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CLUBS CASH IN AS CUP TIES GET TV CALL

FA CUP
By John Lyons

BOSS: Matt Jansen

MK Dons, Mansfield and Fleetwood face banana skin FA Cup first-round ties – but at least they will be lucrative.
The EFL trio have been chosen for live television coverage for their ties against Non-League opposition, and that means they will each pick up a £67,500 broadcast fee.
MK Dons visit Evo-Stik North side Hyde United, from the eighth tier of English football.
The match will be live on BBC Two on Friday, November 3 (7.55pm).
Mansfield go to Barnsley- based Shaw Lane Association, of the Evo- Stik Premier, the following day.
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