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      Fans furious at ‘absolute disgrace’ allocation for huge Wigan vs Man Utd FA Cup tie and vow to watch on TV

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      FANS have been left furious over the away allocation given to Manchester United for their FA Cup tie against Wigan.The Red Devils make the short trip to the DW Stadium in the third round of the competition.
      Wigan host Man Utd in the third roundCredit: Getty
      It has been chosen for TV coverage with the game to be broadcast live on ITV1 on Monday 6 January.
      And that turns out to be a relief for Wigan fans with thousands of them set to miss out on tickets.
      The Lactics have surprisingly handed travelling Man Utd supporters the entire Kingdom East Stand rather than the usual away end.
      That means the Premier League side will be given approximately 8,000 tickets.
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      The DW Stadium has a capacity of 25,133, which means United will have close to a third of the ground.
      It has left Wigan fans raging, one said: “Shocking way to treat season ticket holders in the East Stand. I’ve had my seat for 18 years and I’m expected to give it up because Manchester United are coming? I’ll watch on TV.”
      Another added: “Utter shambles Wigan, let your fans down badly here.”
      A third commented: “I don’t know if you’ve still got time to change this. If you haven’t, then I advise you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider. You are going to lose the support of so many fans over this.”
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      More fumed: “I normally would always support and trust the club but giving them all the East Stand is the worst idea you have ever had.”
      Wigan usually place away supporters behind the goal rather than at the side of the pitch.

      It’s Man Utd’s first away domestic cup draw since March 2021.
      But it’s not just Wigan fans who have been left fuming today after the TV choices for the third round were made.
      Every non-league club left in the tournament has been snubbed out of a mega-money payday with the BBC and ITV picking a trio of all Prem ties.
      Just three sides outside the top-flight will be shown on tele. More

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      FA Cup announce never-before-seen fixture after freak draw as police forced to intervene

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      EVERTON fans will have to make a Thursday night trip to Crystal Palace for their FA Cup third-round tie.The Selhurst Park clash has been moved to January 4 at 8pm after talks between the Metropolitan Police and The FA.
      A new fixture has been introduced to the FA CupCredit: AP
      Everton will face Crystal Palace on a Thursday nightCredit: Getty
      There were concerns from The Met after ten London teams were drawn at home in the third round, stretching their resources.
      Palace’s meeting with The Toffees, which will be shown on ITV, kicks off the FA Cup action for the third round, with two other all-Premier League ties in the capital spread across the weekend.
      It is believed to be the first time in history that an FA Cup match has been played on a Thursday night as tradition is broken.
      Burnley visit Tottenham on the Friday night for another 8pm kick off on ITV while Arsenal vs Liverpool has been scheduled for 4.30pm on Sunday and will be shown on the BBC.
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      The Tyne-Wear derby at Sunderland (ITV) and Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa (BBC) have both been picked for TV on Saturday, January 6 while Wigan vs Manchester United will be shown on Monday, January 8 on ITV.
      Elsewhere in the FA Cup, the first-round clash between Forest Green Rovers and Scarborough Athletic is set to be replayed.

      This is due to the League Two outfit fielding and illegible player in the original clash.
      Protocol could be broken in that game as there will be no replay if it ends in a draw with a winner to be decided on the night.
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      Maidstone United, who play in the sixth tier, will not be shown as they face Stevenage or Port Vale.
      And non-league Alfreton Town need to overcome Walsall in a replay to earn a trip to Southampton – but that will also not be shown on tele.
      The selections made by the broadcasters have been slammed by fans as the lower league clubs have been snubbed from a mega-money payday.
      The FA Cup was won by Manchester City last season as they beat cross-city rivals Manchester United in the final at Wembley.
      FA CUP THIRD-ROUND DRAW IN FULL

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

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      BBC and ITV picks for FA Cup third round revealed as fuming fans say ‘ridiculous.. who wants to watch them?’

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      THE kick-off times and dates for the FA Cup third round have been released. With fans not happy about what fixtures have been selected for TV coverage.
      Spurs vs Burnley has been controversially chosen for TVCredit: PA
      Alfreton Town won’t get a mega-money payday should they beat Walsall in a replayCredit: Getty
      Matches will be on BBC and ITVCredit: @EmiratesFACup
      It all gets underway on January 4 as Crystal Palace welcome fellow Premier League side Everton at 8pm on ITV4.
      The match is scheduled for Thursday after talks with the Metropolitan Police.
      Cops were concerned due to ten London teams being drawn at home in the third round, stretching their resources.
      The day after, Tottenham face Burnley in another all Prem tie that gets underway at 8pm on ITV1.
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      The local derby between Sunderland and Newcastle kicks-off at 12.45pm on Saturday 6 January – another selected by ITV.
      With the 3pm blackout in place, the next instalment for fans will be at 5:30pm on BBC One as Middlesbrough entertain Aston Villa.
      The jam-packed weekend slows down with just one match live on Sunday – but it is a big one with Arsenal taking on Liverpool at the Emirates at 4:30pm on BBC One.
      And the third round will come to a close on Monday night at 8.15pm as Wigan play Manchester United on ITV1.
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      Maidstone United, who play in the sixth tier, will not be shown as they face Stevenage or Port Vale.
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      And non-league Alfreton Town need to overcome Walsall in a replay to earn a trip to Southampton – but that will also not be shown on tele.
      The selections made by the broadcasters have been slammed by fans as the lower league clubs have been snubbed from a mega-money payday.
      One said: “This is scandalous. Give the non-league teams some air time! I’d much rather watch Maidstone vs Port Vale/Stevenage than Tottenham vs Burnley. Disgraceful.”
      Another added: “My oh my they are stinking ties why are they selected for TV?”
      A third fumed: “What happened to the magic of the cup and giving lower league clubs a platform?”
      More commented: “Ridiculous who wants to watch them?”
      FA CUP THIRD-ROUND DRAW IN FULL
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      Luton vs Bolton
      Shrewsbury vs Wrexham or Yeovill
      Arsenal vs Liverpool
      Stoke vs Brighton
      Norwich vs Crewe Alexandra
      West Ham vs Bristol City
      Tottenham vs Burnley
      Fulham vs Rotherham
      West Brom vs Aldershot or Stockport
      Southampton vs Alfreton or Walsall
      AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate vs Ipswich
      Peterborough vs Leeds
      Millwall vs Leicester
      Watford vs Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
      Sunderland vs Newcastle
      Sheffield Wednesday vs Cardiff City
      Crystal Palace vs Everton
      Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa
      Nottingham Forest vs Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers
      Wigan vs Man Utd
      Man City vs Huddersfield
      Blackburn vs Cambridge
      Gillingham vs Sheffield United
      Swansea City vs Morecambe
      Chelsea vs Preston North End
      QPR vs Bournemouth
      Coventry City vs Oxford United
      Brentford vs Wolves
      Plymouth Argyle vs Sutton United
      Maidstone United vs Stevenage or Port Vale
      Newport County or Barnet vs Eastleigh or Reading
      Hull City vs Birmingham City More

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      FA Cup tie to be replayed after investigation with both teams set to break protocol if match is draw

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      AN FA Cup tie is set to be replayed after an investigation into the eligibility of a player.The first-round clash between Forest Green Rovers and National League North side Scarborough Athletic will be played again on December 12.
      Forest Green Rovers and Scarborough Athletic will replay their FA Cup tieCredit: Getty
      The first match ended in a 5-2 win for the League Two side.
      However, it will have to be played again as confirmed by Forest Green Rovers.
      A club statement read: “Following an FA investigation into the eligibility of a Forest Green Rovers player, our FA Cup first-round tie at Scarborough Athletic will be replayed on Tuesday, December 12.
      “The tie will be settled on the night, with no replay in the event of a draw.
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      “The winner of the tie will play Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday, December 19.”
      The fixture will break protocol as there is no chance of a replay being played if it were to end in a draw.
      If the match ends in a draw then there will be extra time and a penalty shootout if needed.
      Forest Green Rovers were charged by the FA for fielding an ineligible player in the original fixture.
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      The club admitted to the charge with the game set to be replayed.
      A statement from the FA read: “A Professional Game Board Sub-Committee has ordered the Emirates FA Cup First Round Proper tie between Forest Green Rovers and Scarborough Athletic to be replayed on Tuesday 12 December at 19:45. 
      “The FA charged Forest Green Rovers for fielding an ineligible player in the Emirates FA Cup First Round Proper tie against Scarborough Athletic.
      “This constitutes a breach of FA Cup Rule 109, and Forest Green Rovers subsequently admitted this charge. “Forest Green Rovers will now play away to Scarborough Athletic in a one-off match on Tuesday 12 December.
      “The winner will travel away to Blackpool for a Second Round Proper match on Tuesday 19 December.”
      The winners will face Blackpool in the second round of the FA Cup on December 19. More

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      Gary Lineker reveals the sexual innuendo he made in BBC studio after FA Cup clash was interrupted by porn noises

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      GARY LINEKER has opened up about being pranked by porn noises while presenting live on BBC One.The 63-year-old was hosting coverage of Wolves’ FA Cup clash with Liverpool when the incident occurred.
      BBC coverage was hit by a porn noise prankster back in JanuaryCredit: bbc
      Lineker and Shearer could barely hide their amusementCredit: bbc
      Lineker, Alan Shearer, Danny Murphy and Paul Ince were all left red faced as the sex noises bellowed around the studio.
      They carried on amid chaos and confusion behind-the-scenes as staff tried to work out where it was coming from.
      It was later revealed that notorious prankster Daniel Jarvis was the man behind it after a planted phone was found in the studio.
      And he was at it again on Saturday night as he disrupted the Euro 2024 draw with the same trick.
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      After football was targeted again by the man nicknamed “Jarvo69”, Lineker revealed what was going through his head at the time he fell victim.
      He told the Rest is Football podcast: “I suddenly heard it, the porn sounds and I thought has someone left the phone on?
      “Then I’m thinking is it over the main tannoy in the ground? But it was too loud.
      “I then realised it’s in the room and this is a prank as it started again after we cut back to the studio.
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      “You know it’s there and you allude to it, but you’ve got to carry on.
      “I then started doing innuendos, every analysis bit at half-time, I did ‘Liverpool are really good pushing out from the back’ and various things. It was a giggle.”
      Lineker has also made jokes about it when broadcasting for the first time after the prank, saying: “Six games on the way, let’s hope we’re not rudely interrupted.
      “Jermaine Jenas and Danny Murphy here. Danny, have you turned your phone off?”
      And when the two teams met again in the Premier League, Lineker again laughed: “We’ve got Liverpool and Wolves to come up a little later and the last time things got a little steamy.
      “Please tell me you’ve turned your phones off.” More

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      Laura Woods shares ‘wholesome’ moment from BBC FA Cup coverage leaving reporter’s ‘heart so full’

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      LAURA WOODS made a reporter’s day by sharing a heartwarming throwback snap.The ITV and TNT Sports star was tagged in an amazing career fast-forward post by BBC London’s Ahmed Nur on Monday night.
      Laura Woods led ITV’s coverage of AFC Wimbledon’s FA Cup clash with RamsgateCredit: PA
      Woods was reunited with BBC reporter Ahmed Nur, who she met six years ago when he worked at WembleyCredit: INSTAGRAM@LAURAWOODS
      Nur’s Instagram story post included a selfie of himself and Woods in a lift six years ago, alongside a snap of them covering AFC Wimbledon’s FA Cup clash with Ramsgate.
      The pair were the picture of happiness as they posed for the pitchside photo, which had an inspirational accompanying caption.
      “2017 in a lift. 2023 in a cold Wimbledon. Tonight was fun. Cheers @laurawoodsy.”
      Woods, 36, was all too happy to share with her own 752,000 Instagram followers.
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      She wrote below the re-shared story: “This was very wholesome.
      “Met Ahmed when I was reporting on NFL and he was working at Wembley.
      “Now he works for BBC London. Chuffed to see you @ahmednur94.”
      Nur was buzzing with the reshare, sharing it on his story and writing: “Heart is so full.”
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      Laura Woods and Ahmed Nur watched AFC Wimledon thump Ramsgate 5-0Credit: PA
      Woods isn’t the only high-profile figure Nur has met at a footie stadium.
      The Beeb reporter has also met former Manchester United and England skipper David Beckham.
      Woods and Nur watched AFC Wimbledon end the third-round hopes of eighth-tier Ramsgate FC with a ruthless 5-0 win over the minnows.
      Ramsgate boss Ben Smith was proud as punch of his team’s efforts, telling the BBC: “You saw the difference in level, in their physicality.
      “When they pressed, it was a proper press, strong and aggressive.
      “They’ve not disrespected us, they’ve taken it professionally and shown what a great club it is, had us watched and done all the right things.
      “I told people before the game if we kept it under six I’d be very happy. I know it sounds defeatist but you have to be realistic as well.
      “The lads in our dressing room are at the end of their careers, we’re four leagues below and they’re a full-time outfit – they should be doing that.
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      “There were little spells where we gave a good account of ourselves but it was naivety.
      “We weren’t going to change the way we play, and I’m proud of the players for sticking to it.” More

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      Sky Sports legend Jeff Stelling slams FA Cup third-round draw and suggests shock new format for oldest competition

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      JEFF STELLING has slammed the FA Cup third-round draw and suggested a new format for the competition.The Sky Sports legend was unimpressed after Sunday’s draw for the next round.
      Jeff Stelling has slammed the FA Cup third-round drawCredit: talkSPORT
      The third-round draw took place on Sunday, with Arsenal vs Liverpool amongst the ties drawnCredit: AP
      Arsenal vs Liverpool and Sunderland vs Newcastle were the picks of the ties drawn.
      However, Stelling is far from intrigued by the prospect of another all-Premier League clash.
      He told talkSPORT. “I’m not interested in Arsenal against Liverpool in the FA Cup, I see it in the Premier League, not interested at all.
      “What worries me is some of the smaller teams who get through to this stage. You look at Eastleigh and Maidstone, they played five games to get to this stage and they are looking for a bumper payday.
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      “And what happens? They get a rotten draw. No chance of TV coverage by the way, no chance of a big payday.
      “What they need to do is seed the third-round draw of the FA Cup. For goodness sake, it is not too difficult.”
      Sixth-tier Maidstone are into the round three for the first time since 1988 and will host either Stevenage or Port Vale in January.
      Meanwhile, Eastleigh have been rewarded for their dramatic win over Reading with a trip to the winner of Newport and Barnet’s replay.
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      Eastleigh will face either Newport or Barnet after beating ReadingCredit: Getty
      Stelling has proposed a new format which will benefit lower league sidesCredit: talkSPORT
      Stelling is keen for lower league sides to get big draws in the FA Cup and has proposed a new format for the draw.
      He continued: “We have got 20 teams who qualify. They’ve come through round one and round two and all the qualifying rounds before that.
      “You pick them out of the bag, home or away, and then you put the rest of the teams from the Premier League and Championship, all 44 of them, and you pick out 20 of those teams and they will play the lower league sides.
      “So every lower league team gets a bumper payday in the third round, they might get TV as well.
      “And there’s 24 teams left over from the Premier League and Championship. You can still get Arsenal against Liverpool if that’s what you really want.
      “But what you really want is for lower league and non-league sides to have their moment in the sun, to have their big pay-day. Because at the end of the day, the big clubs are only there because of the grassroots clubs.” More

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      Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer reveal their BBC FA Cup TV picks and explain how matches are shared with ITV

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      ALAN SHEARER is hoping to be at Newcastle’s FA Cup clash with rivals Sunerland – either as a fan or pundit. The Tyne–Wear derby unsurprisingly caught the eye of Newcastle legend Shearer and his Match of The Day co-host.
      Alan Shearer is hoping to be at Newcastle’s FA Cup clash with rivals SunerlandCredit: Getty
      Lineker said on the The Rest is Football podcast: “Sunderland versus Newcastle! It’s been a while since one of those.”
      Shearer responded: “I’ve already sent the text message off asking for tickets! What a draw it was, brilliant.
      “Arsenal versus Liverpool and Sunderland versus Newcastle – amazing! Can’t wait. Something to look forward too.”
      Shearer will either be in the punditry box or there watching with the Toon army as Lineker revealed BBC and ITV will pick the game up.
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      He said: “We’ll be doing one of those games, because we obviously alternate with picks with ITV.”
      It will be the first Tyne–Wear derby since 2016 – which ended a draw – and Shearer has already spoken to BBC bosses to try a secure the match rights.
      He said: “I’ve already been on to the top guys about that Gary, we know Arsenal and Liverpool are going to play reserve sides we might as well do Sunderland and Newcastle where we know that no one can really afford to be beaten and won’t put reserve sides out.”
      But Lineker hit back: “No I’ve told them we should do Arsenal versus Liverpool because it’s very cold up north!”
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      Shearer responded: “Oh f*** off, we don’t want that.”
      The pair broke out into laughter and Lineker said: “No I haven’t, don’t worry!”
      Elsewhere, Chelsea welcome Preston North End, Manchester United travel to Wigan and City play Huddersfield at home.
      Gary Lineker revealed how BBC and ITV alternate FA Cup gamesCredit: Alamy More