While we wait for the 5th round draw, one would expect the following 4th round replays to be scheduled for TV: English FA Cup 4th Round Replay Tuesday February 8 2:40pm ET - Manchester City vs Notts County - Channel TBA Wednesday February 9 2:55pm ET - Chelsea vs Everton - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Because Chelsea has a EPL match on February 6, Chelsea must play its FA Cup match on February 9. Both FSC and FS+ are available for FA Cup on Tuesday February 8.
FA Cup 5th Round Draw Saturday February 19 Everton/Chelsea v Reading (TBC: Saturday February 19 at 7:25am ET) Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday West Ham v Burnley Stoke v Brighton Manchester United v Crawley (TBC: Saturday February 19 at 12noon ET) Sunday February 20 Leyton Orient v Arsenal (TBC: Sunday February 20 at 6:55am ET) Fulham v Bolton/Wigan Manchester City or Notts County v Aston Villa Expect Man Utd vs Crawley to be on Saturday February 19, likely the late time slot (1715 London Time, 12:15pm ET). ITV1 will take that one for the U.K. (Man Utd will have a UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday February 23. Also, the Greater Manchester Police would want Man Utd and Man City to play on different days.) Leyton Orient vs Arsenal will likely be ticketed for an early time slot, quite likely on Sunday February 20, because Arsenal will have a UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday February 16 and because the police in East London would want Leyton Orient and West Ham to play on different days. If Chelsea were to win its replay, then Chelsea vs Reading must be played on Saturday February 19, likely in the early time slot, because of Chelsea's UEFA CL match on Tuesday February 22.
Oliver, You sure on those replay dates? February 8th and 9th are FIFA sanctioned Int'l dates. Clubs will be required to release players to their national squads. Chelsea and Man City will have to field a whole bunch of youth players... The FA announced at the start of the season that February 15th and 16th were replay dates. Of course, both Chelsea (CL) and Man City (EL) are unavailable. There has been talk of playing the 4th round replays on the date of the 5th round (February 19th) pushing back their respective 5th round ties. Just wondering what your source on the replay dates is? SA
Chelsea vs Everton can be played on Wednesday February 16 in order to avoid a clash with the FIFA International Date because Chelsea's UEFA CL match will be on Tuesday February 22. Man City vs Notts County will have to wait until Friday February 18 at the earliest if the FA does not want to schedule a replay on a FIFA International Date. Man City's UEFA Europa League matches are on Tuesday February 15 and Thursday February 24.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/fixtures?id=363&cc=5901 says Chelsea plays a Premier League game at Fulham on Monday February 14. Is it possible this game would be moved to Sunday February 13 so Chelsea could play February 16 with more than one day of rest? Also of note is that Chelsea's Saturday February 26 Premier League game is postponed because opponent Birmingham City is in the Carling Cup final. Therefore if Chelsea played and won their Fourth Round Replay during the Fifth Round weekend Chelsea would be available to play their Fifth Round game the following weekend but opponent Reading would need their League Championship game moved for that to happen.
ITV1 in the UK has a UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday February 16: Arsenal vs Barcelona. That could force Chelsea vs Everton to be scheduled for Saturday February 19.
Official from the FA: Wigan v Bolton will be played on Wednesday, February 16th at 19:45. Chelsea v Everton and Man City v Notts County will be played Saturday, February 19th - the date of the 5th Round - pushing their respective 5th Round ties to a later, undetermined date. Kickoff times still to be announced. SA www.socceraction.info
The TV matches on February 19-20 will feature big teams in "same bat time, same bat channel" as the 4th round. English FA Cup 4th Round Replay Saturday February 19 7:25am ET - Chelsea vs Everton - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Sunday February 20 8:55am ET - Manchester City vs Notts County - FS+ HD & FOXsoccer.tv == English FA Cup 5th Round Saturday February 19 9:55am ET - TBC (Stoke v Brighton) - FSC & FOX Deportes 9:55am ET - TBC (Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday) - FS+ & FOXsoccer.tv 9:55am ET - TBC (West Ham v Burnley) - FOXsoccer.tv (SDD 2pm ET on FS+) 12noon ET - Manchester United v Crawley - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Sunday February 20 6:55am ET - TBC (Leyton Orient v Arsenal) - FSC HD & FOX Deportes 11:25am ET - TBC (Fulham v Bolton/Wigan) - FSC HD & FOX Deportes
FA Cup England TV Matches Announced: Crawley Town’s trip to Old Trafford on 19 February will be the first of five big FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Fifth Round ties to feature on live TV. The battle of the Red Devils kicks off at 5.15pm and will be broadcast live on ITV1. The following day sees Arsene Wenger take his Arsenal side to Leyton Orient on ESPN with a 4.30pm kick-off time at the Matchroom Stadium. Fifth Round action continues into the week on ESPN as well with West Ham United v Burnley on 21 February and Everton or Chelsea v Reading on 1 March. The live TV action concludes on ITV1 with Notts County or Manchester City v Aston Villa on 2 March. Saturday 19 February Manchester United v Crawley Town 5.15pm kick-off Live on ITV1 Sunday 20 February Leyton Orient v Arsenal 4.30pm kick-off Live on ESPN Monday 21 February West Ham United v Burnley 8pm kick-off Live on ESPN Tuesday 1 March Everton or Chelsea v Reading 7.30pm kick-off Live on ESPN Wednesday 2 March Notts County or Manchester City v Aston Villa 7.45pm kick-off Live on ITV1 The FA fee for live TV broadcast is £247,500 per club. The following Fourth Round Proper replays will also be broadcast live: Chelsea v Everton Saturday 19 February 12.30pm kick-off Live on ESPN Manchester City v Notts County Sunday 20 February 2pm kick-off Live on ITV The FA fee for live TV broadcast is £72,000 per club.
There is a cavaet to the March 1st tie between the winner of Everton/Chelsea vs. Reading....The Premiership has scheduled the Chelsea v Manchester United match for March 1st. so if Chelsea are to advance, I would think the Premiership match would force the Cup tie to a different date (correct me if I'm wrong!). So here is the rundown of Cup matches by date and UK kickoff times (5th Round unless noted): Wednesday, 16 February 19:45 Wigan v Bolton (4th Round) Saturday, 19 February 12:30 Chelsea v Everton (4th Round) 15:00 Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion 15:00 Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday 17:15 Manchester Utd. v Crawley Town Sunday, 20 February 14:00 Manchester City v Notts County (4th Round) 15:00 Fulham v Bolton or Wigan 16:30 Leyton Orient v Arsenal Monday, 21 February 20:00 West Ham Utd. v Burnley Tuesday, 1 March 19:30 Chelsea or Everton v Reading Wednesday, 2 March 19:45 Notts County or Man. City v Aston Villa SA www.socceraction.info
Nope. The FA Cup has priority over EPL. If Chelsea were to advance past Everton, then... I am guessing that Chelsea vs Man Utd will be moved to Tuesday May 10 or Wednesday May 11 (same day as UEFA Europa League Final). Man Utd vs Chelsea is currently penciled in for Saturday May 7 or Sunday May 8. March 8-9 will not be available because Chelsea will need to keep that date clear for an FA Cup 5th Round Replay. March 22-23 will not be available right away because those dates are reserved for FA Cup 6th Round Replays. April 19-20 will not be available right away because any club that will play the FA Cup Semifinals on April 16-17 will have to play its scheduled EPL match on April 19-20. May 17 and May 19 are also available (UEFA Europa League Final will be on May 18).
Doubt they'd play the two league games consecutively. Most likely the first would be penciled in for the 5th or quarterfinal round replay dates, and should either team face a replay, then it would be moved to the midweek following the FA Cup semifinals. The affected league games would then be moved to May 10th/11th or 17th/18th.
English FA Cup 4th Round Replay Saturday February 19 7:25am ET - Chelsea vs Everton - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Sunday February 20 8:55am ET - Manchester City vs Notts County - FS+ HD & FOXsoccer.tv English FA Cup 5th Round Saturday February 19 9:55am ET - Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday - FSC & FOX Deportes 9:55am ET - Stoke v Brighton - FS+ & FOXsoccer.tv 12noon ET - Manchester United v Crawley - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Sunday February 20 9:55am ET - Fulham v Bolton/Wigan - FOXsoccer.tv (SDD 11am ET on FS+ HD) 11:25am ET - Leyton Orient v Arsenal - FSC HD & FOX Deportes Monday February 21 2:55pm ET - West Ham v Burnley - FS+ HD & FOXsoccer.tv