Numbers are:

1 Preston
2 Brighton
3 Chesterfield or West Brom
4 Manchester City or Chelsea
5 Stockport or Walsall
6 Boreham Wood or Accrington
7 Tottenham
8 Derby
9 Cardiff or Leeds
10 Brentford or West Ham
11 Burnley
12 Wrexham
13 Blackburn
14 Aston Villa or Stevenage
15 Luton or Wigan
16 Oxford or Arsenal
17 Fleetwood
18 Liverpool or Wolves
19 Grimsby
20 Blackpool
21 Leicester City
22 Forest Green or Birmingham
23 Bristol City or Swansea
24 Stoke
25 Fulham
26 Southampton
27 Sheffield United
28 Sunderland
29 Sheffield Wednesday
30 Manchester United
31 Reading
32 Ipswich

There are 19 possible home ties , where I think we will give the opposition a spanking.
Long gone are the days when I used to think whoever we get drawn against is a possible banana skin.

Number 4 will play .... number 11

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:11 pm

Number 4 will play .... number 11

I hope not.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:11 pm

Number 4 will play .... number 11

You’re probably right, the season is not complete until you’ve lost 5-0 at Manchester City

We’ve a 38% chance of getting a Prem side, 100% chance of getting winners of City v Chelsea

Granny WeatherWax wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:38 pm

We’ve a 38% chance of getting a Prem side, 100% chance of getting winners of City v Chelsea

my thoughts exactly

A Leicester or West Ham at home would be good, let our players test themselves against an established PL side.

Six EPL sides already gone (Palace, Everton, Newcastle, Brentford, Bournemouth & Forest); at least 8 in total in the round with two more definite to go from the Wolves v Lpool replay and today's City v Chelsea tie. It's not inconceivable that Leeds might go out at Cardiff today either - especially if they rest a few key players.
The opposition thinned out quite nicely already so a nice home draw against anybody outside of the top half of the EPL would be excellent.

When is the draw?

gtclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:07 pm

When is the draw?

I keep hearing it's prior to the City-Chelsea game today.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:11 pm

Number 4 will play .... number 11

Almost nailed on, isn't it.

BBC Sport: Fourth-round draw to take place between 16:00 and 16:30 on BBC One

As long as it's not number 11 Vs number 13..The weeks of building up to the last derby nearly finished me off...well worth it of course in the end

wrj20 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:40 pm

BBC Sport: Fourth-round draw to take place between 16:00 and 16:30 on BBC One

Laura Woods has just announced the 4th round draw will be shown at the end of the Cardiff and Leeds tie live on ITV.
Both channels looking for viewers.

Andreshotboots wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:50 pm

As long as it's not number 11 Vs number 13..The weeks of building up to the last derby nearly finished me off...well worth it of course in the end

We could do the treble over them in the same season.

Lower league team for me. Accrington Stanlay at Turf Moor. Let's win the alternative double.

When asked about the prospect of Burnley enjoying a lengthy FA Cup run VK replied “We’re enjoying it but sooner or later you come up against one of the Big Dogs”.

11 vs 5

I've just noticed that, if we get through the next round, the fifth round ties will all be midweek.

Any home draw will do.
No Premier League would want a visit to The Turf and we are no banana skin... We are better than that.

kentonclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:09 pm

When asked about the prospect of Burnley enjoying a lengthy FA Cup run VK replied “We’re enjoying it but sooner or later you come up against one of the Big Dogs”.

City will be an Irish Wolfhound.

Ive updated the post at the top after today’s games

halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:19 pm

11 vs 5

Walsall
Really

Ill take any prem side at home with this team other than city

Id even take liverpool

Ipswich away

Slightly underwhelmed to be honest .

Winnable though.

decent

That's a stinker of a draw

Delighted with that! Just hope it’s not on the 28th!

Not our happiest ground to visit.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:13 pm

Not our happiest ground to visit.

We broke that hoodoo under Dyche thankfully!

Leeds get another easy draw.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:13 pm

Not our happiest ground to visit.

And a pig to get to as well.

that should give Twine some game time

Always away.

In my head about 1 in 5 cup draws are at home in my living memory. Certainly stacks up this season, but no doubt the evidence says otherwise going back through our history.

Pearcey wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:13 pm

We broke that hoodoo under Dyche thankfully!

That's true.
SD ridded a lot of ,' Ghosts'

Hopefully we can do ' em for knocking out my local lot.
And it not a huge trip for you either!

Briliant draw! Only 90 miles from home here in Kent, and a good chance to progress to round 5.

An away tie against a third division side with an opportunity to get into round five. I’ll take that. Far better than drawing City

Not bad at all, winnable and the chance to tick a new ground off for me.

Hoping to get to this. If I do it will be almost 50 years to the day since my first visit there in Feb. 1973 with a Man Utd. supporting mate to see his team.lose 4-0. We were students in London and had a good day ( for me at least) sampling Tolly Cobbold ales.

Always had a bit of a soft spot for Ipswich. Proper football club , good support from fans that, from my experience, aren't up themselves like some. They're doing well at the moment and will probably fancy giving a right go if their fans get behind them from the outset. It's a cup tie and anything can happen on the day. That said , I hope we'll be too strong for them and progress.

We've never met previously in the FA Cup - full draw at link

https://www.uptheclarets.com/a-first-ev ... st-ipswich

Accy Stanley...if they get through...v Cardiff or Leeds.
That'll be a memorable day.

Works for me. Just the 9 miles.

at least there wont be VAR

Spades would have liked this one.

A week on the Norfolk Broads ?
Saturday 28 January v Ipswich, Saturday 04 February v Norwich

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:29 pm

Hoping to get to this. If I do it will be almost 50 years to the day since my first visit there in Feb. 1973 with a Man Utd. supporting mate to see his team.lose 4-0. We were students in London and had a good day ( for me at least) sampling Tolly Cobbold ales.

Similar.

First visit later in 73 early in our return to top flight..
Hitched through the night with a couple of lads I'd met in the Turf Hotel and shared a pint or two of that Brew Ten muck before we left. (I was nearly 16 )
Via North circular, and an early morning kip in some wasteland by Colchester Station.
Lunchtime drinking Tolly in an Ipswich pub and another drab hitch home after our first defeat (I think) of that season.