It’s back to Emirates FA Cup action this weekend as The Shakers welcome Harrogate Town in the Fourth Qualifying Round.
Our journey so far has seen us best Wythenshawe and Workington, before edging past Bromsgrove Sporting, all at home.
Our opponents are high fliers two steps above in the National League, beating Woking in their last outing to move to second.
This fixture marks the sides first competitive meeting, with the fixture being broadcast on the BBC.
In Opposition – Harrogate Town
Despite waiting until 1919 for their first competitive fixture, Harrogate Town were formed in 1914 by a group of locals as ‘Harrogate Hotspur’.
In the 1920-21 season, the side entertained high profile friendlies during the holiday period, including visiting Anfield to play Liverpool, and facing Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United in front of 15,000 fans.
The club reached the football league for the first time in 2020 when they beat Notts County 3-1 at Wembley in the Play-off final, where they stayed for six years until relegation in the 2025/26 season.
Harrogate Town reached the FA Cup Third Round last year where they made the short trip to visit local rivals Leeds United, narrowly losing 1-0.
On the Day & In the Ground
With a bumper crowd expected and several changes to our usual matchday operations, we strongly encourage all supporters to familiarise themselves with our matchday arrangements information by clicking here.
Our Matchday @ Gigg guide is available to read to find out everything you need to know going on in and around the ground.
We recommend that supporters purchase tickets online in advance of the match via the ticketing page on our website to avoid queues.
Away supporters will be housed in the Cemetery End and are required to purchase their tickets in advance.
Matchday Media Coverage
If you are unable to make it to the action at Gigg Lane, we’ll have all the live coverage across our media platforms.
Live Stream: For this game, there will be a no live stream available from the club, the game is live on BBC iPlayer.
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Audio Commentary: Roch Valley Radio will be providing commentary for this game. Join the team from the press box at Gigg Lane. Click here ahead of kick-off to listen live. Audio commentary will be provided for every game of the season, so you will never miss a piece of the action.
Social Media: Our team will also bring you in-depth text commentary via the club ‘MatchDay Live‘ Twitter feed, with team news and half time and full time updates available also on Facebook and feel like you are there with our match galleries and imagery available over on Instagram.
Whatever the weather, wherever you are across the globe, we have you covered.
Up the Shakers!
