FA Cup 2025/26 live streams: How to watch for free, full fixture list & upcoming matches

The FA Cup 2025/26 will be the 145th edition of the world's oldest football tournament and, though we're only at the Round 1 stage, it's already shaping up to be among the best. It certainly has plenty to live up to, after Crystal Palace won the first major honor in their 164-year history.

We're still two rounds before the Premier League and Championship clubs enter the fray, but this is the first stage at which mud-on-your-boots grassroots non-league meets the professional game with League One and Two teams in the hat.

We want giant-killings, so where better to start than Port Vale vs Maldon & Tiptree – that's 21st in third-tier League One vs top of eighth-tier Isthmian League North Division. The latter are the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup this season and manager Kevin ...