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There was one spot in the second round left up for grabs heading into this week and AFC Wimbledon procured it with a tense penalty shootout win at Barrow on Thursday.

You can watch highlights from that game - which had originally been postponed due to Covid-19 - here.

The Dons' prize for seeing off their fourth-tier hosts is a home game against another League Two side, Crawley Town, on Sunday.

Long ball forward and Solihull forward Kyle Hudlin heads a looping effort wide.

Good start this. Remember you can watch this tie at the top of this page.

Here we go!

The visitors get us started.

We'll have a minute's silence to honour and remember football legend Diego Maradona.

Teams are in the tunnel. Nine ties for you today. The first one is moments away from kicking off.

Fatboy Slim blasts out the PA system. Nice.

The televised games and our live text coverage right here are, of course, not the only way you can follow today's FA Cup action.

You can listen to radio commentary via your local station too - some of those commentaries are available using the play icons at the top right of the page.

Alternatively, there's a full list of the games and stations here.

The team news is in for the first of our four live streamed games this afternoon - don't forget, you can watch Morecambe take on non-league Solihull Moors at the Mazuma Stadium on the ±«Óãtv Red Button, iPlayer and right here on the ±«Óãtv Sport website.

There's no squad rotation or resting players for the Shrimps, who are clearly taking this one very seriously as the league side name an unchanged XI from the team that lost 2-1 at Salford City in midweek.

Solihull, meanwhile, have not played since 11 November due to coronavirus issues. They make one change from the team that shocked another League Two side, Scunthorpe, in the previous round as Jamey Osborne comes in for Callum Maycock.

Morecambe: Turner, Mellor, Lavelle, Davis, Cooney, Songo'o, Wildig, Phillips, Slew, Stockton, Mendes Gomes.

Substitutes: Halstead, Hendrie, Knight-Percival, Diagouraga, O'Sullivan, Pringle, Leitch-Smith.

Solihull Moors: Boot, Williams, Cranston, Storer, Sbarra, Gleeson, Osborne, Coxe, Hancox, Hudlin, Pearce.

Substitutes: Clayton, Ward, Maycock, Piggott, Ball, Carter, Archer.

Our early kick-off will be the first-ever meeting between Morecambe and Solihull Moors – the hosts have been eliminated from two of their four previous FA Cup ties against non-league opponents as a Football League side.

League Two Morecambe are looking to reach the FA Cup third round for just the fourth time in their history, previously doing so in 1961-62, 2000-01 and 2002-03.

Solihull Moors of the National League are looking to reach the FA Cup third round for the first time in their history, being knocked out at this stage of the competition in three of the last four seasons.

Something's gotta give!

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Of the nine FA Cup ties taking place on Saturday, we are delighted to say that four of those are live right here on the ±«Óãtv's platforms.

And we will have every goal from every game online.

See above for the full schedule.

There were 14 non-league teams that made it through to the second-round stage - but that number is already down to 13 after Friday night's first tie of the round.

Kaiyne Woolery produced a cracking strike in front of the ±«Óãtv Two cameras to help League Two side Tranmere Rovers avoid a shock at home to National League North minnows Brackley Town.

It was a goal worthy of putting any side in the third round hat - and you can check it out here.

We have nine second-round ties for you today - and four of them are being broadcast live by the ±«Óãtv (more on that in a moment).

Of the 14 non-league clubs that made it to this stage, three are in action today - Solihull Moors, King's Lynn Town and Chorley - and we'll be focusing heavily on how they fare against Football League opposition.

• Morecambe v Solihull Moors (12:30 GMT) - ±«Óãtv Red Button, ±«Óãtv iPlayer & ±«Óãtv Sport website
• Gillingham v Exeter City (13:00 GMT)
• Newport County v Salford City (13:00 GMT)
• Bradford City v Oldham Athletic - ±«Óãtv iPlayer & ±«Óãtv Sport website (single-camera broadcast)
• Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra - ±«Óãtv iPlayer & ±«Óãtv Sport website (single-camera broadcast)
• Harrogate Town v Blackpool
• Plymouth Argyle v Lincoln City
• Portsmouth v King's Lynn Town - ±«Óãtv Red Button, ±«Óãtv iPlayer & ±«Óãtv Sport website
• Peterborough United v Chorley (17:30 GMT)

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Good afternoon and welcome to what is traditionally one of the most nervy days of the year for lower-league and non-league football clubs and fans - FA Cup second round day.

The prospect of landing a plum tie against one of the Premier League big boys in Monday's third round draw is only one win away for the 38 clubs in action on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

With fans beginning to be allowed back into stadiums, there's renewed hope that at least some of January's round three ties could be played in front of spectators.

But whether supporters are allowed in or not, the players involved in every second round tie will be champing at the bit to earn a chance to perhaps run out at one of the game's hallowed turfs in round three.