FA Cup 4th Round Numbers

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FA Cup fourth-round draw ball numbers​

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1. Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers
2. Wrexham
3. Arsenal or Liverpool
4. Brighton
5. Norwich or Bristol Rovers
6. West Ham or Bristol City
7. Tottenham
8. Fulham
9. West Brom
10. Southampton
11. Ipswich Town
12. Leeds United
13. Leicester City
14. Watford
15. Newcastle United
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Crystal Palace or Everton
18. Aston Villa
19. Nottingham Forest or Blackpool
20. Wigan Athletic or Manchester United
21. Manchester City
22. Blackburn Rovers
23. Sheffield United
24. Swansea City
25. Chelsea
26. AFC Bournemouth
27. Coventry City
28. Brentford or Wolves
29. Plymouth Argyle
30. Maidstone United
31. Newport County or Eastleigh
32. Hull City or Birmingham City

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FA Cup draw: Spurs nightmare and Man Utd trip confirmed

Tough ties for both Spurs and Chelsea
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Fun fact! If Leeds United miss out on a home tie in the 4th Round it will set a new FA Cup record for the number of consecutive times a team has been drawn away.

The current record is 13, held by Leeds United:

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chriscooke said:
Anyone know how they come up with the numbers allocated to a club/tie?
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Found a guardian article:

"There are two elements to how the ball numbers are determined," he patiently explained. "At the top end of the first round draw, the league teams are drawn in alphabetical order, from 1-48, with teams like Bristol City as the low numbers and York City at 48. Then, from 49 onwards, the clubs from the fourth qualifying round go into the draw as they come through, not in alphabetical order.

"When the draw was made on Monday for the quarter-finals, the teams were numbered in relation to how they had been drawn in the previous round. So, Arsenal were numbered one because - of those teams left in the draw - they came out first for the fifth round draw."

Therefore, Sheffield United, if you haven't yet worked it out for yourself, were numbered eight because they came out of the hat, sorry, bowl, last in the fifth round draw of the teams remaining. So now we all know.
 
Money on offer from the FA, Emirates are sponsors.

Third round proper winners(32)£105,000
Fourth round proper winners(16)£120,000
Fifth round proper winners(8)£225,000
Quarter-final winners(4)£450,000
Semi-final winners(2)£1,000,000
Semi-final losers(2)£500,000
Final runners-up(1)£1,000,000
Final winners(1)£2,000,000
 
Decent draw - home is a bonus

Meanwhile top teams are going out again with spurs v Man City and Chelsea v Villa

Plus Watford get saints. Enjoy
 
Swansea at home with 2 of Chelsea, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester City going out is a great draw.

Eastleigh Manchester United would be incredible too.
 
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