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FC United of Manchester have announced their ‘disappointment’ at being forced to play their FA Cup first round fixture against Chesterfield on a Monday night.

When Karen Baird became Salford City chairman in June 2013, she had little idea that she was presiding over a club on the brink of the most successful period in its history.

FC United of Manchester’s FA Cup encounter at relative minnows Sporting Khalsa on Saturday is about more than a place in the first round proper.

Three of Manchester’s non-league clubs are still in the FA Cup after midweek replay-victories secured their places in the fourth qualifying round.

One victory separates Salford City from achieving a club milestone when they host Bradford Park Avenue in the third round of FA Cup qualifying on Saturday.

Leon Clarke is set to face his former club as high-flying Bury take on Wigan Athletic at Gigg Lane in a local grudge match in League One.

FC United of Manchester, Salford City and Droylsden have been handed home draws in the third round of FA Cup qualifying after Monday’s midday-draw.

When the oldest cup competition in the world comes to the newest ground, there’s a heightened air of expectancy.

Bolton Wanderers fans will remember the Burnden Park disaster, when 33 supporters died following the collapse of two crush barriers at their old ground in 1946, by releasing a commemorative third kit with the names of the 33 stitched into the shirt.

Salford City host Curzon Ashton and Ashton United travel to Abbey Hey on a packed weekend of 80 FA Cup second qualifying round ties that include a host of Greater Manchester clubs.