FA Cup Fourth Round Draw (07/01 21:40 ish GMT, BBC One).

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Ball numbers:

1 BOLTON WANDERERS
2 MILLWALL OR HULL CITY
3 GILLINGHAM
4 BRENTFORD
5 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY OR LUTON TOWN
6 MANCHESTER UNITED
7 EVERTON
8 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
9 DONCASTER ROVERS
10 NEWCASTLE UNITED OR BLACKBURN ROVERS
11 CHELSEA
12 CRYSTAL PALACE
13 DERBY COUNTY OR SOUTHAMPTON
14 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
15 BRISTOL CITY
16 NEWPORT COUNTY
17 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
18 SHREWSBURY TOWN OR STOKE CITY
19 ARSENAL
20 MANCHESTER CITY
21 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
22 WEST HAM UNITED
23 WATFORD
24 BURNLEY
25 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
26 BARNET
27 PORTSMOUTH
28 AFC WIMBLEDON
29 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
30 MIDDLESBROUGH
31 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
32 SWANSEA CITY

The Emirates FA Cup fourth round draw will take place at Molineux on Monday 7 January, after Wolverhampton Wanderers’ third round tie against Liverpool.


The draw will be live on BBC One and will be conducted by former Wolves duo Carl Ikeme and Robbie Keane.


The fourth round is scheduled to take place between Friday 25 January and Monday 28 January.


Winning clubs will receive £180,000 after The FA doubled the prize fund at the beginning of the season.



Apologies for the shouting but it is lifted directly from the FA website.

Half of Mesut's wages on the line to win this tie. :bow:

It's a massive surprise why the FA Cup has lost its lustre for so many clubs.

Anyway fuck them so come on Arsenal for Fourteen. :bow:

[Mac76]

It's a massive surprise why the FA Cup has lost its lustre for so many clubs.



it was a real shame to see so many supporters staying away from the ties (and i don't just mean Blackpool)

the weekend's results show that clubs can still cause upsets and have really exciting results - i really enjoyed watching all the highlights and yesterdays' Newport-Leics game - it made a real change from the PL which is getting boring apart from our own games plus liverpool and city

[Marc Overmars]

It's because we're saturated with so much football these days. The PL is marketed in such a way than when there is a break in the schedule it feels like a huge come down.

The FA don't help themselves though by offering peanuts as prize money.

[Bumble]

It's because we're saturated with so much football these days. The PL is marketed in such a way than when there is a break in the schedule it feels like a huge come down.

The FA don't help themselves though by offering peanuts as prize money.

maybe offer a Champions League spot to the winners, as surely winning something is more important than the prize money.

anyway Newport at home would be nice. Liverpool away not so nice (assuming they go through of course)

[Özim]

The FA Cup has become a bit of a nothing competition for various reasons, firstly clubs (we were one of the first) listing it further down in the list of priorities and playing weakened teams, for years we've prefered to win nothing but come 4th, this has consequences on the cup competitions.

The money is another big part of course, the CL is basically all about money and the FA Cup can't compete, sad really this use to be such a great competition, but thanks to greed it's now a 2nd rate competition (still nice to win it of course).

You can't treat the competition like this and expect to keep the same prestige, I guess the prize money could be increased but it probably needs to be marketed a bit better to make it more appealing, semi final weekend use to be very very special, now it sometimes feel like a little bit of a sideshow where games are just slotted in where possible, it use to be an almost all day thing on.

You couldn't have a CL spot available for it either as isn't that decided by UEFA?

If they took away CL spots from the league it might help a bit, giving the Europa League a CL spot of the winners has certainly helped make that competition more appealing to bigger clubs who can see the riches at the end of it now.

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Time for the draw!

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Newport or Barnet at home please.

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Swansea City v Gillingham
AFC Wimbledon v West Ham United :popcorn:

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Shrewsbury or Stoke v Wolves

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Millwall v Everton

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Brighton & Hove Albion v West Brom

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Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers
Accrington Stanley v Derby County or Southampton

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Doncaster Rovers v Oldham Athletic

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All the pub teams playing each other.

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Chelsea v Sheffield Wednesday or Luton

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Newcastle or Blackburn v Watford

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Middlesbrough v Newport County

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Man City v Burnley

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Barnet v Brentford

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Portsmouth v QPR.

A big tie left guaranteed.

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Arsenal v Man Utd. :haha:

FFS.

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Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur

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:haha:

[Letters]

Oh sod off! :doh:

[GP]

Yes!

It's going to be great to beat them!

[LDG]

Fucking bollocks

[SMatthews]

Great tie, one to look forward to.

Time to derail this Solskjaer love in.

[Master Splinter]

Chelsea, United, Citeh (and Cardiff) in a two-week period.

Wonder if we'll have some defenders back by then.

[Marc Overmars]

Good draw. :popcorn:

[Letters]

At least we're at home and it's not Spurs.
When I saw Spurs, Arsenal and Utd as 3 of the last 6 I was :sick:

[Özim]

Tough draw for us, can see us losing this with the Solkjaer revival and our poor overall form, the players seem to have rolled their sleeves up since Mourinho left, pretty embarrassing that professional players can't be bothered for one manager but suddenly work harder for a new one to be honest, but that's modern day football for you!

[SMatthews]

Solskjaer is just enjoying the ‘anyone by Mourinho’ syndrome. He’s a shit manager who looks and sounds out of his depth and the performances will soon start to dip.

[Bumble]

Solskjaer is just enjoying the ‘anyone by Mourinho’ syndrome. He’s a shit manager who looks and sounds out of his depth and the performances will soon start to dip.

its all about managing egos as long as he doesn't try to make it all about him he should do ok. United do have a lot of good players, particularly going forward which made it bizarre that Mourinho tried to reign them all in.

It should feature plenty of goals and I think we will put a pretty good side out so its quite exciting.

[Marc Overmars]

Very much looking forward to it. For United it is their only realistic shot at a trophy as well so I expect 2 full strength sides out there.

We have a good cup record against them and we’re also at home rather than the graveyard that is Old Trafford for us.

[Letters]

They've had a new manager bounce but we've nothing to fear from them.
Should be a good game and I reckon we can beat them. Just hope it's not a replay. I guess they still do replays at this stage?

[SMatthews]

its all about managing egos as long as he doesn't try to make it all about him he should do ok. United do have a lot of good players, particularly going forward which made it bizarre that Mourinho tried to reign them all in.

It should feature plenty of goals and I think we will put a pretty good side out so its quite exciting.

It is - but on the flip side it’s also about not letting those egos overpower him. Seeing the excited way he’s talked in some interviews he seems way out of his depth in the job, but the players are probably just relieved to have the grey clouds removed from their heads. Anyway, hopefully he gets the job full time (he won’t of course).

Same here. Looking forward to this game and see no reason to think we can’t do them. Bar the Liverpool game we’ve been competitive against the top sides, which is an improvement in itself.

[Mac76]

IAnyway, hopefully he gets the job full time (he won’t of course).



err, no, hopefully paunchettino gets the job and tottenshite get allardyce :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

The United game has been scheduled for Friday 25th Jan. :popcorn:

Don't know why but I've always enjoyed it on the rare occasions we play on a Friday.

Will definitely be going to this now.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Jeeez almost booked a flight away that day.....convenient I've just seen your post. Not sure what the pricing is like on FA cup games.... and paid almost 90 quid for the league game!

[Marc Overmars]

They have downgraded cup games against top teams in the past but I’m fairly sure this will be cat A.

[Mac76]

The United game has been scheduled for Friday 25th Jan. :popcorn:

Don't know why but I've always enjoyed it on the rare occasions we play on a Friday.

Will definitely be going to this now.

Good news everyone, i stupidly thought Friday eve was safe, so have arranged something else and can't go, which naturally means we will win one of the most thrilling games of the season, so book your tickets now...

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

They have downgraded cup games against top teams in the past but I’m fairly sure this will be cat A.

Oh joy. Not sure I fancy paying 86/87 quid again....