FA Cup Third Round Draw. 4th December, 2:40 PM. ITV1

[Rors]

Part of the reason it's lost some prestige is because the competition is being aired on pub team channels. imo.

Agreed. BBC cutting their sport-bidding budget by 14% is a worry that it might be even longer until 2014 to wait too..

[milla]

Er, there is no chance of us being live on BBC I am afraid.

Ok ok, it would be ESPN imo.

[fakeyank]

Hope City gets knocked out and then Utd faces Pool/Chelsea n lose... our only realistic hope of silverware!

[Cripps_orig]

Was hoping for some top team instead of some pub team

[Cripps_orig]

Just saw Tamworths reaction on SSN to getting Everton.

Why get happy to get a team that will most likely kick their butts comfortably?

Or is the money factor? Typical greed from the lower league Pub Teams

[gunnerrrrr]

Got this from redcafe (the wankers) re Chelsea and their FA Cup draws:

Chelsea's FA Cup Draws

Bloody hell it's a bit of a joke now isn't it?

Here's their draws up to the semi finals each year.

05/06
3rd Round: Huddersfield
4th Round: Everton
5th Round: Colchester
6th Round: Newcastle

06/07
3rd Round: Macclesfield
4th Round: Nottingham Forest
5th Round: Norwich
6th Round: Spurs

07/08
3rd Round: QPR
4th Round: Wigan - Away
5th Round: Huddersfield
6th Round: Barnsley - Away

08/09
3rd Round: Southend
4th Round: Ipswich
5th Round: Watford - Away
6th Round: Coventry - Away

09/10
3rd Round: Watford
4th Round: Preston - Away
5th Round: Cardiff
6th Round: Stoke

10/11
3rd Round: Ipswich
4th Round: Everton

11/12
3rd Round: Portsmouth

Games in Blue are Games played at Stamford Bridge.
Teams in Bold were not in the Premier League.


To Summarize the 23 Draws:
18 were drawn at Stamford Bridge.
17 were against Non-Premier League Teams.
1 Away game against Premier League opposition before the neutral stages.
Every single 3rd round draw has been at home, against non-Premier League opposition.

[Master Splinter]

Our match is on a Monday night.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...date-confirmed

ESPN .

[Marc Overmars]

ITV/ESPN.

[Letters]

Agreed. BBC cutting their sport-bidding budget by 14% is a worry that it might be even longer until 2014 to wait too..

Terrestial channels can't really compete with dedicated subscription ones though

[Rors]

Terrestial channels can't really compete with dedicated subscription ones though

Sure. They can compete with each other though...