More than 6,000 teams entered
More than 40,000 players registered
178 venues throughout England
Third year of the free five-a-side competition
16 categories this year
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Lisa from the She Can Play Mums sums up what taking part in the FA People's Cup means to her as she prepares to take part in if for the first time.
She is part of a team who formed after watching their daughters at football training.
This is what it means to play in the People's Cup
It's 18:30 GMT so that means go, go, go in our first matches!
Good luck everyone!
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Smile lads!
I'd hate to see you after a defeat.
Good effort though. Any more team selfies out there?
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So kick-off is moments away.
Who better to get last minute tips off than the England manager?
Here are Gareth Southgate's five-a-side top tips.
Spoiler - we didn't ask Mr Southgate for tips on penalty taking.
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I love this.
Excellent dedication to the People's Cup.
Meglio United are competing in the Under-14 category at Goals Hull this evening.
Best of luck to them!
Can anyone beat this? Send us a pic of your team shirts to #PeoplesCup on Twitter.
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So as I mentioned, some categories started their competition earlier this week with teams already booking their place in the next round.
A number of various disability categories have begun, as well as the higher education section.
We'll bring you news of those matches throughout the night.
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We've got reporters out and about tonight bringing you the action from across the country BUT we need your help.
We need you to tell us what is going on with your team at your event.
Send us your pre-match selfies, your post match celebrations, videos of goals, saves or impressive 'tekkers'.
First person to send us a video of their salt bae or dab celebration wins*.
To get involved Tweet us at #PeoplesCup, external or post on the BBC Get Inspired Facebook page, external .
*No prizes will be given for this, just the pleasure of our approval.
So tonight teams in two categories start their FA People's Cup campaign - Under-14 Boys and Under-16 Boys - while a few began their journey over the last few days.
Here is what is coming up over the weekend:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Image source, FAThe nation's biggest five-a-side competition that's what.
Today is the start of round one of the FA People's Cup.
Over the weekend 6,000 teams will compete across 16 categories from Under-14 girls to Walking Football, Disability to Adult Male.
What are they all playing for? The chance to lift the FA People's Cup trophy at Wembley at half-time in the FA Cup final in May.
We'll have a live text commentary across the weekend bringing you the action from our reporters on the ground up and down the country, goals, saves, your thoughts and the stories behind the teams taking part.
Stay with us.
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Image source, FAWe're back!
Last year over 35,000 of you took part but now we're back bigger and better than ever.
We have broken the 40,000 participant barrier with over 6,000 teams playing at 178 venues across the country.
They're all playing for the chance to lift the FA People's Cup trophy at Wembley.
Let the 2017 FA People's Cup commence!