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Spurs out to avoid third-round upset against non-League opponents

Tamworth vs Tottenham LIVE!

Tottenham head north of Birmingham for one of the pick of the ties on FA Cup third-round weekend. Spurs have won this competition eight times and face what should be a straightforward task against the lowest-ranked team left in the draw.

Spurs will have one eye on the north London derby against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium but they will hope to avoid an upset here. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith at the Lamb Ground.

Live updates

1 minute ago

The Spurs players are out for their warm up at the Lamb Ground...

7 minutes ago

In April, the FA took the decision to scrap FA Cup replays to help ease fixture congestion, mainly for the bigger clubs who compete in Europe.

This means if Tamworth were to miraculously end 90 minutes with a draw, they would not be given the opportunity to play a replay at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as they would have in previous years.

Tamworth boss Andy Peaks has admitted it was a shame for non-league clubs but joked the scrapping of replays helped them in the last round where they earned an extra-time win over Burton.

"I enjoyed it at Burton," he said. "I think it's harsh on non-league clubs really because it's all about the big clubs not wanting replays and having too many games.

"But for the non-league clubs, like the last round with Harborough Town, they could have got a replay (against Reading).

"Non-league, we have so many midweeks later in the season where we don't have any games that we have the capacity to have replays, but it doesn't matter what I think. The FA Cup has been good to us so I can't complain."

16 minutes ago

Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to ITV before the game.

“Great to be here,” he said. “The boys are genuinely excited by it, it is a different experience.”

23 minutes ago

Tamworth have reached the third round of the competition for the first time since 2012 and will be the first non-league opponents that Spurs have played since they defeated Marine back in 2021.

Four goals in 13 first-half minutes on that day helped Spurs to a 5-0 win.

Tamworth boss Andy Peaks admits Spurs have the quality to "steamroll" his team but is hoping not to be embarrassed come the 90th minute on Sunday.

He said: "It's going to be tough, I'm not going to lie.

"Yes, there's a bit of apprehension because they could absolutely steamroll you and I know that because I don't want it to be embarrassing for the players or anyone at the club but football is football, isn't it?

"They have got loads of good players so it is going to be tough but you need to look forward to it."

27 minutes ago

Here’s the Tamworth team news.

Tamworth XI: Singh, Cockerill-Mollett, Tonks, Milnes, Creaney, Morrison, Cullinane-Liburd, McGlinchey, Enoru, Hollis, Crompton

Subs: Phillips, Curley, Digie, Fletcher, Finn, Wreh, Williams, Tshikuna, Sundire

33 minutes ago

We’re still waiting on confirmation of the Tamworth team, but Ange Postecoglou has gone pretty strong with his Spurs team.

Mikey Moore gets a start.

Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke get a rest and it looks like Timo Werner will play through the middle.

42 minutes ago

Tamworth vs Tottenham team news

Tottenham XI: Kinsky; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Reguilon; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Werner, Moore

Subs: Austin, Spence, Dorrington, Bergvall, Olusesi, Kulusevski, Son, Solanke, Lankshear

47 minutes ago

Here’s the Spurs squad arriving at Tamworth…

53 minutes ago

Team news coming up shortly from the Lamb Ground.

Ange Postecoglou has said Tamworth's 3G pitch will play a part in his thinking when it comes to choosing his team.

Spurs players trained on a 4G pitch at the club's training ground on Saturday in preparation for the fixture.

"The artificial surface does play a part in (team selection),” said Postecoglou.

“We have to be really careful about which players we expose to that.

“I have a fair bit of experience of that, in terms of playing on artificial pitches.

“I think guys coming back from injury, it's probably unwise to expose them to that."

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1 hour ago

Here’s Spurs chairman Daniel Levy arriving at the Lamb Ground

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