Neil Trainis: Spurs have 402 international caps in their starting line-up v @MarineAFC, external in the #FACup, external. I think they’re taking this seriously.

Terry Cooper: A shame no fans can be there today but I'm really looking forward to watching this one. A proper old school cup tie. All football fans in the country (Spurs fans aside) will surely be behind the Mariners!

Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC One

Today for the Spurs players it is all about their attitude. They've got to match Marine's attitude and work ethic because ability wise they'll have too much for them.

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho on BBC Sport: "First of all you have to win and second I think we have to enjoy and keep this with us, this is an experience to go back 50 years as a kid playing in these kind of pitches.

"We have to respect them, to play with a strong team and obviously to win the match.

"I told my players when I lose matches in the Premier League it is my fault, if we lose the match today it is their fault - that's the way I found to put a little bit of pressure on them.

"It is not going to be easy, it is small, cold, windy, they are going to compete with everything they have. The players don't have to show me anything, just how much they love football."

Mourinho has also bought one of the virtual tickets one offer for the game, and says if he wins he'll give the prize - managing Marine for a match - to the press officer!

Jason McAteer
Former Liverpool midfielder on BBC One

It's still nostalgic to be here. It hasn't changed at all - maybe a lick of paint.

I will have played against Liverpool A and Manchester United A team all the time so it was an opportunity for me to showcase myself.

When I signed for Bolton, I was a non-contract so they couldn't pay for me, so they gave Marine £500 and a bag of balls.

Former Republic of Ireland winger Jason McAteer used to play for Marine as a teenager.

"I was working in a pub at 17 and the centre forward walked into the pub and asked if I wanted to try out!" he tells BBC Sport.

Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC One

The players wouldn't have been able to sleep for the last few nights. They have earned the right to be here.

They've already played seven games - and in the first of those they were 1-0 down with three minutes to go and now they are on this stage. What a story!

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Both dugouts at the Marine Travel Arena are down a narrow stretch of pitch directly behind houses on Rossett Road, with fencing numbered along the side so ball boys and girls know which door to knock on if the ball lands in a garden.

For the last round against Havant & Waterlooville, which was also played behind closed doors, several home owners were seen climbing trees and peering over walls and fences to watch.

"They are only a couple of metres away, close enough to hand Jose a glass of red wine," says Mariners chairman Paul Leary.

Ian Wright
Former Arsenal striker on BBC One

When we were playing Sunday League football this was the kind of stadium that we wanted to play at - our final kind of.

Look how close the corner flag is to the edge of the ground. It's perfect.

Gary Lineker, Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, sporting his new hat once again, are on BBC One for you.

BBC One

You can watch all the build-up to this one on BBC One right now.

Plenty of stars on show for anyone lucky enough to have a view of the pitch from their window...

Image source, PA Media

Image source, PA Media

Image source, Marine Football Club

Spurs players are used to stylish down-lighting, leather seats and personalised locker areas to hang their kit in at their £1bn Tottenham Hotspur Stadium home.

This weekend they will get changed in a room which has a bar and, in normal times, is hired out for wedding receptions and birthday parties.

Mourinho will deliver his team talk in the Arriva Suite instead of the away dressing room due to social distancing rules and the size of Tottenham's travelling contingent.

The function room, which seats up to 150, was closed for most of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Including disco and security, it costs £220 for an all-day wedding in the room.

Read more of Neil Johnston's behind-the-scenes piece here.

Image source, Rex Features

Since drawing Spurs, Marine have fielded media enquiries from Russia, Australia and Thailand, while Everton boss and Crosby resident Carlo Ancelotti has sent his local team a good luck message - as well as an invitation to Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho.

"I have to invite Mourinho for a drink after the game if it will be possible - it is not far from me," says the former AC Milan, Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich boss.

"I have to talk to him about the beach and the nice area that Crosby is."

If you missed it earlier, we've already had a huge upset this afternoon...

Tottenham keeper Joe Hart, speaking to BBC Sport: "It's going to be an interesting game. We are here to do a job and get into the next round.

"There's been plenty of talk about this game but we have got to focus. We are going to have 95 minutes of hard football and they are going to throw everything they have at us. We just want to win."