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Round 4

The replay will be on Wednesday 19th January at Filbert St. It will be shown live on Sky Sports.
The first match finished 0-0 (see reports)
The winners will be away to either Chelsea or Nottm Forest in the 5th round, in a match which will also be live on Sky (on January 30th)
Arsenal vs Leicester City will be the LIVE game on ITV.
Kick-off is 4pm on Sunday January 9th. The SKY match that day is Man City vs Leeds at 2pm
See match preview page for team news, other news, head-to-head stats, Leicester links etc.

Full draw, matches to be played weekend of 8th/9th January

Grimsby Town              vs  Bolton Wanderers
Aston Villa               vs  Southampton
Manchester City           vs  Leeds United
Plymouth Argyle           vs  Preston North End
Walsall OR Gillingham     vs  Bradford City
Fulham                    vs  Wimbledon
Chelsea                   vs  Nottm Forest OR Oxford Utd
Tranmere Rovers           vs  Sunderland
Arsenal                   0 - 0   Leicester City (see reports)
Newcastle United          vs  Sheffield Utd
Wrexham                   vs  Cambridge Utd
Coventry City             vs  Burnley
Liverpool                 vs  Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday       vs  Wolves
Charlton Athletic         vs  QPR
Everton                   vs  Birmingham City

Round 3

To be played Monday 13th December, kick-off 7.45pm. Live on Sky Sports.
We were expecting a move to the Sunday because of the UEFA Cup game in France on the Thursday before. But given that we might be playing in the quarter-final of the Worthington Cup on Wednesday 15th, does a move to this Monday really make sense? Or could it be that there will be completely different squads for the 2 matches...? Still, got to get past Middlesbrough first....
(well, all that's been cleared up, at least, thanks to Boro's lucky win over our kids. The decision to move the Blackpool game to the Monday turns out to be perfect.)

Arsenal 3 - 1 Blackpool (see reports)

See Arsenal vs Blackpool page for Blackpool links and head-to-head stats.
Arsenal first played 'Pool in 1896, but it wasn't till the 25th meeting of the 2 sides, in 1937, that the Seasiders managed to beat the Gunners.
Against that, there's the fact that in 3 FA Cup matches between the sides, Arsenal have never beaten Blackpool.
But then again, there's the fact that Blackpool are currently second from bottom of division 2 with a team described by Seasiders.net webmaster as "total garbage, worst Blackpool side ever seen".

Full 3rd round draw Note that the "Lucky Loser" playing Aston Villa in the last tie listed below will be drawn from a hat after the second round replays have been concluded (...and it's Darlington).

                      Reading/Halifax Town v Plymouth Argyle/Brighton & Hove Albion 
                      Ipswich Town v Southampton 
                      Norwich City v Coventry City 
                      Nottingham Forest v Shrewsbury Town/Oxford United 
                      Wycombe Wanderers/Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers 
                      West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers 
                      Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United 
                      Cambridge United v Crystal Palace 
                      Charlton Athletic v Swindon Town 
                      Hayes/Hull v Chelsea 
                      Chester City v Manchester City 
                      Walsall v Gillingham 
                      Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City 
                      Tranmere Rovers v West Ham United 
                      Arsenal v Blackpool 
                      Sheffield United v Ilkeston Town/Rushden & Diamonds 
                      Watford v Birmingham City 
                      QPR v Torquay United 
                      Wimbledon v Barnsley 
                      Huddersfield Town v Liverpool 
                      Preston North End/Enfield v Oldham Athletic 
                      Crewe Alexandra v Bradford City 
                      Exeter City v Everton 
                      Sunderland v Portsmouth 
                      Grimsby Town v Stockport County 
                      Fulham v Luton Town/Lincoln City 
                      Wrexham v Middlesbrough 
                      Hereford United v Leicester City 
                      Leeds United v Port Vale 
                      Derby County v Burnley 
                      Bolton Wanderers v Bury/Cardiff City 
                      Aston Villa v Lucky Loser

News

21st November: 3rd round draw
Arsenal will be at home to Blackpool. Date to be announced (but we expect it'll be the Sunday, 12th Dec, or even the Monday, because we're playing in France in the UEFA Cup on the preceding Thursday).

24th June: Dates

 3rd round: Saturday 11th December
 4th round: Saturday  8th January
 5th round: Saturday 29th January
 qtr-final: Saturday 19th February
semi-final: Saturday  8th April
     final: Saturday 20th May

Links

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