Posted: Sun 28th Jan 2024

FA Cup Draw: Beat Blackburn and play Newcastle

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This article is old - Published: Sunday, Jan 28th, 2024

UPDATED: IF Wrexham win against Blackburn tomorrow evening we will take on Newcastle at home in the next round of the FA Cup!

The cup draw was delayed due to crowd trouble at the West Brom v Wolves game.

Original information

The town take on Blackburn tomorrow evening at the BBC Wales triggered odd kick off of 7:30pm , with a sell out allocation of 7000 reds making their way north.

Blackburn have not won in their last six games, and are 18th in the Championship.

With Seema Jaswal presenting, the draw will be made by former Chelsea and Liverpool player Glen Johnson.

The fifth round will be scheduled during the week commencing Monday 26 February, with a prize fund offering of £225,000 for winning clubs.

Ahead of the draw, you can see what ball number each of the competing clubs will be below… ‌​‌‌​​​‌‍‌​‌​‌‌‌​‍‌​​​‌​‌‌‍‌​​​‌‌​‌‍‌​​‌‌‌‌​‍‌​​‌‌‌​​‍‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​‌​‍‌​​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‌​​

1 Watford or Southampton
2 Blackburn Rovers or Wrexham
3 AFC Bournemouth
4 West Bromwich Albion or Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 Bristol City or Nottingham Forest
6 Leicester City
7 Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City
8 Chelsea or Aston Villa
9 Maidstone United
10 Liverpool or Norwich City
11 Manchester City
12 Leeds United or Plymouth Argyle
13 Luton Town
14 Newport County or Manchester United
15 Brighton & Hove Albion
16 Newcastle United



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