All 42 Third Qualifying Round ties are being played tomorrow afternoon and a clutch of clubs from levels below the Conference’s National Division are now just two wins away from the romance of playing a Football League club in the First Round Proper.

Many of the clubs involved tomorrow have already achieved great things in The Cup. Sutton United (Conference South) were the last non-League club to knock out a top-division side, when Coventry City famously succumbed 2-1 at Sutton’s little Gander Green Lane ground in 1989.

The U’s have a home tie with Bromley (Ryman First), who haven’t had the thrill of playing a League side in The Cup since 1976.

Altrincham (Conference North) held Everton and Tottenham Hotspur to away draws in the 1970s, Leatherhead (Ryman First) were once 2-0 up in a Fourth Round tie against First Division Leicester City at Filbert Street and, similarly, Tooting & Mitcham United (Ryman First) were 2-0 up in the Third Round against the eventual Cup winners Nottingham Forest.

Hayes (Conference South) beat Fulham at Craven Cottage in 1991 and two years ago Vauxhall Motors (Conference North) put QPR out after a Loftus Road shootout.

All five have home ties tomorrow. It’s Altrincham v Hucknall Town, Leatherhead v Maidstone United, Tooting v Cambridge City, Hayes v Wivenhoe Town and Vauxhall Motors v Workington.

None of the clubs left in this season’s FA Cup can match Maidenhead United’s record of having played in every competition in history except one (1876-77).

They were one of the original 15 entrants in 1871 and once reached the last four but they haven’t made it to the First Round Proper since 1971.

The Conference South outfit struggled to overcome Kent League Whitstable Town in the last round, eventually going through on penalties, but their significant reward is a home tie against local Ryman Premier rivals Windsor & Eton.

Some of the clubs in Cup action tomorrow have never been in the First Round Proper and the nerves will be jangling amongst their diehard fans.

Clubs like Glasshoughton Welfare, Cammell Laird, Flackwell Heath, Ashford Town (Middx), East Preston, Brockenhurst, AFC Newbury, Hallen, Bishop’s Cleeve, North Leigh… and not forgetting AFC Wimbledon in their first competition, who will have a packed "Fans’ Stadium" behind them as they take on Thurrock.