THE FA CUP is the most historic cup competition on the face of the earth.
And this tournament is synonymous with randomly drawing balls out of the bag so teams learn their next opponents.
This year England’s biggest clubs will be in the hat along with lesser-known sides to face off on the football pitch.
The FA Cup fourth round draw is not to be missed and could throw up some intriguing match-ups.
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Ball numbers for fourth round draw
Here are the CONFIRMED numbers you need to spot if your team comes out of the hat.
- Boreham Wood
- Bournemouth
- Stoke City
- Southampton
- Chelsea
- Liverpool
- Cardiff City/Preston North End
- Coventry City
- Huddersfield Town
- Brighton and Hove Albion
- Kidderminster Harriers
- Leicester City (holders)
- Middlesbrough
- Hartlepool United
- Everton
- Fulham
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Crystal Palace
- Brentford
- Manchester City
- Wigan Athletic
- Luton Town
- Plymouth Argyle
- Manchester United/Aston Villa
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Cambridge United
- Barnsley
- Peterborough United
- West Ham United
- Queens Park Rangers
- Norwich City
- Nottingham Forest/Arsenal
Live results
Here come some FA Cup results from around the grounds.
These are all full time.
- Liverpool 4-1 Shrewsbury
- Stoke 2-0 Leyton Orient
- Tottenham 3-1 Morecambe
- Wolves 3-0 Sheffield United
- Charlton 0-1 Norwich
- Cardiff 1-1 Preston – going to extra time
- West Ham 2-0 Leeds
Shock of the round so far
Joe Ironside gatecrashed Kieran Trippier’s party as League One Cambridge dumped Premier League Newcastle out of the FA Cup at St James’ Park.
The England full-back was handed a Magpies debut in the third-round tie a day after completing his move from Atletico Madrid, but celebrations over his arrival turned sour as Cambridge heaped further misery on Eddie Howe’s relegation-threatened side.
Ironside made the most of some less than effective defending to score the game’s only goal with 56 minutes gone.
Newcastle, who had earlier seen Fabian Schar and Jacob Murphy strikes correctly ruled out for offside, were unable to muster an effective response in front of a bumper crowd of 51,395.
Newcastle legend Alan Shearer blasted the performance as ‘pathetic’.
Gary Lineker posted a picture of the angry-looking Shearer to Twitter, who was trying to prepare himself for the BBC’s coverage of Hull vs Everton. Shearer responded to the pic saying: “Well done Cambridge. Pathetic NUFC.”
Credit: Rex
Third round results so far
Here are the FA Cup third round results so far, with seven matches currently underway in the world’s oldest cup competition.
- Millwall 1-2 Crystal Palace
- Bristol City 0-1 Fulham (AET)
- Burnley 1-2 Huddersfield Town
- Coventry City 1-0 Derby County
- Hartlepool United 2-1 Blackpool
- Mansfield Town 2-3 Middlesbrough
- Barnsley 5-4 Barrow (AET)
- Birmingham City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (AET)
- Boreham Wood 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
- Kidderminster Harriers 2-1 Reading
- Leicester City 4-1 Watford
- Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
- Peterborough United 2-1 Bristol Rovers
- Port Vale 1-4 Brentford
- Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Rotherham United (QPR win on pens)
- West Brom 1-2 Brighton (AET)
- Wigan 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-3 Everton (AET)
- Swansea City 2-3 Southampton (AET)
- Chelsea 5-1 Chesterfield
- Yeovil Town 1-3 Bournemouth
- Luton Town 4-0 Harrogate Town
What dates is the fourth round on?
The FA Cup fourth round will take place on the weekend of February 5.
That’s only a few weeks away and expect the broadcasters to spread matches around that date, on the Friday February 4 and into Monday February 7.
That said, it’s also the start of the Six Nations that weekend, so if you’re a football and rugby fan then make NO other plans and get some cold ones in.
What TV channel is the FA Cup fourth round draw on?
Of course the Cup is back on terrestrial TV full time.
And this year the competition is being shown on the BBC and ITV.
The fourth round draw will be aired on ITV after the conclusion of West Ham vs Leeds.
Can I live stream it?
Of course you can, just have a look for ITV hub on your web browser, or smartphones have the ITV Hub app, so do smart TVs if you own one.
Which team have qualified for the FA Cup fourth round?
- Manchester City
- Crystal Palace
- Fulham
- Huddersfield Town
- Coventry City
- Hartlepool United
- Middlesbrough
- Boreham Wood
- Kidderminster Harriers
- Leicester City
- Cambridge United
- Peterborough United
- Port Vale
- Wigan Athletic
- Brighton and Hove Albion
- QPR
- Chelsea
- Bournemouth
- Plymouth Argyle
- Everton
- Southampton
- Luton Town
When is the FA Cup fourth round draw?
Funny you should ask that.
- This year’s FA Cup fourth round draw will take place on Sunday, January 9 – today.
- It will be made after West Ham face Leeds at the London Stadium.
- Kick-off in that game is at 2pm, so expect the draw around 4.30pm.
- David James and Leah Williamson will be on hand to draw the ties.
Good afternoon football fans
Welcome to SunSport’s coverage of the FA Cup fourth round draw.
It has already been a cracking weekend of Cupset action, with Newcastle stunned by minnows Cambridge United on Saturday at St James’ Park.
Elsewhere there have been wins for Kidderminster against Reading and Huddersfield at Burnley.
Meanwhile, big boys Manchester City and Chelsea are already in the fourth round.
They hope to be joined by Liverpool, who are currently beating Shrewsbury Town and Tottenham, who are tied with Morecambe at Spurs Stadium.
Arsenal play Nottingham Forest at the City Ground this evening and Manchester United host Aston Villa on Monday.
Either way, the magic of the Cup is still alive and well in England, despite all the Covid confusion, the lack of replays and star names departing for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Expect the draw to get going after the conclusion of West Ham’s clash with Leeds at the London Stadium.
That game is currently 1-0 to Wet Ham with 20 minutes to go.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
