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Paul Armstrong

Our busiest weekend of the year

  • Paul Armstrong
  • 7 Nov 06, 03:40 PM

After an extraordinary weekend of Premiership football - the bottom three all winning and leading Saturday's Match Of The Day, and two action-(and controversy)-packed London derbies in MOTD2 - this week's output also features the other end of the spectrum. It's the first round proper of the FA Cup.

With eight Premiership matches and 35 of the 40 FA cup ties all taking place on Saturday, it's the busiest day of the season for our production and technical teams.

It'll make for an action-packed show - and if you have the red button option available to you, you'll be able (we hope) to see every goal scored in Saturday's 35 ties right through to Sunday afternoon.

By which time we make MOTD history as we head to Dorset for a live tie between Weymouth and Bury. Nothing against Bury (1903 Cup Winners, 6-0 v Derby in the Final) but we'd like the non-leaguers to give them a run for their money. After all, that's what the FA Cup's all about!

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