FA CUP 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND STATS & FACTS BY PHIL ANNETS OF @FACUPFACTFILE

Eighty-seven Step 3 clubs from the Trident Leagues will compete with 155 lower level teams next weekend for a chance to face National League Step 2 sides in the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round.

There are 121 ties in the 1st Qualifying Round this season with just over a quarter of them involving clubs who have faced each other in the competition in the past. The most common tie of the round sees Biggleswade Town host fellow Southern League Premier Central Division side Hitchin Town. The two clubs are drawn together...