The FA Cup Third Round Draw

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Things to expect from the third round draw for the FA Cup:-

1. The rags will be drawn at home against lower league opposition
2. The rag match WILL be televised
3. City will be drawn away from home against Premier League

The draw will be screened live by BBC2 and BT Sport 1 with programmes beginning at 7pm (draw approximately 7.10pm) from Slough's Holloway Park. Unless they follow the lead taken by the another cup competition and promise a Live Draw only for there to be 'technical difficulties' in an otherwise faultless platform.......and then post a video of the draw once they got the correct outcome.......

Third round ties will take place across the weekend of January 5-8, 2018 and winning clubs will pick up £67,500 from the FA Cup prize fund.

1 - Bournemouth
2 - Arsenal
3 - Aston Villa
4 - Barnsley
5 - Birmingham City
6 - Bolton Wanderers
7 - Brentford
8 - Brighton
9 - Bristol City
10 - Burnley
11 - Burton Albion
12 - Cardiff City
13 - Chelsea
14 - Crystal Palace
15 - Derby County
16 - Everton
17 - Fulham
18 - Huddersfield Town
19 - Hull City
20 - Ipswich Town
21 - Leeds United
22 - Leicester City
23 - Liverpool
24 - Manchester City
25 - Manchester United
26 - Middlesbrough
27 - Millwall
28 - Newcastle United
29 - Norwich City
30 - Nottingham Forest
31 - Preston North End
32 - Queens Park Rangers
33 - Reading
34 - Sheffield United
35 - Sheffield Wednesday
36 - Southampton
37 - Stoke City
38 - Sunderland
39 - Swansea City
40 - Tottenham Hotspur
41 - Watford
42 - West Bromwich Albion
43 - West Ham United
44 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 - Woking or Peterborough United
46 - MK Dons
47 - Newport County
48 - Wycombe Wanderers
49 - Port Vale or Yeovil Town
50 - Shrewsbury Town
51 - Doncaster Rovers
52 - Slough Town or Rochdale
53 - Wimbledon
54 - Stevenage
55 - Mansfield Town
56 - Luton Town
57 - Bradford City
58 - Blackburn Rovers or Crewe Alexandra
59 - AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic
60 - Gillingham or Carlisle United
61 - Notts County
62 - Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City
63 - Fleetwood Town or Hereford
64 - Coventry City
 
The Rags will be drawn against a lower league opposition, irrelevant whether home or away, but will there be warm and cold balls. You F**king bet there are as 3. is a cert, but not on TV.
 
City v Burnley

Two thirds of the teams left when our name came out were championship, L1 or L2........and of course we get PL side :017:

The rags of course play a championship side at home - Derby County
 
No indeed it isn’t.

The FA however are launching and investigation into how this aberration occurred - it seems Hoddle and Jenas got their balls mixed up :034:
 
Happy with a home draw against a side lower than us in the table - plus we have already beaten Burnley this season whereas for the rags Derby will be an unknown quantity.

And it doesn't matter if the rags are on TV - we don't have to watch it do we, or is there some unwritten rule about supporting City that I am unaware of....?

Anyway, got a good feeling that we will win everything this year and if we get to the final they've surely got to show it live on TV?



 
Go Derby!
Playing against better teams keeps our players on their mettle.
Playing against the likes of Derby will be playing against players who will give their everything to beat a top team and I do mean everything, so the risk of injuries is higher.
 
That is a very valid comment Ozi - it does help keep the players focused. Still may provide an opportunity to rest one or two first picks for 45 minutes perhaps.
 
Not suggesting anyone should go out and injure anyone Kenny, just saying there is a greater chance of them when playing clubs who are on ado or die mission mate. :008:
 
OziMan - 6/12/2017 02:34

Not suggesting anyone should go out and injure anyone Kenny, just saying there is a greater chance of them when playing clubs who are on ado or die mission mate. :008:
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Didn't for one moment think you were!

 
Disappointed with this draw, only because the likelihood of the younger lads getting meaningful game time is lesser than if we'd drawn a non PL team.
 
I am not sure if Pep will give the Domestic Cups his 100%, I could be wrong but It would ease the schedule for other important challenges.
 
You didn't read here first I suspect, but.... and nearly fainted, The rags game will not be televised - must have been noticed that for 13 years every FA Cup match involving the Rags has been televised live, this will end in January 2018.
 
:034: :034: :034:

Well, well. That is interesting.

It may not sound like much but.......could this be just another tiny crack in the edifice? Another sign that slowly, oh so slowly things may be shifting under their feet? Another chink in the ‘oh so superior they would never dare to snub our fanbase’ armour?

We live in hope.
 
Televised FA Cup third-round fixtures
Friday 5 January Liverpool v Everton (7.55pm) – live on BBC One.

Saturday 6 January Fleetwood Town or Hereford v Leicester City (12.45pm) – live on BBC One; Norwich City v Chelsea (5.30pm) – live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 5pm).

Sunday 7 January Newport County v Leeds United (12pm) – live on BBC Wales; Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United (2pm) – live on BBC One; Nottingham Forest v Arsenal (4pm) – live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 3.30pm).

Monday 8 January Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace (7.45pm) – live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 7pm).

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/07/manchester-united-fa-cup-live-third-round-end-58-games-derby

Wake up and smell the coffee time at the Old Toilet. :026:
 
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