FA Cup first round TV games revealed as BBC and ITV choose NOT to show MK Dons vs AFC Wimbledon

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FIVE of the FA Cup first-round fixtures have been selected for TV – but a huge derby has been omitted.

The BBC and ITV have selected their picks to broadcast with the competition’s games scheduled for November.

The FA – Getty ImagesThe FA cup first-round picks for TV coverage have been made[/caption]

The first game to be shown on TV will be Tamworth’s clash against Championship outfit Huddersfield Town.

The fixture will be shown on BBC 2 at 7.45pm on November 1.

The other four ties that will be broadcast include Northampton‘s match-up against Kettering Town on November 2.

Sutton United will face Birmingham City on November 3, which will be on ITV 1 at 12.30pm.

Harrogate will host Wrexham on the same date but in the 3.30pm slot on ITV X.

The final televised match will be Chesham’s attempt to cause an upset against League One Lincoln City on ITV 4.

However, fans are fuming that the rival match between MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon has not been selected for coverage.

One posted: “No MK Dons vs AFC Wimbledon.”

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A second wrote: “How do you consistently manage to get it so wrong?”

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A third commented: “Can’t believe Birmingham and Wrexham are on TV!!! Plenty of better games missed… again!!!!”

FA Cup first-round draw

Here is the FA Cup first round proper in full…

Rotherham vs Cheltenham
Barrow vs Doncaster
Worthing vs Morecambe
Boreham Wood vs Leyton Orient
Exeter vs Barnet
Carlisle vs Wigan
Tamworth vs Huddersfield
Hartlepool/Brackley vs Braintree
Curzon Ashton vs Mansfield
Wycombe vs York
Bradford vs Aldershot
Hednesford/Gateshead vs Gainsborough/Boston
Burton vs Scarborough
Tranmere vs Oldham
Rochdale vs Bromley
Walsall vs Bolton
Grimsby vs Wealdstone
Bristol Rovers vs Weston-super-Mare
MK Dons vs AFC Wimbledon
Altrincham/Solihull Moors vs Maidstone
Stockport vs Forest Green
Reading vs Fleetwood
Stevenage vs Guiseley
Northampton vs Kettering
Rushall/Peterborough Sports vs Accrington
Swindon vs Colchester
Salford vs Shrewsbury
Crewe vs Dagenham & Redbridge
Port Vale vs Barnsley
Chesham vs Lincoln
Chesterfield vs Horsham
Southend vs Charlton
Notts County vs Alfreton
Taunton/Maidenhead vs Crawley
Harrogate vs Wrexham
Woking vs Cambridge
Gillingham vs Blackpool
Tonbridge Angels vs Harborough
Sutton vs Birmingham
Newport vs Peterborough

A fourth asked: “Who picks these things? Why not Bristol Rovers vs Weston-super-Mare? AFC Wimbledon vs MK Dons?”

A fifth said: “Wow no Dons v Dons.”

A sixth fumed: “Harrogate vs Wrexham is a real stinker.”

Another added: “So the tie of the round AFC Dons v MK is being ignored.”

MK Dons and Wimbledon have had bad blood since the formation of of the former in 2002.

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The owners of the original Wimbledon FC moved the side to Buckinghamshire and changed the name.

This led furious supporters of the club to form AFC Wimbledon, which has worked itself up from non-league to the professional game.

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