Plymouth Argyle (50).

Can they make it through today?

That must be the weirdest kick-off time I've seen. 18.16! All for a fantastic initiative though. All games are kicking off one minute later to encourage the football community to discuss and think about their mental health.

• This is the first ever FA Cup meeting between Gillingham and West Ham United.
• West Ham and Gillingham have met four times previously, all in the second tier in 2003-04 and 2004-05 - the Hammers won three of those four matches, losing the other at the Priestfield Stadium in September 2003.
• Gillingham have reached the FA Cup fourth round just once in their previous 15 seasons, doing so last season - they last did so in consecutive seasons in 2003-04 (five in a row).
• In each of the past two seasons, the side eliminating West Ham from the FA Cup has been from League One - Wigan in 2017-18 and AFC Wimbledon in 2018-19.

Remember the last time Jack Rodwell appeared in the FA Cup? You have to go all the way back to January 2017 but the former Manchester City and Everton midfielder comes in for his Sheffield United debut after signing a short-term contract until the end of the season.

There is also a debut for Dutch keeper Simon Verrips while former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison makes a rare appearance as Chris Wilder sticks to his promise and makes 11 changes.

This Blades team has made 14 Premier League starts between them this season with forward Callum Robinson starting nine.

Sheffield United XI: Verrips, L Freeman, Jagielka, L Freeman, Bryan, K Freeman, Osborn, Clarke, Rodwell, Besic, Robinson.

Substitutes: Henderson, Fleck, O'Connell, Basham, McBurnie, Sharp, Stearman.

AFC Fylde include former Sheffield United midfielder Danny Philliskirk in their starting XI. Philliskirk was with the Blades between 2011-13. Forward Danny Rowe has scored more than 100 goals since joining the Coasters in 2014.

AFC Fylde XI: Hornby, Byrne, Jameson, Whitmore, Croasdale, Philliskirk, Williams, Burke,. Bradley, Haughton, Rowe.

Substitutes: Montrose, Taylor, Yeates, Willoughby, Lavercombe, Craigen, Kellet.

A combined total of 16 changes - six for QPR and 10 for Swansea in this match between two Championship teams.

QPR: Kelly, Kane, Cameron, Masterson, Wallace, Ball, Scowen, Pugh, Chair, Osayi-Samuel, Hugill.

Substitutes: Barnes, Hall, Smith, Shodipo, Wells, Dalling, Gubbins.

Swansea: Nordfeldt, Roberts, Cooper, Bidwell, John, Fulton, Carroll, Dyer, McKay, Peterson, Kalulu.

Substitutes: Mulder, Cabango, Naughton, Byers, Dhanda, Celina, Borja.

There's just under 40 minutes to go before the 14:01 kick-offs. Which means you absolutely have time to look back on yesterday's highlights.

Helpfully, we've put together a thread of them all here. Thank us later.

Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

The cups are important to Tottenham but they are for Jose Mourinho as well. He's a serial winner and has been for many years and he wants trophies. Tottenham have waited a long, long time for silverware and he's going to go for this, hammer and tongs. I think this is just about the strongest team he can put out there.

There are five academy graduates in the Nottingham Forest starting XI today. Another five on the bench.

Magic of the cup!

Wayne Rooney is named in Derby County's starting line-up for their tie at Crystal Palace.

The ex-England captain features in an FA Cup game for the first time since January 2018 when he played for Everton in their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Rooney made his Rams debut in a 2-1 win over Barnsley on 2 January and is one of only two survivors from the side which played that fixture along with Curtis Davies as boss Phillip Cocu makes nine changes.

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson (Rooney's former manager with England) makes five changes from the side which drew 1-1 with Norwich on New Year's Day.

Wayne Hennessey, Brandon Pierrick, Cheikhou Kouyate, Gary Cahill and Connor Wickham all come into the side.

Palace forward Wilfried Zaha is not included in their matchday squad.

Crewe Alexandra fans will smell an upset on the cards today, as the League Two high-flyers host Championship strugglers Barnsley.

The Tykes are second bottom and have been in the relegation zone for much of the season, while Crewe are third in the table with just one defeat in their last nine matches.

Here's how the two teams will line up:

Bristol Rovers host League One rivals Coventry City in a rare FA Cup meeting between the two sides.

The hosts won their only other previous meeting 2-1 in 1963.

Both sides are well-placed in League One, with Bristol Rovers in eighth and Coventry in third.

Despite gunning for promotion, Coventry are taking the FA Cup seriously, with manager Mark Robins naming an unchanged side.

Here's how the two teams are lining up:

Or maybe Rooney will switch to being a goalkeeper for the second half?

Frank Lampard changes his Chelsea side around with only Reece James and Jorginho, who is the captain today, remaining from the 11 that started the 1-1 draw at Brighton on 1 January.

In come Willy Caballero, Fikayo Tomori, Andreas Christensen, Emerson, Mateo Kovacic, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Michy Batshuayi.

Chelsea: Caballero, James, Tomori, Christensen, Emerson, Kovacic, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Batshuayi, Hudson-Odoi.

Substitutes: Cumming, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Lamptey, Mount, Willian, Giroud.

But Nottingham Forest make even more changes - TEN.

Tobias Figueiredo is the only one to stay in from the side that won 3-2 against Blackburn on Wednesday.

That gives Jordan Smith, Carl Jenkinson, Michael Dawson, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Yates, Alfa Semedo, Joao Carvalho, Brennan Johnson, Alex Mighten and Albert Adomah chances to impress.

Nottingham Forest: Smith, Jenkinson, Dawson, Figueiredo, Ribeiro, Yates, Semedo, Carvalho, Johnson, Mighten, Adomah.

Substitutes: Shelvey, Benalouane, Fornah, Sole, En-Neyah, Hefele, Gabriel.