Decent 3rd round draw. I predict Liverpool v Everton will be on the BBC. And Man U obviously!
If they do go for Man U - Derby at the expense of one of the infinitely more interesting games elsewhere then I really do give up. This must bring their run of televised FA Cup games to an end.
If Hereford get through, the BBC must surely give that to John Motson to bring his career full circle.
Last season when they showed Man Utd v Reading, the best link they could come up with was that Jaap Stam was Reading's manager.
All the following games have more TV appeal than Man Utd v Derby:
Liverpool v Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace
Coventry City v Stoke City
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City v West Bromwich Albion
Fleetwood or Hereford v Leicester City
Manchester City v Burnley
Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Swansea City
Fulham v Southampton
Norwich City v Chelsea
Newport County v Leeds United and Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town could even be considered as well.
Friday 5 January: Liverpool v Everton (7.55pm) – Live on BBC One
Saturday 6 January: Fleetwood Town or Hereford v Leicester City (12.45pm) – Live on BBC One; Norwich City v Chelsea (5.30pm) – Live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 5pm)
Sunday 7 January: Newport County v Leeds United (12pm) – Live on BBC Wales; Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United (2pm) – Live on BBC One; Nottingham Forest v Arsenal (4pm) – Live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 3.30pm).
Monday 8 January: Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace (7.45pm) – Live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport 4K UHD (on air 7pm)
For the first time since 2005, a Manchester United FA Cup match won't be shown live. BBC matches are -
Friday 5th Jan 19:55 - Liverpool v Everton
Saturday 12:45 - Fleetwood/Hereford v Leicester
Sunday 12:00 - Newport v Leeds (BBC1 Wales)
Sunday 14:00 - Shrewsbury v West Ham
Those thieving bastards BT are showing -
Saturday 17:30 - Norwich v Chelsea
Sunday 16:00 - Forest v Arsenal
Monday 19:45 - Brighton v Palace
In the link above but worth highlighting. Brighton v Palace will be a trial of the VAR system :
he M23 derby is the final third-round fixture to have been chosen, with Brighton and Palace rounding off the action on Monday evening at 7.45pm at the Amex Stadium. Disorder caused by fans around the teams’ recent meeting at the Amex Stadium was described as a “return to the dark days of football” by Sussex police.
Having announced plans to introduce the VAR system earlier this year, the match will become the first competitive use of the technology in the UK as part of the International Football Association Board’s [IFAB] trial. The technology was first used in November at Wembley Stadium at England’s two senior men’s internationals against Germany and Brazil and it is intended that VARs will then be used for the remainder of the competition at a select number of fixtures.
“The FA has always been open to trialling new innovations and was heavily involved in the advancement of goal-line technology before it was introduced,” said Andy Ambler, director of professional game relations at The FA.
“The trialling of the VAR system in this season’s Emirates FA Cup from the third round is a continuation of that and further demonstrates that whilst being the most famous and historic domestic cup competition in the world it is also modern, progressive and innovative.”
Oh shit. So it's not to be a private humiliation for Norwich, then. My boy - an Ipswich fan - was gleefully telling me that Chelsea will win 1000 - 0, and decided to watch the draw on iPlayer again yesterday so he could enjoy the moment all over again.
Was it not the case that they managed to swing it last season to show a Man Utd game by having a clause whereby if one of the replays had the not-desired-for outcome then they would default to a still less-than-appetising Man Utd game? Not really possible this time but I'm sure they can come up with something.
Can't see BBC changing the Leicester game; all bias from my point of view aside as both matches are a win:win. Hereford gives a chance to show Ricky George; the lowest ranked team in the draw; phoenix from the flames and the possibility of a huge upset. Fleetwood goes into Vardy overdrive.
Can't see BBC changing the Leicester game; all bias from my point of view aside as both matches are a win:win. Hereford gives a chance to show Ricky George; the lowest ranked team in the draw; phoenix from the flames and the possibility of a huge upset. Fleetwood goes into Vardy overdrive.
Exactly. Which is why they would need to be more imaginative ...
Oh shit. So it's not to be a private humiliation for Norwich, then. My boy - an Ipswich fan - was gleefully telling me that Chelsea will win 1000 - 0, and decided to watch the draw on iPlayer again yesterday so he could enjoy the moment all over again.
What that lad needs is to be made to sit and watch Ipswich losing 7-0 at Chelsea in the 3rd Round just a few years ago.
Yes, it's entirely possible that no non league team will get through to the third round this season. I suppose that could be Karmic balance following the exploits of Lincoln and Sutton last season.
And there we have it. First time since 1962-3 someone near me said. Two goals from Jonny Bairstow and out go Hereford.
In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles
That's all the excuse I need to post one of my favourite frozen football clips: FA Cup Round 3 1963, fast forward to 20 minutes to see Tranmere playing in the snow, in white, in black and white.
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