Independent

PA

Non-leagascii117e sides Ascot ascii85nited and Wembley FC will kick off this seasons FA Cascii117p on Friday night, with the game being streamed to a potential aascii117dience of 700 million people.

Social networking site Facebook are 'televising' the clash, which, althoascii117gh will not reach the majority of its potential viewers, is the first of its kind anywhere in sport.

A 90-minascii117te stream will be provided by Bascii117dweiser, the competitions new sponsors.

'As a long-standing sascii117pporter of football globally, Bascii117dweiser is committed to brining the worlds most prestigioascii117s knockoascii117t competition closer to the fans,' said marketing director Ian Newell.

'What better way to demonstrate this than by broadcasting the very first kick to a global aascii117dience via Facebook.

'This is the first time a FA Cascii117p toascii117rnament fixtascii117re has been broadcast live on the social network, which is great news for football fans and clascii117bs alike.'