The E-On FA Cup 4th Round Draw [R]

[Skizz]

Is due to take place in 15 minutes, I'll post the draw as it happens for those who don't have a stream etc :)

[Skizz]

For those who are watching or just want to know who we could face, the balls and clubs are as follows:

Ball Club
1 Portsmouth or Bristol City
2 Fulham
3 Liverpool
4 Birmingham City or Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 West Ham United
6 Middlesbrough
7 Hull City or Newcastle United
8 Hartlepool United
9 Chelsea or Southend United
10 Nottingham Forest
11 Cardiff City
12 Ipswich Town
13 Charlton Athletic or Norwich City
14 West Bromwich Albion or Peterborough United
15 Torquay United
16 Leyton Orient or Sheffield United
17 Southampton or Manchester United
18 Millwall or Crewe Alexandra
19 Histon or Swansea City
20 Derby County
21 Queens Park Rangers or Burnley
22 Leicester City or Crystal Palace
23 Tottenham Hotspur
24 Cheltenham Town or Doncaster Rovers
25 Arsenal
26 Kettering Town
27 Blyth Spartans or Blackburn Rovers
28 Everton
29 Watford
30 Sunderland
31 Coventry City
32 Gillingham or Aston Villa

[Skizz]

We are about to get underway with the draw.

[Rewinder]

Lame Sky is on a 30min delay on FSC.

[Skizz]

The FA Cup 4th Round Draw

Liverpool v Everton
Southampton or Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Hull City or Newcastle United v Millwall or Crewe Alexandra
Sunderland v Blyth Spartans or Blackburn Rovers
Hartlepool United v West Ham United
Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic or Norwich City
Cardiff City v Arsenal
Portsmouth or Bristol City v Histon or Swansea City
Chelsea or Southend United v Ipswich Town
Cheltenham Town or Doncaster Rovers v Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion or Peterborough United v Queens Park Rangers or Burnley
Torquay United v Coventry City
Kettering Town v Fulham
Watford v Leicester City or Crystal Palace
Derby County v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City or Wolverhampton Wanderers v Middlesbrough

[InTheSun]

The FA Cup 4th Round Draw

Liverpool v Everton
Southampton or Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
Hull City or Newcastle United v Millwall or Crewe Alexandra
Sunderland v Blyth Spartans or Blackburn Rovers
Hartlepool United v West Ham United
Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic or Norwich City
Cardiff City v Arsenal

HA!

Cardiff it is for us.

[Sgunner]

Cardiff City v Arsenal

Cardiff away.

[juanca]

Yup, we are away.

It wont be easy.
Werent they finalists last year? After all the big boys got knocked out, i kinda lost interest in it and vaguely remember much about it.

[OrangeArsenal]

Aaron Ramsey must be excited.

[Blue'N'Gooner]

Man i would love to know what's going through Aaron Ramsey's head right now.

[Bluebirds Boyo]

Werent they finalists last year?
They say no one remembers the losing finalist, but c'mon, it's been about seven months! ;)

[Scally]

I was watching the draw thinking, ''what would a tough away tie be?'' I didnt want Utd., Liverpool or Cardiff away!

Their support will be unreal when we go down there. Perhaps the most intense we have faced this season. We quitened the Fenerbache crowd with early goals but I dont think it would work against Cardiff.

Tough draw.

[bigINTERNETTOUGHGUY]

Man i would love to know what's going through Aaron Ramsey's head right now.

He's probably thinking, "Wow. As much as I'm excited that I get to play against my former team, I still can't wrap my head around someone who claims to support Arsenal AND Chelsea..."

;)

[phishy]

He's probably thinking, "Wow. As much as I'm excited that I get to play against my former team, I still can't wrap my head around someone who claims to support Arsenal AND Chelsea..."

;)

he'll never get respect in here for that BITG.

i'm excited about an away draw to cardiff... sure their are easier draws, but we should handle them. if we dont, we have much deeper issues than what we have shown so far.

[bigINTERNETTOUGHGUY]

he'll never get respect in here for that BITG.

i'm excited about an away draw to cardiff... sure their are easier draws, but we should handle them. if we dont, we have much deeper issues than what we have shown so far.

I'm not excited about the draw. In most other years I'd think this would be a great challenge. However, I'm afraid that we'll have to employ a fair number of the first XI, and given our depth issues and penchant for injuries, I'd prefer an easier opponent where we could rest the starters.

[TheArgonaut]

Could be an interesting draw for us and Cardiff. If it were at Ashburton Grove I'd say this would be a win but away in Cardiff I'm not sure it will be quite as easy as some people might think.

Looking at their ground (Ninian Park)...they actually have standing area terraces. I thought all clubs that played in one of the top three divisions of English league system (PL, championship, league 1) had to have an all-seater stadium...does anyone know why Cardiff City still have terraces? Did I not understand the rule correctly or do they have some kind of exemption?

[antifan]

Could be an interesting draw for us and Cardiff. If it were at Ashburton Grove I'd say this would be a win but away in Cardiff I'm not sure it will be quite as easy as some people might think.

Looking at their ground (Ninian Park)...they actually have standing area terraces. I thought all clubs that played in one of the top three divisions of English league system (PL, championship, league 1) had to have an all-seater stadium...does anyone know why Cardiff City still have terraces? Did I not understand the rule correctly or do they have some kind of exemption?
They have gotten exemptions because they're moving to a new stadium soon.

http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=340224

[TheArgonaut]

They have gotten exemptions because they're moving to a new stadium soon.

http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=340224

Thanks

[Football Not Soccer]

Underestimate us at your peril. One of the form sides in the Championship, Leeds and Spurs have struggled down here and you're players will experience nothing quite like the atmosphere that Ninian will generate in 3 weeks times.

In her last year as our homeground as well (I'll miss my beloved Bob Bank Terrace... all I want to watch a match is some concrete to stand on beneath the stars:o), it is kind of ironic we meet again considering that we were your last FA Cup opponents at Highbury and indeed Cardiff City achieved their largest every attendance against Arsenal (57,893 in 1953). Oh, and THAT final in 1927... LET'S GIVE THE OL' GIRL THE SEND OFF SHE DESERVES... BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIRDS!

[Bluebirds Boyo]

They have gotten exemptions because they're moving to a new stadium soon.

http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=340224
To be exact...

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1642/96/38/504354807/n504354807_1827191_676.jpg

...across the road. :)