FA Cup fifth-round draw LIVE: Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City, Chelsea and more discover fate
Bournemouth will host Leicester and Wolves will take on Brighton in the FA Cup fifth round
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Your support makes all the difference.Holders Manchester City will visit Luton Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup in an all-Premier League clash, while sixth-tier Maidstone United, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, will travel to either Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry.
The fifth round will be played on or around 28 February, with the final set for May 25 at Wembley.
The draw was delayed until half-time of Liverpool’s home tie against Norwich City after Wolverhampton’s 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion earlier was interrupted by crowd trouble.
Fifth round:
Blackburn/Wrexham v Newcastle
Chelsea/Aston Villa v Leeds/Plymouth
Bournemouth v Leicester
Liverpool/Norwich City v Watford/Southampton
Bristol City/Nottingham Forest v Newport County/Manchester United
Wolverhampton v Brighton & Hove Albion
Sheffield Wednesday/Coventry v Maidstone United
Luton Town v Manchester City
Maidstone United pull off stunning Cup win at Ipswich
Who knows what today will bring but it will be hard to beat the scenes witnessed at Portman Road yesterday as National League South side Maidstone stunned Championship Ipswich to win 2-1 and book their place in the fifth round.
Here’s how it went down:
Maidstone pull off historic FA Cup shock and Brighton win thriller
National League South side Maidstone stunned Championship high-flyers Ipswich to reach the FA Cup fifth round
West Brom vs Wolves set to resume
It looks as if they are set to resume at the Hawthorns after a 30-minute delay. The paramedics are still attending to fans injured in the clashes so we still could have more time to wait.
We haven’t got confirmation but the fifth-round draw will no doubt be delayed as a result of this.
Crowd trouble at the Hawthorns ground
The day’s earlier game between Wolves and West Brom has unfortunately been suspended because of fan disorder in the 82nd minute.
Wolves were 2-0 up at the time and it’s currently unclear whether it will be able to continue.
Eddie Howe praises Newcastle’s toughness in hunt for FA Cup silverware
Eddie Howe hailed his side’s resilience after they beat Fulham 2-0 away from home to send Newcastle to the FA Cup fifth round.
Goals from Sean Longstaff and Dan Burn were enough to send the Magpies through on Saturday, 27 January.
“It was a big result for us, we know we wanted to progress. It’s our last chance of silverware this season,” Howe said.
“I thought we got the major bits right, which was resilience and a really good character and attitude. I thought we improved in the game, and got better in the second half.”
See Howe’s full thoughts here:
Eddie Howe praises Newcastle’s toughness in hunt for silverware
Eddie Howe hailed his side’s resilience after they beat Fulham 2-0 away from home to send Newcastle to the FA Cup fifth round. Goals from Sean Longstaff and Dan Burn were enough to send the Magpies through on Saturday, 27 January. “It was a big result for us, we know we wanted to progress. It’s our last chance of silverware this season,” Howe said. “I thought we got the major bits right, which was resilience and a really good character and attitude. I thought we improved in the game, and got better in the second half.”
FA Cup draw live - ball numbers
Ball numbers for today’s draw!
1 Watford or Southampton
2 Blackburn Rovers or Wrexham
3 AFC Bournemouth
4 West Bromwich Albion or Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 Bristol City or Nottingham Forest
6 Leicester City
7 Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City
8 Chelsea or Aston Villa
9 Maidstone United
10 Liverpool or Norwich City
11 Manchester City
12 Leeds United or Plymouth Argyle
13 Luton Town
14 Newport County or Manchester United
15 Brighton & Hove Albion
16 Newcastle United
All you need to know ahead of Newport vs Man United
Newport County have earned a glamour FA Cup draw with Manchester United their fourth round visitors.
The Welsh club came through a replay with Eastleigh to progress to this stage and will hope to cause a shock as Erik ten Hag’s side visit Rodney Parade.
The League Two team do have a strange habit of giving Premier League clubs a fright, drawing with Tottenham in 2018 and threatening something similar against Manchester City a year later.
Can they produce a famous result as Manchester United come to town?
Is Newport v Man Utd on TV? Channel, start time and how to watch FA Cup online today
Everything you need to know ahead of the fourth round tie
What time is the FA Cup fifth-round draw? How to watch on TV and online today
We’re approaching FA Cup fifth-round draw time so here’s all the details you need!
The fifth round is likely to see plenty of lower ranked clubs involved, after the fourth-round draw paired 10 Premier League clubs together in five all-top-flight ties.
Chelsea v Aston Villa, Tottenham v Manchester City, Everton v Luton, Sheffield United v Brighton and Fulham v Newcastle were pulled out of the hat to ensure five big names fall at their second hurdle.
The lowest ranked side left in this year’s FA Cup, sixth-tier Maidstone United, beat Championship high-flyers Ipswich Town, while Newport were handed the game of their lives against Manchester United.
Here is everything you need to know about the FA Cup fifth-round draw, and get all the latest betting offers here.
What time is the FA Cup fifth-round draw? How to watch on TV and online today
Manchester United face lowly Newport, sixth-tier Maidstone travel to Ipswich, while Manchester City clash with Tottenham and Chelsea host Aston Villa in top-flight showdowns
FA Cup fourth-round fixtures today: Every game, TV channel and start time
The FA Cup continues this weekend with the fourth round of the 2023-24 competition, and a host of ties will be shown live on TV.
Bournemouth and Swansea kicked off the action on Thursday night at the Vitality Stadium. Four intriguing fixtures followed on Friday night, including Bristol City v Nottingham Forest and Chelsea v Aston Villa, but the pick of the bunch was Tottenham Hotspur’s meeting with Manchester City, which Pep Guardiola’s side edged.
The lowest ranked side left in this year’s FA Cup, sixth-tier Maidstone United, beat Ipswich Town on Saturday, before three all-Premier League ties including Fulham’s defeat by Newcastle United.
Sunday will see Liverpool take on Norwich City (ITV 1) before Newport play the game of their lives against Manchester United (BBC One). Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham rounds off the ties on Monday night (BBC Wales).
FA Cup fourth-round fixtures today: Every game, TV channel and start time
Manchester United face lowly Newport, sixth-tier Maidstone travel to Ipswich, while Manchester City clash with Tottenham and Chelsea host Aston Villa in top-flight showdowns
Meet Farnham Town, the club with a perfect record, their own documentary and ‘the Surrey Zidane’
We’ve seen non-league heroics in the FA Cup this weekend - how about some that have been going all season long?! A brilliant feature here from Lawrence Ostlere:
Last weekend, PSV Eindhoven finally stopped winning. They had held a perfect record with 17 wins from 17 league games this season, until Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Utrecht brought their run to an end. “It is incredibly impressive that we have come this far,” said their proud manager, Peter Bosz.
PSV were the last perfect team in Europe’s top leagues, but there is one club who have outdone them. In the ninth tier of English football, at the top of the Combined Counties Premier Division South, sit part-time Farnham Town with an immaculate record that this week went one step further than the Eredivisie leaders: 18 games played, 18 games won.
Farnham’s performances have been as dominant as they sound, with 71 goals scored and only 10 conceded. Excitement is growing in the Surrey market town, where attendances have been rising each week and have started to tip over 1,000 – numbers which wouldn’t be out of place at some League Two grounds and which are unheard of in the ninth tier.
P 18, W 18: Meet Farnham Town, the club with a perfect winning record
Fresh impetus on and off the field has seen Farnham transformed over the past 18 months, and now the team of part-timers are trying to make history with an astonishing winning streak
Man Utd in ‘no position to underestimate any team’ heading into Newport cup tie
Erik ten Hag says Manchester United are not in a position to underestimate any opponent as his stumbling side look to keep their hopes of silverware alive in Sunday’s FA Cup clash at Newport.
This has been a challenging second season in the hotseat for the Dutchman, whose side languish eighth in the Premier League and were eliminated from European competition before Christmas.
United’s Carabao Cup defence is also long since over, meaning the FA Cup takes on extra significance as their only potential route to a trophy in a disappointing campaign.
Man Utd in ‘no position to underestimate any team’ heading into Newport cup tie
The FA Cup is United’s last chance of silverware this season.
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