[Archived] Fa Cup

[Ste B]

Sunderland away awaits..grr

[brfcshabba]

Sunderland again!

[Presty On Tour]

SUNDERLAND AWAY!!!!

[bats]

Rovers are at sunderland if we beat spartans

[RibbleValleyRover]

Winnable game but it won't be easy.

[cn174]

Boooooooooooooo!! I'm bored of going to Sunderland!

But they are beatable

[tony gale's mic]

It's winnable at least. Would've been nice to have had an easier tie though.

Liverpool - Everton is a real humdinger.

Hartlepool may well be this season's Barnsley. Their home tie vs West Ham will be very winnable, especially considering how much weaker they'll be by that point.

[1864roverite]

4th Round Draw

Drawn by Dave "dodgy barnet" Beasant and Roberto di Matteo

Liverpool v Everton

Southampton/Manure v Spurs

Hull/Newcastle v Millwall/Crewe

Sunderland v Rovers/Blyth S

hartlepool v West Ham

Orient/Sheff Utd v Charlton/Norwich

Cardiff v Arsenal

Pompy/Bristol C v Histon/Swansea

Cheslea/Southend v ipswich

Cheltenham/Doncaster r v Aston Villa

WBA/Peterboro v QPR/SCUM

Torquay v Coventry

Kettering t v Fulham

Watford v Leicester/Palace

Derby c v Forest

Brum/Wolves v Middlesboro

[frosty]

I'm sick of playing Sunderland!

[T4E]

No team should have to play Sunderland 4 times in one season, its inhumane. Hope it doesn't go to a replay.

[tony gale's mic]

I fear it's got replay written all over it.

[yellowsubmarine]

Roberts have some unfinished business there.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Blyth fans seem happy about this draw and are relishing the prospect of facing Sunderland if they can get past us. Hope it doesn't give too much of a motivation to the Blyth players otherwise we could see an upset.

[Mr. E]

dammit how many times Sunderland?

The Villa-Gillingham game though was one of the biggest robberies I've seen in a while.

[American]

No team should have to play Sunderland 4 times in one season, its inhumane. Hope it doesn't go to a replay.

Especially hope it doesn't go to a replay and then penalties....

[thenodrog]

Superb incentive for Blyth Spartans to go through.

[tony gale's mic]

I think Blyth already had enough of an incentive..

[Inta Beaver]

Are Chelski always guaranteed a home tie against a s*ite team? Hopefully Southend will do them in the reply anyway!

[Inta Beaver]

Are Chelski always guaranteed a home tie against a s*ite team? Hopefully Southend will do them in the reply anyway!

[Hughesy]

Chelsea and Villa both with 2 more byes!

Gutted we got sunderland, very winnable but such a crap and boring draw for us.

[Mr Creosote]

About as depressing a draw as could be imagined. So much for the "magic of the cup".

[philipl]

If we survive the trip to Blyth, this one is winnable.

Not a bad draw at all.

[bazza]

Sunderland v Blyth Spartans................... a cracking north east tie.

We've got to avoid this banana skin tomorrow night.

IF we get through, Black Cats away is better than Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal or Villa.

Let's take it one step at a time.

[rovgers]

No team should have to play Sunderland 4 times in one season, its inhumane. Hope it doesn't go to a replay.

Just read the article in the sun about Fergie finding a 128-year-old law that means replays can be avoided, the rule says that clubs who draw their first game after 90 minutes can play extra time straight away, without waiting for a replay.

Apparently he tried to invoke this rule but failed because it needs to be invoked within 7 days of the draw being made.

Does anybody else think that this is a good idea? I think that both Rovers and Sunderland would rather not have to play another game if it went to a replay!

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

That's interesting actually. It would certainly save us grief but a loss of income I suppose...

I'd try and activate it.