FA Cup 3rd Round

[C Kent]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/66893242

Arsenal v Liverpool - surely the pick of the round. Sunderland v Newcastle also pretty decent.

Full Draw:

Hull Vs Birmingham
Newport/Barnet vs Eastleigh/Reading
Maidstone vs Stevenage/Port Vale
Plymouth vs Sutton United
Brentford vs Wolves
Coventry vs Oxford
QPR vs Bournemouth
Chelsea vs Preston
Swansea vs Morecambe
Gillingham vs Sheffield United
Blackburn vs Cambridge
Manchester City vs Huddersfield
Wigan vs Manchester United
Nottingham Forest vs Blackpool/Forest Green
Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa
Crystal Palace vs Everton
Sheffield Wednesday vs Cardiff
Sunderland vs Newcastle
Watford vs Chesterfield/Leyton Orient
Millwall vs Leicester
Peterborough vs Leeds
AFC Wimbledon/Ramsgate vs Ipswich
Southampton vs Alfreton/Walsall
West Brom vs Aldershot/Stockport
Fulham vs Rotherham
Tottenham vs Burnley
West Ham vs Bristol City
Norwich vs Crewe/Bristol Rovers
Stoke v Brighton
Arsenal vs Liverpool
Shrewsbury vs Wrexham/Yeovil
Luton vs Bolton

 

[Tombstone]

Sunderland v Newcastle....oh that will be a corker of a game, thats GOT to be televised surely

 

[Bigpig]

This will be glorious!!

Although we have been knocked out in the 3rd for 3 years straight and not for the lack of trying hah

 

[montymint]

This will be glorious!!

Although we have been knocked out in the 3rd for 3 years straight and not for the lack of trying hah

My only worry is that they’ll be out to break our legs lol

 

[Fubsy]

Wigan. Great. That's us out of another cup then. Was hoping for a home tie against Maidstone.

 

[robfosters]

Who thinks Jeff Stelling’s got a point here. I certainly do.

Stelling suggests change to FA Cup third round to avoid Arsenal and Liverpool

New talkSPORT host Jeff Stelling believes a new rule should be put in place to change the format of the FA Cup. Arsenal take on Liverpool at the Emirates on January 6 in arguably the blockbuster fi…

talksport.com

 

[Stu999]

Who thinks Jeff Stelling’s got a point here. I certainly do.

Stelling suggests change to FA Cup third round to avoid Arsenal and Liverpool

New talkSPORT host Jeff Stelling believes a new rule should be put in place to change the format of the FA Cup. Arsenal take on Liverpool at the Emirates on January 6 in arguably the blockbuster fi…

talksport.com

He’s a numpty. Don’t over-complicate it, it’s not fair to amend the draw. Just make it a straight draw as it’s always been.

 

[BaZ87]

The problem is so many people still see the early rounds of the FA Cup as some sort of financial lottery for lower League sides. It's absolutely mad that the financial well-being of these sides (partially) rest on getting lucky and getting an away tie vs Liverpool, Utd etc.

Relatively speaking, to PL clubs, FA Cup prize money is peanuts. In total the 20 PL clubs received just under £10m in prize money last season, with City picking up the most at somewhere between £3.5m and £4m. Offer the PL a deal, scrap FA Cup replays (their only purpose is to give lower League sides an extra chance of a payday) in exchange for PL sides giving up all FA Cup prize money. Any prize money that would have been given to PL clubs can be distributed between every club from League 2 down.