Full focus on first round bids

23 Oct 2015 By David Watters

The FA Cup takes centre stage on Friday's EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra with guests from all five clubs flying the league's flag in the fourth and final qualifying round on the weekly preview podcast.

Before kicking off against Chorley on Friday night in the first of the weekend's ties, Northwich Victoria manager Jim Gannon joined host Ben Hughes along with Barwell boss Jimmy Ginnelly and Bamber Bridge manager Neil Crow as their sides prepare to take for AFC Rushen & Diamonds and Brackley Town on Saturday respectively.

Salford City, who host Southport, and Stourbridge, at home to near neighbours Kidderminster Harriers, are represented by their social media officers, Laura Flint at the Ammies and her Glassboys counterpart Richard Clark.

To download Friday's show via Audioboom click here: EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra 23.10.15.

To download Friday's show via iTunes click here: EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra 23.10.15.

The EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra is a spin-off of the monthly EVO-STIK NPL Show which returned for its third successive season in August. Since the start of the month, fans, players and officials have been enjoying September's edition, the second hour long podcast of the new campaign.

Entitled "Shall We Start Again?", the podcast features GroundHop TV's Alex McKenna and Jonny Crowther from Red Shift Radio on Nantwich Town's start to the season as well a bumper line-up of regular guests including James Heyes from the NPL Facebook Group, BBC Manchester's Ian Burke, 5Live's Swampy and Stewart James from the Non League Review.

Fans are being spoiled for choice this season with last weekend's release of the second edition of the league's third official podcast, the new EVO-STIK NPL Division One Show.

As its name suggests, the new monthly podcast focuses on the 44 clubs fighting it out for survival and promotion to the top flight and is timed to be released alongside the monthly EVO-STIK NPL Show.

Produced by the team behind FCUM Radio and sponsored for the second season running by the NPL's title sponsors EVO-STIK, all three podcasts are available on both iTunes and Audioboom and since the start of this season, directly via their own button on the home page.

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