The road to Wembley edges one step closer when the draw for the FA Cup first round proper takes place on Monday evening.

The 32 remaining teams from the recent six qualifying rounds go into the hat and will be accompanied by a further 48 teams from league One and Two.

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A whopping 40 first-round ties will take place across the first weekend of November to kick off another FA Cup campaign in earnest.

For many of English football’s minnows, the short-term plan is to reach the third round where their hopes of landing a plum tie against a Championship or Premier League club becomes more likely.

However, two challenging rounds await before the

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