Headline: BBC to Broadcast FA Cup Qualifying Match between Knowle and Worcester City Live
The FA Cup first qualifying round match featuring Knowle and Worcester City will be broadcast live by the BBC next month. Scheduled for 12:30 BST on Saturday, September 5, the game will be available on BBC iPlayer, the Red Button, BBC Football’s YouTube channel, and the BBC Sport website.
This marks the tenth year that the BBC has aired matches from the FA Cup qualifying stage, making ties from every round accessible to fans leading up to the final at Wembley in May.
Knowle, after achieving back-to-back promotions to reach Step Five, the ninth tier of the English league system, will compete in the FA Cup for the first time. Their opponents, Worcester City, play in Step Three, sitting two divisions higher than Knowle. Worcester City’s FA Cup history includes notable victories against Coventry City in a surprising 2-1 win twelve years ago, as well as a triumph over Liverpool, then in the Second Division, back in 1959.
The FA Cup first qualifying round tie between Knowle and Worcester City will be shown live on the BBC next month.
The fixture between the non-league sides will kick off at 12:30 BST on Saturday, 5 September and will be broadcast across BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Football’s YouTube channel and the BBC Sport website.
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It will be the 10th year the BBC has broadcast matches from the qualifying stage, with ties from each round available all the way through to the final at Wembley in May.
After back-to-back promotions to reach Step Five – the ninth tier of the English league system – Knowle are competing in the FA Cup for the first time.
Step Three club Worcester City are two divisions above their Midlands opponents and their FA Cup pedigree includes wins against Coventry City – in a shock 2-1 victory 12 years ago – and Liverpool, then in the Second Division, in 1959.
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