FA Cup 3rd Round

[Ziegler1988]

Draw is in 90 minutes. Numbers are as follows on our bid to go three in a row:

1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham
5 Blackburn
6 Bolton
7 Brentford
8 Brighton
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield
19 Hull
20 Ipswich
21 Leeds
22 Leicester
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester Utd
26 Middlesbrough
27 MK Dons
28 Newcastle
29 Norwich
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston
32 QPR
33 Reading
34 Rotherham
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea
40 Tottenham
41 Watford
42 West Brom
43 West Ham
44 Wolves
45 Bradford City
46 Newport County
47 Peterborough Utd
48 Portsmouth
49 Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town
51 Exeter City
52 Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby/Shrewsbury
54 Yeovil
55 Bury
56 Carlisle Utd
57 Leyton Orient/Scunthorpe
58 Wycombe
59 Colchester Utd
60 Chesterfield/Walsall
61 Sheffield Utd
62 Salford/Hartlepool
63 Dagenham & Redbridge/Whitehawk
64 Oxford Utd

Hoping for a lower league team away with a decent size allocation

[StuartL]

How many years in a row has Wenker got us into the 3rd round ?

He has set a record for the most consecutive years for an Arsenal manager

[casgooner]

How many years in a row has Wenker got us into the 3rd round ?

He has set a record for the most consecutive years for an Arsenal manager

Wenger

[casgooner]

Draw is in 90 minutes. Numbers are as follows on our bid to go three in a row:

1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham
5 Blackburn
6 Bolton
7 Brentford
8 Brighton
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield
19 Hull
20 Ipswich
21 Leeds
22 Leicester
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester Utd
26 Middlesbrough
27 MK Dons
28 Newcastle
29 Norwich
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston
32 QPR
33 Reading
34 Rotherham
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea
40 Tottenham
41 Watford
42 West Brom
43 West Ham
44 Wolves
45 Bradford City
46 Newport County
47 Peterborough Utd
48 Portsmouth
49 Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town
51 Exeter City
52 Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby/Shrewsbury
54 Yeovil
55 Bury
56 Carlisle Utd
57 Leyton Orient/Scunthorpe
58 Wycombe
59 Colchester Utd
60 Chesterfield/Walsall
61 Sheffield Utd
62 Salford/Hartlepool
63 Dagenham & Redbridge/Whitehawk
64 Oxford Utd

Hoping for a lower league team away with a decent size allocation

bet we draw Chelsea!

[Leyton Gooner]

No way are we winning it again. I predict we'll get a decent PL side home or away, or a decent Championship side away, and injuries/Wenger's negligence to see us to an early exit.

[Perryashburtongroves]

Home to Yeovil or away to someone like Blackburn.

[Ziegler1988]

Sunderland H, boring per usual in the 3rd round

[Bunting14]

We never seem to get a team we haven't played for years.

[goonertux]

Yawn!!!!!!!! At least we're at home I suppose. The whole draw is a bit tired to be honest.

[safcftm]

Yawn!!!!!!!! At least we're at home I suppose. The whole draw is a bit tired to be honest.

My thoughts exactly, a really boring draw. All the small teams seemed to get other relatively small teams, big teams were by and large at home, no major derbies. Shit draw for Sunderland, Allardyce doesn't take cups that seriously anyway so despite a decent performance on Saturday I think we'll be unceremoniously dumped out. At least it might be on tele like, the holders normally are

[Henry Norris 1913]

west brom v brizzle city a minor highlight. wish city the best of luck there.

exter v the bindipping scum will be the one david v goliath match up. liverpool just lost at st james park so anything is possible

[casgooner]

Tottnum v Leicester is tasty. Kane v Vardy. I'm rooting for Vardy.

[Midz]

BBC website

"Arsenal have won the FA Cup a record 11 times and will be aiming for a third straight victory after they beat Hull in the 2014 final and Aston Villa in 2015."

I thought we set a record last year by winning it 12 times.
Did I get this wrong?

[QuartzGooner]

BBC website

"Arsenal have won the FA Cup a record 11 times and will be aiming for a third straight victory after they beat Hull in the 2014 final and Aston Villa in 2015."

I thought we set a record last year by winning it 12 times.
Did I get this wrong?

The BBC got it wrong.

http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/honou ... 7vps9cB.99

FA CUP WINNERS 12 times.

2015 Beat Aston Villa 4-0
2014 Beat Hull City 3-2 (aet)
2005 Beat Man Utd 5-4 pens (aet: after 0-0 draw)
2003 Beat Southampton 1-0
2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0
1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0
1993 Beat Sheff Weds 2-1 (aet: replay after 1-1 draw)
1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2
1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 (aet)
1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0
1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0
1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0

[nut flush gooner]

BBC website

"Arsenal have won the FA Cup a record 11 times and will be aiming for a third straight victory after they beat Hull in the 2014 final and Aston Villa in 2015."

I thought we set a record last year by winning it 12 times.
Did I get this wrong?

The BBC got it wrong.

http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/honou ... 7vps9cB.99

FA CUP WINNERS 12 times.

2015 Beat Aston Villa 4-0
2014 Beat Hull City 3-2 (aet)
2005 Beat Man Utd 5-4 pens (aet: after 0-0 draw)
2003 Beat Southampton 1-0
2002 Beat Chelsea 2-0
1998 Beat Newcastle United 2-0
1993 Beat Sheff Weds 2-1 (aet: replay after 1-1 draw)
1979 Beat Manchester United 3-2
1971 Beat Liverpool 2-1 (aet)
1950 Beat Liverpool 2-0
1936 Beat Sheffield United 1-0
1930 Beat Huddersfield Town 2-0

No matter what you think about Wenger his FA cup record is exceptional. To get to Wembley/Cardiff 7 times in 20 years and only lose once is not to be dismissed. Having been to every cup final since 1993, the feeling of winning the cup, being part of the buildup atmosphere and history of the competion hasn't diminished imo.