FA Cup 4th Round

[bobby1413]

I want Rochdale away but we will get West Brom at home or Derby away

Please god not Derby - I can see us getting them now.

West brom away wouldn't be too bad but obviously there are far juicier draws

[Loyal royal 247]

Arsenal away would be great

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Any premier league club at home

[punkindrublic]

As always we will get West Brom....

[Snowball]

Like in the 3rd Round

[floyd__streete]

Yes please:

Crystal Palace
AFC Wimbledon or Liverpool
Manchester City
Millwall or Bradford City
Aston Villa
Scunthorpe United or Chesterfield
Cambridge United
Everton or West Ham United
Sheffield United
Manchester United
Preston North End
Doncaster Rovers or Bristol City
Arsenal

No thanks:

Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
AFC Bournemouth
Cardiff City
Bolton Wanderers
Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham or Wolverhampton Wanderers
Middlesbrough

Meh:

Southampton or Ipswich Town
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City
Burnley or Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland
Leicester City
Chelsea

[handbags_harris]

Arsenal away would be great

In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!

[floyd__streete]

Oops, forgot Rochdale.....who would very much be top of the YES PLEASE list. We haven't played them since 1983/84. And there is a lovely chippie opposite the away end.

[floyd__streete]

In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal?

I kind of agree in some ways, but it'll be a good day on the sauce in London if we draw them away. Home or away to Arsenal is infinitely better to drawing most of the teams in our division. Assuming Millwall and Ipswich win replays, there is an 11 in 31 chance of drawing a team from our own divison, a 35.5% chznce. Lets be honest, given our consistently dire luck in draws it'll be another stinker won't it.....

IN for you driving to Rochdale though, m8

[No Fixed Abode]

Preston away.

[handbags_harris]

IN for you driving to Rochdale though, m8

IN.

Preston away.

I'll take that too

[LWJ]

Preston, Rochdale, Chesterfield, Southampton or Palace away please

Or Bradford/Wimbledon if they get through

[P!ssed Off]

Arsenal away would be great

In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!

Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

[Christof]

Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

Don't think we'd net that much (45% of receipts would mean that the average ticket price would have to be north of £50 if 60,000 turn up), but it would be a significant amount. Anyway, Chesterfield, Rochdale or Cambridge Utd please, failing that Sheff U, Palace or West Brom for the shant.

[No Fixed Abode]

Arsenal away would be great

In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!

Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

Would you sell out though? A half empty away end at Brighton a few weeks back would suggest not.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Agreed. Didn't sell out at Huddersfield either. If we can't sell out for those games, got no chance against teams like Arsenal.

[P!ssed Off]

Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

Don't think we'd net that much (45% of receipts would mean that the average ticket price would have to be north of £50 if 60,000 turn up), but it would be a significant amount. Anyway, Chesterfield, Rochdale or Cambridge Utd please, failing that Sheff U, Palace or West Brom for the shant.

Heard the figure of £3 million ticket revenue for an Emirates game on Five Live yesterday. Obviously 45% of £3m is slightly lower than £1.5m.

It does seem pretty high. That figure's probably for a Cat A game: http://www.arsenal.com/tickets/non-member-ticket-prices

[No Fixed Abode]

Agreed. Didn't sell out at Huddersfield either. If we can't sell out for those games, got no chance against teams like Arsenal.

Yep. Especially when the general consensus amongst Reading fans is, smaller clubs are more appealing in the cup these days.

[Ian Royal]

They're by far the biggest and best local team though. That's always a draw.

[Brum Royal]

Anyone not in our division, first and foremost. Let's at least have a draw that's vaguely interesting!

Here's the ball numbers for anyone who's not seen it yet:

1 ARSENAL
2 SOUTHAMPTON OR IPSWICH TOWN
3 STOKE CITY
4 BLACKBURN ROVERS
5 CRYSTAL PALACE
6 AFC WIMBLEDON OR LIVERPOOL
7 MANCHESTER CITY
8 ROCHDALE
9 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
10 BIRMINGHAM CITY
11 ASTON VILLA
12 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
13 READING
14 SWANSEA CITY
15 CARDIFF CITY
16 BOLTON WANDERERS
17 SUNDERLAND
18 BURNLEY OR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
19 MILLWALL OR BRADFORD CITY
20 DERBY COUNTY
21 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
22 FULHAM OR WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
23 LEICESTER CITY
24 SCUNTHORPE UNITED OR CHESTERFIELD
25 EVERTON OR WEST HAM UNITED
26 CAMBRIDGE UNITED
27 CHELSEA
28 MIDDLESBROUGH
29 SHEFFIELD UNITED
30 MANCHESTER UNITED
31 PRESTON NORTH END
32 DONCASTER ROVERS OR BRISTOL CITY