Crawley fans will be travelling in a huge coach convoy to Old Trafford for this weekend’s FA Cup clash.

The Red Devils’ supporters club has hired 26 coaches to travel to Manchester for the biggest game in the club’s history.

More than 7,000 other Crawley fans will also be making their way north by train or by car in a mass exodus from Sussex which will also include about 3,000 Albion fans heading to Stoke.

Southern Rail has confirmed they will be adding four extra carriages on their late night Saturday service between Victoria and Crawley from 11pm to help supporters get home.

The last of the 1,300 spaces on the supporters buses were snapped up by fans following Saturday’s game against Wrexham.

They have taken all of the 24 coaches left available in Crawley Luxury Travel’s fleet of coaches plus two coaches from Edward Thomas coach hire.

Fans have been reminded that they will not be able to drink alcohol on the supporters’ club coaches.

FA Cup fever has already hit Sussex - and The Argus is the only place for all the news and build-up.

Our sports writers will have regular updates leading up to Albion's crucial trip to Stoke City and Crawley Town’s historic match against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

We will have a dedicated news page in The Argus every day next week with all the news, views and drama ahead of the massive weekend for Sussex sport.

In Saturday’s Argus we will publish a 20-page preview of both games, featuring interviews and features.

On the big day our team of reporters will ensure we are first with the news by updating our website from first thing and throughout Saturday with views from travelling fans, pictures, videos and tweets.

Our Press Gang will be at both Broadfield and Withdean stadiums before the coaches depart selling Argus goody bags, which will contain a copy of the newspaper, a drink, snack, The Argus, TV magazine, Shortlist magazine plus a souvenir poster.

We will also have all the reaction after the games with a picture gallery being uploaded on Saturday evening.

Updates will continue on Sunday.

Then in Monday’s paper we will feature a bumper 20-page fans’ souvenir special with news, pictures and reaction from both games, as well as our normal comprehensive sports coverage.

We are asking our readers to get involved by telling us about any FA Cup-related news.

Call Neil Vowles on 01273 544530, email neil.vowles@theargus.co. uk or text pictures and videos to 80360 with the catchline SUPIC.