Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 2, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 2, 2023 Ties take place on/around 6-7th January 2024 AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers Maidstone United Morecambe Shrewsbury Town Chesterfield or Leyton Orient Aldershot Town or Stockport County Alfreton Town or Walsall Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers Cambridge United Bolton Wanderers Wrexham or Yeovil Town Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers Peterborough United Eastleigh or Reading Gillingham Stevenage or Port Vale Newport County or Barnet Oxford United Wigan Athletic Sutton United AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Every year I get excited for this and every year I'm disappointed. So Stoke away it'll be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted December 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Every year I get excited for this and every year I'm disappointed. I was thinking we'd get Stoke as well. It's who we had last time we were in the Championship. Them, or Man City for a Pep/Enzo meeting. Wrexham to get drawn with Man Utd, then end up losing vs Yeovil would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Stan said: I was thinking we'd get Stoke as well. It's who we had last time we were in the Championship. Them, or Man City for a Pep/Enzo meeting. Wrexham to get drawn with Man Utd, then end up losing vs Yeovil would be great. Us against Wrexham or Newport would be interesting, especially if we're away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted December 3, 2023 Luton vs Bolton Shrewsbury vs Wrexham/Yeovil Arsenal vs Liverpool Stoke vs Brighton Norwich vs Crewe/Bristol Rovers West Ham vs Bristol City Tottenham vs Burnley Fulham vs Rotherham West Brom vs Aldershot/Stockport Southampton vs Alfreton/Walsall AFC Wimbledon/Ramsgate vs Ipswich Peterborough vs Leeds Millwall vs Leicester Watford vs Chesterfield/Leyton Orient Sunderland vs Newcastle Sheff Weds vs Cardiff Crystal Palace vs Everton Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Nottm Forest vs Blackpool/Forest Green Wigan vs Man Utd Man City vs Huddersfield Blackburn vs Cambridge Gillingham vs Sheff Utd Swansea vs Morecambe Chelsea vs Preston QPR vs Bournemouth Coventry vs Oxford Brentford vs Wolves Plymouth vs Sutton Maidstone vs Stevenage/Port Vale Newport/Barnet vs Eastleigh/Reading Hull vs Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Well that's shit. I said it was going to be a disappointment. Sunderland vs. Newcastle stands out for me so far, as well as Arsenal vs. Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted December 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Well that's shit. I said it was going to be a disappointment. Sunderland vs. Newcastle stands out for me so far, as well as Arsenal vs. Liverpool. Yeah they're the main two that stand out. Those two and Wigan vs Man Utd will be on TV for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Stan said: Yeah they're the main two that stand out. Those two and Wigan vs Man Utd will be on TV for sure. Yeah true. Not sure how many ties are shown, but could see Peterborough vs. Leeds and maybe the Man City and Chelsea games at a push. Nothing else really stands out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeKhrush 298 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 I knew we would draw Sunderland, it just felt like destiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,664 Posted December 3, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2023 Obviously they'll waste some of the TV slots on Arsenal vs Liverpool and probably either the Chelsea or Spurs games. The Newcastle one is a great draw. Wigan vs Man Utd as well. There's four all Premier League ties in there and four more top flight teams who have to go away to Championship sides so should bode well for any underdogs looking for a cup run. Very good chance of a big tie for say whoever gets through the Maidstone/Port Vale/Stevenage tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) Pretty sure the following will be on TV Sunderland v Newcastle Arsenal v Liverpool Wigan v Man Utd Middlesbrough v Aston Villa Gillingham v Sheff Utd Peterborough v Leeds (Kinda think we're seen as a good draw still and shock potential) Edited December 4, 2023 by Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted December 7, 2023 Palace vs Everton . On a Thursday as well. No idea why Spurs vs Burnley has been picked either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Stan said: Palace vs Everton . On a Thursday as well. No idea why Spurs vs Burnley has been picked either. The main three are being televised as expected and I can see why Boro vs. Villa was chosen. The other two however.............meh. It's something to watch I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,664 Posted December 7, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 7, 2023 That Palace Everton pick is absolutely bizarre from a television perspective and the scheduling is somehow even worse. Extending the broadcasting schedule to a Thursday before just for the sake of televising your bog standard Premier League 3pm? Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Maybe its time to seed the Third Round. You have 44 teams enter the competition for the first time at a point where 20 other clubs have played at least two games to get to that point, and if you're a Non-League team, qualifying rounds on top of that. You kinda feel they have earnt the right to a big home draw, and being honest, it's what we want to see from the competition. Wouldn't be hard to do would it. 20 clubs that have participated so far are in one pot, drawn out accordingly and given home draws whilst the 44 other clubs are drawn from another. Once those ties are sorted, the remainder becomes a free draw. You have 24 clubs left made up of Premier League and Championship, so 12 ties that could still potentially throw up all Premier League clashes or a Sunderland v Newcastle/Millwall v West Ham scenario. Then from the 4th round, just do a free draw. Simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted December 12, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted December 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, Lucas said: Maybe its time to seed the Third Round. You have 44 teams enter the competition for the first time at a point where 20 other clubs have played at least two games to get to that point, and if you're a Non-League team, qualifying rounds on top of that. You kinda feel they have earnt the right to a big home draw, and being honest, it's what we want to see from the competition. Wouldn't be hard to do would it. 20 clubs that have participated so far are in one pot, drawn out accordingly and given home draws whilst the 44 other clubs are drawn from another. Once those ties are sorted, the remainder becomes a free draw. You have 24 clubs left made up of Premier League and Championship, so 12 ties that could still potentially throw up all Premier League clashes or a Sunderland v Newcastle/Millwall v West Ham scenario. Then from the 4th round, just do a free draw. Simple. I still like the way the French do it in their domestic cup. Any team drawn away from home that is at least 2 divisions lower than the home team drawn, the tie becomes swapped so the lower-rank side automatically has the tie at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,827 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Stan said: I still like the way the French do it in their domestic cup. Any team drawn away from home that is at least 2 divisions lower than the home team drawn, the tie becomes swapped so the lower-rank side automatically has the tie at home. Yeah, not bad to be fair. I do think it's time we looked at revamping things so we can get the best out of the competition for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted December 13, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 07/12/2023 at 21:57, RandoEFC said: That Palace Everton pick is absolutely bizarre from a television perspective and the scheduling is somehow even worse. Extending the broadcasting schedule to a Thursday before just for the sake of televising your bog standard Premier League 3pm? Weird. I think it's entirely a logistical thing. Crystal Palace, Millwall, West Ham, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford and QPR all got drawn at home which is remarkable. Even a bit further out, Luton and Watford did too. Ours at Millwall ended up half 12. Can't stand early away games when they aren't local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted December 13, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted December 13, 2023 Regarding draws honestly I don't think it should change. I don't think you should rob the opportunity for say, Barnet to go and play at Old Trafford or Anfield. It's financially a better deal for them too if the ticket revenue is being split between the two clubs. I think it's just the nature of cup draws. Maidstone getting Stevenage at home is a real shame for them but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I don't think they should be handed the dream tie just for making it there. If I was to change anything about the FA Cup it's that I would get rid of replays in the instance that the two clubs are in the same division. Perfect case in point is our draw. Literally nobody at Leicester or Millwall is going to want to play another game against each other in a midweek in January, the third time in a month, the second trip Millwall will have made here in a month. I think replays should be retained but if the teams are in the same league I really don't see the point. But then I also don't mind them staying either - it's just the way the cookie crumbles. It's not something I'd kick off about them not introducing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33fox 0 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 if memory serves me right ,i think over the 3rd round weekend theres around 4 ties live on tv.can any one please forward there views and say why on earth is man city v huddersfield(and the others) being shown live and not a more exciting proposition/bigger match ie peterborough v leeds,beyond me,huddersfield dont stand a cat in hells chance of doing anything at city.i guess another game to fall asleep through half way through.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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