The Emirates FA Cup 2023/24

[Twist]

Shoot that Tyne-Wear derby straight onto my veins!

[The Lusophone]

The magic of the cup indeed. Watch a slate of Premier League games from 2013.

[Adam]

Thursday!?

[Colly]

Genuinely tempted on the absurdly improbable chance of getting a Sunderland ticket (allocation will be tiny) to go to Boro v Villa too just for the convenient kickoff times.

[Colly]

Allocation is not tiny. Tory councillor pretends to be football fan, publicly smears football fans. Prick.

 

 

[Lineker]

Happy Third Round weekend!

[TheGrandAvatar]

Snagged the updated fixture list and put it in spoilers for anyone who needs to know what game is on what channel/website/player over the weekend. 

Enjoy the FA Cup weekend. 

Spoiler

Thursday 4th January 2024 

20:00 

Crystal Palace v Everton 

FA Cup Third Round 

ITV4 ITVX 

Friday 5th January 2024 

20:00 

Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley 

FA Cup Third Round 

ITV1 

Saturday 6th January 2024 

12:45 

Sunderland v Newcastle United 

FA Cup Third Round 

ITV1 

17:30 

Chelsea v Preston North End 

FA Cup Third Round 

BBC Red Button BBC iPlayer BBC Sport Website 

17:30 

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa 

FA Cup Third Round 

BBC OneBBC iPlayer BBC Sport Website 

Sunday 7th January 2024 

14:00 

Manchester City v Huddersfield Town 

FA Cup Third Round 

BBC Red Button BBC iPlayer BBC Sport Website 

14:00 

Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham 

FA Cup Third Round 

S4C BBC iPlayer S4C Online 

16:30 

Arsenal v Liverpool 

FA Cup Third Round 

BBC One BBC iPlayer BBC Sport Website 

Monday 8th January 2024 

20:15 

Wigan Athletic v Manchester United 

FA Cup Third Round 

ITV1

 

[DavidMarrio]

Sunderland apologise for decorating bar with Newcastle United signage before FA Cup tie - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67887975

 

That's so tinpot of Sunderland to basically roll out the red carpet for your fierce rivals

[Adam]

Christ, there's still replays in the 3rd Round? What a waste of time.

So that's Calvert-Lewin suspended when he shouldn't have been sent off, McNeil injured and possibly out for the season, and the players have to play at least 90 more minutes of pointless football when we've got the Premier League to worry about.

Happy Third Round Weekend indeed.

[Colly]

They'll appeal that surely. Once again the obsession with studs showing overrules anything sensible.

[Chris2K]

Bang.

 

A goal this team performance doesn't deserve, but what a hit.

[Colly]

Muting @Lineker today just in case.

[DavidMarrio]

Which divvy gave the okay to these kit choices

[Colly]

Pretty rare that we play in away kits at Sunderland. Just look at the socks and you'll be fine...

[Gazz]

Gonna get this framed.

[King Ellis]

Patrick Bamford is so back, lads.

 

[gunnar hendershow]

By my count there are at least 8 replays on tap? They have got to do away with these.

[Hobo]

Liverpool and Arsenal are playing in change kits.

And arsenals white kit has white numbers with no names on.

Weird

[Colly]

19 minutes ago, gunnar hendershow said:

By my count there are at least 8 replays on tap? They have got to do away with these.

Completely disagree on this, unless they start giving the lower league side a big chunk of the gate receipts and tv money regardless of whether they're home or away. Even away from that I quite like the concept in principle, far better than instant extra time and pens.

While we're on kits (from yesterday), while I like the Arsenal thing I do wish they'd make the numbers black.

I've a feeling I said the same thing last time though...

[Adam]

The Arsenal kit is for knife crime awareness, I believe.

And replays are old fashioned, they're not needed anymore. Do away with them and seed the draw so the lower league teams get home games against top sides as a guarantee.

Doncaster had to replay Accrington last month, it was crap. Everton v Palace twice in 10 days is also unnecessary.