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The draw for the FA Cup fourth round takes place on Sunday following the third-round tie between West Ham and Leeds, which kicks-off at 14:00 GMT.

I would dearly love 11 v 5, it would be the first time ever Chelsea have played in my home county.

The draw numbers

1 Boreham Wood

2 AFC Bournemouth

3 Stoke City/Leyton Orient

4 Southampton

5 Chelsea

6 Liverpool/Shrewsbury Town

7 Cardiff City/Preston North End

8 Coventry City

9 Huddersfield Town

10 Brighton & Hove Albion

11 Kidderminster Harriers

12 Leicester City

13 Middlesbrough

14 Hartlepool United

15 Everton

16 Fulham

17 Tottenham Hotspur/Morecambe

18 Crystal Palace

19 Brentford

20 Manchester City

21 Wigan Athletic

22 Luton Town/Harrogate Town

23 Plymouth Argyle

24 Manchester United/Aston Villa

25 Wolverhampton Wanderers/Sheffield United

26 Cambridge United

27 Barnsley

28 Peterborough United

29 West Ham United/Leeds United

30 Queens Park Rangers

31 Charlton Athletic/Norwich City

32 Nottingham Forest/Arsenal

At home to Plymouth Argyle. Another good draw for us.

Kidderminster at home v West Ham, great draw for the non league side.

As it happens I've watched Plymouth a few times a season and they are a very good team at League One level, they also play with wingbacks and have a very modern approach so it won't be an attack vs defense game.

Their young keeper Michael Cooper i personally believe will be playing for England eventually and he most certainly will be the prem sooner rather than later. Very good shot stopping and excellent distribution under pressure.

8 minutes ago, Argo said:

As it happens I've watched Plymouth a few times a season and they are a very good team at League One level, they also play with wingbacks and have a very modern approach so it won't be an attack vs defense game.

Their young keeper Michael Cooper i personally believe will be playing for England eventually and he most certainly will be the prem sooner rather than later. Very good shot stopping and excellent distribution under pressure.

Just when I came here to post that glad we got an easy draw......

8 minutes ago, WeatherMan said:

At home to Plymouth Argyle. Another good draw for us.

I just said in the Chesterfield match thread that I would have preferred if it was away. Plymouth is about as close to home as it can get for me, so it would have been a great chance to watch the team.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

I just said in the Chesterfield match thread that I would have preferred if it was away. Plymouth is about as close to home as it can get for me, so it would have been a great chance to watch the team.

Have you been much this season? If so you agree with my assesment re Cooper? 

The full  draw:

 

https://www.thefa.com/news/2022/jan/09/emirates-fa-cup-fourth-round-proper-draw-20220901

Sometime in the 70s we played Plymouth in a league cup game at the Bridge.

I think Malcolm Allison had something to do with them ,and they played football that was astonishingly good, almost like total football.

Think they beat us , so I started looking at their results afterwards, not surprisingly, they were rubbish !

but that night they were superb, rang rings around us really.

typical !

 

8 minutes ago, Argo said:

Have you been much this season? If so you agree with my assesment re Cooper? 

No, I don't watch Plymouth. I'm from Cornwall, I would never be welcomed back home if I regularly watched a team from Devon😆

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Sometime in the 70s we played Plymouth in a league cup game at the Bridge.

I think Malcolm Allison had something to do with them ,and they played football that was astonishingly good, almost like total football.

Think they beat us , so I started looking at their results afterwards, not surprisingly, they were rubbish !

but that night they were superb, rang rings around us really.

typical !

 

They play some excellent stuff (for league one standard) presently.

Watching them the last time midway through the second half it randomly hit me that if I was watching it during the Lampard, Conte or Jose meltdown periods I'd have been genuinely jealous of what I was watching 😂

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

No, I don't watch Plymouth. I'm from Cornwall, I would never be welcomed back home if I regularly watched a team from Devon😆

What they don't know...

34 minutes ago, Argo said:

As it happens I've watched Plymouth a few times a season and they are a very good team at League One level, they also play with wingbacks and have a very modern approach so it won't be an attack vs defense game.

Their young keeper Michael Cooper i personally believe will be playing for England eventually and he most certainly will be the prem sooner rather than later. Very good shot stopping and excellent distribution under pressure.

Good info to know, sounds like could have the makings of an entertaining match for us in the 4th round then, hopefully a good one to watch, as long as our team don't underestimate them, should be a good game as long as we get the right result!

Shame it’s not away, my step sister lives in Plymouth. 

All the big boys drawn at home, probably lining them up to be separate till the quarters.

Draw in full

Crystal Palace v Hartlepool United

Bournemouth v Boreham Wood

Huddersfield Town v Barnsley

Peterborough United v Queens Park Rangers

Cambridge United v Luton Town

Southampton v Coventry City

Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle

Everton v Brentford

Kidderminster Harriers v West Ham United

Manchester United/Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton and Hove Albion

Liverpool v Cardiff City

Stoke City v Wigan Athletic

Nottingham Forest/Arsenal v Leicester City

Manchester City v Fulham

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City

That's the 5th round sorted then. 

Argyle...

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

All the big boys drawn at home, probably lining them up to be separate till the quarters.

Well, Brighton and Villa play away…