FA Cup draw

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

FA Cup fourth round draw

Derby v Watford/Fulham

Exeter/Man Utd v Middlesbrough

Cardiff/Blackb'n v Colchester

Chelsea v Birmingham

West Ham v Sheff Utd

Oldham v Bolton

Arsenal v Wolves

Everton v Sunderland

Nottm Forest v Peterborough

Brentford v Hartlepool/Boston <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/sperma.gif" alt="" />

Reading/Swansea v Leicester/Blackpool

Burnley/Liverp'l v Bournemouth

Southampton v Portsmouth

West Brom v Spurs

Newcastle v Coventry

Charlton v Yeovil

[and1inthetree]

Southampton vs Portsmouth should be a cosy affair, the pompey fans will be pleased to visit the redknapps no doubt.

 

still on the subject of the fa cup, exeter city's replay with yanited will be screened live on the bbc. article below says that they've made £750k from the 2 ties against yanited...enough to wipe out their club debt....

 

makes you sick, doesnt it?

 

 

from guardian.co.uk

Cash-strapped Exeter City have landed another £150,000 windfall following confirmation that their FA Cup replay with Manchester United will be screened live on the BBC.

The tie has now been put back to Wednesday, January 19, with a 7.45pm kick-off, allowing the nation a chance to see whether the non-League minnows can dump Sir Alex Ferguson's side out of the competition

 

The extra cash means Exeter will have generated over £750,000 through their two meetings with United, enough to wipe out their entire debt. (Or pay the wages of one of United's top players for two months.)

 

And that may not be the end of the story either as the ecstatic Grecians supporters await this afternoon's fourth-round draw. Alex Inglethorpe's side got themselves into the hat courtesy of Saturday's amazing 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, a result that prompted a public apology from Ferguson to the Red Devils fans.

 

Exeter were today finalising ticket arrangements for the St James Park return, knowing their 9,000-capacity ground cannot even accommodate the number of visiting fans who travelled to Manchester to cheer on their team at the weekend. Despite this, club officials have vowed not to increase prices above normal Conference levels, meaning those lucky enough to get in will have the chance to watch a far stronger United side at the cost of just £11.

 

The match has been moved to the Wednesday from the originally scheduled replay date of Tuesday, January 18 as BSkyB will televise Burnley's rearranged tie with Liverpool that evening.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Lucky git's!

 

Good luck to them.

[pabird]

The round after this is when the cup gets going

At this stage sad little teams like Exeter-Charlton and West Ham still fancy they have a chance

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Isn't that the whole point of the FA Cup!

 

The Dream?????????

 

For fcks sake think about what your saying!!!!

[and1inthetree]

not really, it's about the money for clubs like us and exeter city.

 

even at half time at boston, you didnt for one moment entertain the thought that hornchurch were going to win the thing did you?

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

Err, yes I did actually!

 

But then I always think we are going to win, maybe that's why I get so upset when we don't.

 

I know we don't always have the greatest of chances, but at the same time you never think about how much you are going to lose by do you?

 

If we were heading to Old Trafford, Anfield et al, we would all be talking about the possibilities while supping our cans on the coach!

 

Yes or no?

[and1inthetree]

good point, and the more cans supped, the more we'd believe it!

 

but i didnt mean about winning the boston game, i meant did you think at half time, that we were going to win the fa cup?

 

getting a plum tie against yanited/newcastle/liverpool would be like winning the thing.

[NotTheRealSteveWest]

True!

 

Anyway, what time will you be at the Yo?

 

I'm buying........ for you that is, not the whole of cyberworld!

[and1inthetree]

aprrox 6.45