The third round of the FA Cup is one of the great set-pieces of the British sporting calendar.
It may not quite look like it used to, having moved a little later in the calendar and with fixtures from Friday evening all the way through until Monday night, but it is still a weekend packed full of drama.
There are no replays either, and Friday night already produced two penalty shootouts, the most significant of which was the setting for Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo to produce two brilliant saves and upset Nottingham Forest after a 3-3 draw in extra time.
And there are a fair few chances for a giant-killing on Saturday, with 18 games in total.
In the early kick-offs, sixth-tier Macclesfield are hosting holders Crystal Palace, who sit 117 places above their Cheshire opponents, while the Premier League’s bottom side host Shrewsbury, third-bottom of the entire Football League and a relatively local rival, just 30 miles up the M54.
At 3pm, Exeter City could spring one of the all-time biggest cupsets if they beat seven-time winner Manchester City at the Etihad, while non-league Boreham Wood might not get many better chances to reach the fourth round than hosting League One relegation battlers Burton Albion.
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James GraySports News EditorCrystal Palace lived that dream last year, winning the FA Cup for the first time in their history, and they now face the lowest-ranked side in the competition with a trip to Macclesfield, and that’s where I’ll be focusing for the first next couple of hours.
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