FA Cup 2015/16 - The Road to Wembley!

[suedehead]

A Sky Sports derby between Gary Neville and Jeff Stelling 

[Panda]

Televised games:

BBC Salford:
Salford v Hartlepool

BT:
Rochdale v Bury
Grimsby v Shrewsbury

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Numbers for Monday's draw

1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Bolton Wanderers
7 Brentford
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Milton Keynes Dons
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
34 Rotherham United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Bradford City or Chesham United
46 Barnet or Newport County
47 Peterborough United or Luton Town
48 Portsmouth or Accrington Stanley
49 Stourbridge or Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town or Northwich Victoria
51 Exeter City or Port Vale
52 Cambridge United or Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby Town or Shrewsbury Town
54 Yeovil Town or Stevenage
55 Rochdale or Bury
56 Welling United or Carlisle United
57 Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United
58 Millwall or Wycombe Wanderers
59 Colchester United or Altrincham
60 Chesterfield or Walsall
61 Sheffield United or Oldham Athletic
62 Salford City or Hartlepool United
63 Dagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk
64 Oxford United or Forest Green Rovers

[Paddy]

3rd round draw:

Watford v Newcastle
West Brom v Bristol City
West Ham v Wolves
Salford/Hartlepool v Derby
Exeter City v Liverpool
Tottenham v Leicester
Colchester Utd v Charlton
Peterborough v Preston
Northampton Town v MK Dons
Arsenal v Sunderland
Newport County v Blackburn
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Birmingham v AFC Bournemouth
Wycombe v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Oxford Utd v Swansea
Brentford v Chesterfield/Walsall
Bury v Bradford City
Manchester Utd v Sheffield Utd
Everton v Dagenham & Redbridge/Whitehawk
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Eastleigh v Bolton
Nottingham Forest v QPR
Carlisle Utd v Yeovil
Chelsea v Leyton Orient/Scunthorpe
Doncaster Rovers v Stoke
Leeds v Rotherham
Cardiff City v Grimsby/Shrewsbury
Huddersfield v Reading
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Norwich v Manchester City
Hull v Brighton

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This should be the first time for ages that Man U are not shown live. Exeter v Liverpool is about as obvious as they come. I'd like them to show Eastleigh, even though they haven't got a Premier League team. That, of course, assumes Bolton's current financial problems are not thought to be too big a risk. What a shame Southampton were out of the plastic bowl one place too late.

Tottenham v Leicester is probably the most interesting all PL tie. Everton v Dag / Red or Whitehawk would probably have been on if it was t'other way round.

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Dec 7, 2015 23:13:42 GMT 1 suedehead said:

This should be the first time for ages that Man U are not shown live.

I only actually had to go back to 2013/14 to find the last time that Man Utd weren't shown live in the FA Cup for an entire season. They lost in the 3rd round at home to Swansea, and it was not on TV.

[Panda]

Salford's replay is going to be shown live. About time they got some coverage.

[Paddy]

Dec 8, 2015 16:49:56 GMT 1 Panda said:

Salford's replay is going to be shown live. About time they got some coverage.

I now sincerely hope Hartlepool thrash them. 

[o]

So because some suits pick their game, you hope they lose, doesn't really seem fair.
I'd assume Whitehawk's replay might be live as well? They need the money before the glory hunter fans disappear and dont come back for the league games!

[Paddy]

Dec 8, 2015 17:13:00 GMT 1 o said:

So because some suits pick their game, you hope they lose, doesn't really seem fair.
I'd assume Whitehawk's replay might be live as well? They need the money before the glory hunter fans disappear and dont come back for the league games!

No not really. If it had been their first live match I'd be totally behind them, but it is not their first and they had 2 hours of documentary as well. There are loads of non league teams which are not owned by ex manure players who don't get a look in so if Hartlepool win maybe there will be another non league team that are picked in round 4 (depending on results). Not only that, Whitehawk weren't on live tv so why not rotate it and let them have the replay live tv coverage? It is all manure related. 

I really hope Exeter V Liverpool is on TV, Eastleigh V Bolton and the Chelsea match. 

[Panda]

Dec 8, 2015 17:13:00 GMT 1 o said:

So because some suits pick their game, you hope they lose, doesn't really seem fair.
I'd assume Whitehawk's replay might be live as well? They need the money before the glory hunter fans disappear and dont come back for the league games!

Yes, Whitehawk are being shown as well. Both games on BT.

[Paddy]

Dec 8, 2015 17:20:54 GMT 1 Panda said:

Dec 8, 2015 17:13:00 GMT 1 o said:

So because some suits pick their game, you hope they lose, doesn't really seem fair.
I'd assume Whitehawk's replay might be live as well? They need the money before the glory hunter fans disappear and dont come back for the league games!

Yes, Whitehawk are being shown as well. Both games on BT.

Is the Shrewsbury V Grimsby replay on tv? 

[Panda]

Dec 8, 2015 17:21:30 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Dec 8, 2015 17:20:54 GMT 1 Panda said:

Yes, Whitehawk are being shown as well. Both games on BT.

Is the Shrewsbury V Grimsby replay on tv? 

No, it's being played the same time as Hartlepool v Salford. BBC don't bother with replays until the Premier League clubs come in.

[Paddy]

Dec 8, 2015 17:25:31 GMT 1 Panda said:

Dec 8, 2015 17:21:30 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Is the Shrewsbury V Grimsby replay on tv? 

No, it's being played the same time as Hartlepool v Salford. BBC don't bother with replays until the Premier League clubs come in.

So BT didn't think to share the tv coverage around? Although were Shrewsbury Grimsby on TV on Monday night? 

[Panda]

Dec 8, 2015 17:36:36 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Dec 8, 2015 17:25:31 GMT 1 Panda said:

No, it's being played the same time as Hartlepool v Salford. BBC don't bother with replays until the Premier League clubs come in.

So BT didn't think to share the tv coverage around? Although were Shrewsbury Grimsby on TV on Monday night? 

Don't think it's necessarily a BT decision. They show what they've paid to show and BBC do the same. I don't think BBC have any interest in showing replays at this point in the competition. In the 3rd Round, BT have 3 games and BBC have 2.

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Dec 8, 2015 16:49:56 GMT 1 Panda said:

Salford's replay is going to be shown live. About time they got some coverage.

It's not as if they are exactly spoilt for choice.

[Panda]

Live 3rd round games:

Exeter v Liverpool (Fri 8 Jan, BBC)
Wycombe v Aston Villa (Sat 9 Jan, BT)
Man Utd v Sheff Utd (Sat 9 Jan, BT)
Chelsea v Leyton Orient/Scunthorpe (Sun 10 Jan, BT)
Tottenham v Leicester (Sun 10 Jan, BBC)

[Paddy]

They missed off the obvious game to show. Eastleigh V Bolton. Could have been a huge upset on the cards with Bolton struggling so much currently.

[Panda]

Yep. Horribly uninspiring and unoriginal from BT. BBC went for the Lineker derby...

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Dec 11, 2015 16:20:11 GMT 1 Paddy said:

They missed off the obvious game to show. Eastleigh V Bolton. Could have been a huge upset on the cards with Bolton struggling so much currently.

That would have been a better choice, in my view, than Man U v Sheff Utd or Chelsea v Orient / Scunthorpe. The BBC's choices are both reasonable (totally obvious in the case of Exeter v Liverpool).