FA Cup Draw

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Man u villa
Liverpool Arsenal

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Blackpool v Aldershot or Basingstoke
Barnet v Colchester
Sheffield United v Swansea
Reading v Burnley
Portsmouth v Wigan
Mansfield or Doncaster v Bolton
West Ham v Brighton
Leicester v Fulham
Derby v Wrexham
Wolves v Oldham
Bury or Chester v Ipswich
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City
Tamworth v Norwich
Salisbury or Forest v Charlton
Cardiff v Tottenham
Preston v Sunderland
Liverpool v Arsenal
Bristol Rovers or Bournemouth v Hereford
Watford v Stockport
Crystal Palace v Swindon
Bristol City v Coventry City
Peterbrough v Plymouth Argyle
QPR v Luton
Southend v Barnsley
West Brom v Leeds
Hull City v Middlesbrough
Birmingham City v Newcastle
Torquay or Leyton Orient v Southampton
Everton v Blackburn
Chelsea v Macclesfield
Stoke City v Bradford City or Millwall

[afeencalleddan]

Cardiff... Yuck.

[west cork rebel]

tie of the round has to be Liverpool V Arsenal, Villa away nice draw for Manchester United.

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Fao Tornado

[STEVIEG]

thats liverpools hope of a trophy this season after taking a major blow.
personally i think the fa cup should be seeded.


I agree with ya about the seeding but it could easily be argued that it's also a big blow for Arsenal's hopes of winning a trophy too

[Edmund Blackwater]

I disagree completely.
Seeding aids the big teams.
In fact, I'd prefer if all competitions were drawn the way the FA Cup is.

[Superdave]

I agree with ya about the seeding but it could easily be argued that it's also a big blow for Arsenal's hopes of winning a trophy too

i think the FA cup has become too predicable as it is. Since Everton in 95 no team outside of the gunners, pool, united and chelsea have won the cup. and to be fair only west ham of the runners up in the past 10 years can claim to have come close to upsetting that apple cart. compare that with the 10 years previous to that where you had united, gunners, pool, tottenham, wimbledon, coventry and when sheffield wednesday, crystal palace, and everton (although then by no means a smaller club) all had to be beaten rather than rolling over. it gives a good insight into just how powerful the bigger clubs have become.

Seeding the draw will only make it even more difficult for the smaller teams to make the leap.

I'd be more in favour of the big teams having to play with fly keepers and ten men.

[Superdave]

I disagree. look at the giant killings over the last 20 years. they have been nearly always in pokey shit holes in stormy conditions. I think jose recently said they should do it with the carling cup. I personally feel that if every small team had a chance at the big boys, a few of the big boys would be knocked out, the small guys would get enough money to pay their way for another year and the competition would be alot more interesting.

ah, i see. you're taking the tact that having seeding will ensure money and chances of upsets for the smaller teams as opposed to safeguarding the top teams against drawing each other as liverpool and arsenal just did?

Cool, i was taking the oppposite angle - in that the top clubs don't need any more protection.

Good point.