FA Cup third round weekend Middlesbrough v Hastings United This is proper FA Cup third round fare. Hastings are the lowest ranked team left in the competition, some 153 places below their hosts this weekend, are in the third round for the first time in the club's history and have a ready made tabloid headline for a dogged performance in the 'Battle of Hastings'. If there isn't a feature on their left back having to do his post delivery round before training on Football Focus I'll be shocked. Boro are enjoying a fine season, fourth in the Championship, and are odds on favourites to progress but have suffered a mysterious bout of hamstring injuries to the first team squad. Hope springs eternal for the minnows. Romance rating: 8/10