FA Cup 4th Round Draw: Chelsea To Play MK Dons Or QPR Away
by Graham MacAree on Jan 8, 2012 5:56 PM GMT
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PrintChelsea's reward for a 4-0 win over Portsmouth in the 3rd round of the FA Cup is a probable return to Loftus Road, which you may remember as the site of the Blues getting well and truly Chris Foyed earlier this year. It'd be a great chance for revenge, but we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves just yet, because Queens Park Rangers haven't actually advanced yet - they drew (barely) 1-1 against the MK Dons on Saturday thanks to a late goal from Heidar Helgusson. Still, you'd expect them to win the replay at home. Either way, Chelsea will be playing on the weekend of January 28/29, and should be favourites to advance.
The full draw is after the jump...
Brighton or Wrexham vs. Newcastle
Sunderland vs. Middlesbrough
Dagenham & Redbridge vs. Southampton
Hull City vs. Crawley
MK Dons or QPR vs. Chelsea
West Brom vs. Norwich
Blackpool vs. Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal or Leeds vs. Aston Villa
Stevenage vs. Notts County
Watford vs. Tottenham
Liverpool vs. Manchester United
Derby vs. Stoke City
Everton vs. Fulham
Macclesfield or Bolton vs. Swansea
Sheffield United vs. Birmingham or Wolves
Nottingham Forest or Leicester vs. Swindon
United vs. Liverpool at Anfield looks rather tasty, doesn't it?
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Suck it, Liverpool / Man Utd
That made me happy.
2 Bad draws for United in a row?
Weird
by Dlewis on Jan 8, 2012 7:57 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
In this economy
I guess Man U’s checks just don’t go as far as they used to.
by ChelseaDC on Jan 8, 2012 10:06 PM GMT up reply actions 1 recs
United's luck appears to be written with d**k of doney this season
Carling cup – out
UCL – knocked out
FA — city then liverpool…
Prem – City flying high…
I am loving it..
West Brom - Norwich?
That’s going to be a tough one for me. I like both teams.
Author and Official Fernando Torres Apologist for We Ain't Got No History!
Really?
You’re the first person I’ve ever come across who hates them and isn’t a Villa or Wolves supporter.
Author and Official Fernando Torres Apologist for We Ain't Got No History!
Indeed
I wouldn’t go so far as hate (It’s not like they’re Tottenham or Leeds) I just prefer it when they don’t win.
Well, hate is a strong word.
Substitute the lesser synonym of your choice.
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Haha try being a Chelsea fan that lives in Leeds
It’s not easy. At least they have Man Utd to hate more. Same goes with when i lived in Liverpool. It was always at least I don’t support Utd
I should think about moving back to London
I agree
I prefer when nobody wins but us.
by CHELSEAxFCxFOREVER on Jan 9, 2012 2:10 AM GMT up reply actions
I'm actually hoping for a Leeds return to the top flight
They’ve been irrelevant long enough that I want them back for a bit
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 9, 2012 6:13 PM GMT up reply actions
I agree, even though I don't have anything against Leeds.
I know I should, but I just don’t feel negatively about Leeds[, except about the kits they’re wearing against Arsenal]. I want them back in the Premier League. Maybe then I can figure out how to hate them.
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I've got the 1970 FA Cup final on video if you want to watch it...
Not sure if the hatred existed before that, but it certainly didn’t help matters.
“Modern-day referee David Elleray reviewed the match in 1997, and concluded that the sides would have received six red cards and twenty yellow cards between them, in the modern era of football.7 Tommy Baldwin and Terry Cooper, admittedly two of the quieter men in the two sides, were kicking lumps out of one another, as the battle began. Not long into the game, Chelsea’s Ron Harris caught winger Eddie Gray with a kick to the back of the knee, an action which neutralised the Scottish winger for the rest of the game. Norman Hunter and Ian Hutchinson traded punches while McCreadie and Johnny Giles lunged at opposition players. Charlton kneed and headbutted Peter Osgood while Chelsea’s goalkeeper Peter Bonetti was injured after being bundled into the net by Leeds’ Jones, who, minutes later, rounded the limping Bonetti and scored the opener.”
It’s certainly worth a watch if you haven’t seen it
I've seen it, and I know I should be anti-Leeds after it, but...
…at the end of the day, It was 40 years ago. I know there have been more bad matches since, but I just don’t hate Leeds. I certainly don’t like them, I’m more ambivalent about Leeds. I think a big part of it is that I’m not English.
A big part of it is Chelsea’s history of being the fashionable, cosmopolitan London club. That’s not the sort of thing they really like up in Yorkshire. I think they disliked all the London clubs before the Cup final, as part of the general North-South thing, but that match solidified the hate on us. In some sense, we’re the London Leeds. Starting in the ‘60s, and until Leeds fell apart, both clubs were on a similar track. At first, both clubs were in successful periods and ever-so-slightly dirty, and that was most evident in the FA Cup final. After that, both clubs were pretty much on the same level, so the matches tended to mean more, on top of the past animosity. Then Leeds did a Leeds, and we haven’t played since. I’ve always got the idea that Leeds hate us more then we hate them, and that our hate of them is mainly based on their not liking us. I hope they are promoted soon, though, and can maintain their place, since Leeds really belong in the top-flight. As I said, maybe then I’ll figure it out.
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by Kevin Kostka on Jan 9, 2012 10:18 PM GMT up reply actions
I think the best thing about being a chelsea fan
or one of atleast is that we don’t have many huge rivalries. Sure a lot of teams that used to dominate the league and cups (Liverpool, Leeds, Man Utd) don’t like us because we started winning stuff and obviously we’re not best mates with Tottenham or Arsenal but we just want to win and we’ll never want to lose a match so a rival doesn’t win the league or anything.
Everton - Fulham
Also known as the FA Cup match that will be overhyped by Fox Soccer Channel.
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QPR in CRISIS!
Clearly higher ambitions than a relegation battle. Makes sense to do it now, I suppose.
You just feel bad because he looks like someone's dad
Instead of a highly paid football professional.
who time after time fails to deliver in the premier league
But if you wanna get promoted from the championship he’s your guy
Not a huge shock
Looks like QPR might be under Mark Hughes by the time of the FA Cup Match.
If it even takes place. The way the Rs played yesterday, I wouldn’t rule out the Dons in the replay.
Its Chelsea's time to shine
‘cause all the other competitors are in CRYSIS! ManU with their poor results lately, ManCity have Kompany suspended for 4 games, Liv’pool have Suarez suspended, Arsenal don’t have any fit full-back, and Chelsea have money to spend.
and downing has been arrested for assaulting his ex-gf outside a nightclub, dont forget that..and andy carroll is a big flop…
You serious about Downing?
Wow I didn’t mind him for Villa, then hated him for Liverpool, but he didn’t seem like “that type of guy” if you know what I mean.
We should note that it is the Daily Mail reporting that he did the punching
the police reports say nothing about who did what just yet. Just trying to be fair, since we all know what a beacon of honesty DM is.
Why is Kompany suspended four games?
That was barely even a foul. They were totally Foyed today.
Speaking of the Warnock firing
How do you guys think that will affect the match if we end up playing QPR?
Also, why is the next FA Cup match away?
Because of the order it was drawn
They pick the home team first; we came out second.
I think it would be helpful for us if we end up playing them
Kalou to Arsenal is the latest rumor hitting the web.
:(
We cant just give away our best player.
TRADE HIM FOR YOSSI!
Oh wait. Yossi is ours.
Durr
would have made more sense for me to check here for Warnock’s news than in the match review thread. I’m smart.
And he also left them with Joey Barton!
Big fan of Joey. :D :P
by Avinash Mohan on Jan 9, 2012 6:56 AM GMT via mobile up reply actions
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