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General Competition notes Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Semi-Finals

Notes

  • All evening kick-offs at Highbury this season are at 8.00pm
  • All rounds are one-legged except for round 2 (which we missed, see below), and the semi-finals.
  • There are no replays. If scores are level at the end of 90 minutes there will be 15 minutes each way extra time followed by a penalty shoot-out.
  • Arsenal entered at round 3, missing the 2-legged stage along with the other clubs involved (then, at least!) in European competitions.

Semi-finals

Played over two legs. First leg week beginning January 26th, second leg week beginning February 16th. Arsenal are at home on Wednesday 28th January, the return leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday 18th February. Both legs will be shown live on Sky TV.

Second leg

       3 - 1  Arsenal  (see report)
Middlesbrough  2 - 0  Liverpool

First leg

Arsenal     2 - 1    (see report)
Liverpool   2 - 1  Middlesbrough

Round 5 - Quarter finals

Draw made Wednesday November 12th.

Matches to be played January 6th or 7th. 

Newcastle     0 - 2  Liverpool
      1 - 2  Arsenal (see match report)
Ipswich       2 - 2  Chelsea  (aet. Chelsea won on penalties)
Reading       0 - 1  Middlesbrough

Round 4

Full draw, made Wednesday October 15th.

Matches to be played week beginning 17th November, Arsenal vs Coventry on the Tuesday (18th November).

Leeds           2 - 3  Reading
Middlesbrough   2 - 1  Bolton
Chelsea         2 - 1  Southampton
Derby           0 - 1  Newcastle
West Ham        4 - 1  Walsall
Liverpool       3 - 0  Grimsby
Arsenal         1 - 0  Coventry (see report) 
Oxford          1 - 2  Ipswich

Round 3

Arsenal have been drawn at home to Birmingham City, the match to be played at Highbury on Tuesday October 14th (not Wednesday 15th).

Birmingham came through the last round with a 5-3 aggregate win over Stockport County. They won the first leg 4-1 at St Andrews and lost the second 2-1. The official web site includes an editorial attack on their own fans who stayed away in their thousands from the home leg. Only 4000 turned up. 

 
Arsenal         4-1            (report)
Newcastle       2-0  Hull               
Barnsley or      v Brentford or        
   Chesterfield       Southampton        
West Ham        3-0  Aston Villa
Reading         4-2  Wolves              
Oxford          1-1  Tranmere (aet. Oxford won on penalties)            
WBA              v Liverpool           
Middlesbrough   2-0  Sunderland          
Ipswich         2-0  Manchester United   
Grimsby         2-1  Leicester           
Bolton or        v Wimbledon or        
   Leyton Orient      Millwall           
Chelsea         1-1  Blackburn (aet. Chelsea win 4-1 on penalties)          
Stoke           1-3  Leeds (aet. 1-1 on 90 minutes)
Tottenham       1-2  Derby 
Coventry        4-1  Everton 
Walsall          v Sheffield United

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