Away Match Build Up 06/01/2024: FAC R3 Cov City vs OUFC

[stokeu]

Spurs, Arsenal , Villa or Salford United away please.

 

[Marked Ox]

Hahaha at Reading. Strong play by McCallum for the 2nd goal.

 

[Manorlounger]

Hahaha at Reading. Strong play by McCallum for the 2nd goal.

Yes. Quite a loud cheer here in the Lounger residence. Kept thinking about a replay meaning our trip to Reading would get postponed, again. No worries now, hurrah!

Also: Bristol City 1 - Norwich 2

 

[Tenbury Yellow]

I'm going. Fairly local.

 

[Osleroad]

Saw us lose there in the Cup game back in the day 4-0 -

 

[NorthWestOx]

Hahaha at Reading. Strong play by McCallum for the 2nd goal.

We saw you cry on TV!
Well done Richard Hill and Chris Maguire.

TV games will be:
Arsenal v Liverpool
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Then assuming they will show 6 games, probably any 3 from:
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion.
Manchester City v Huddersfield Town
Chelsea v Preston North End
West Ham v Bristol City
Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

 

[Wallop]

From a purely personal perspective, this is a great draw for me as its only a 20 minute drive down the M69.

It's only 48 minutes on the train from Oxford.

 

[Leysboy]

But , it could have been a lot worse....it's an alright draw

Oh I agree it could of been worse, but for me it’s uninspiring like a trip to Norwich or Millwall.

Also a team we’ve played a lot recently. What’s done is done, let’s hope we can go there and give it a good go.

I guess I just wanted the pay day and focus on the Lge.

 

[Salaghaf]

Good draw for us Warwick/Leamington Yellows!

 

[Left Wing Cross]

All in all, it's a pretty meh draw.

Too many PL teams playing each other and the Championship clubs taking most of the rest.

 

[MarkG]

hopefully Coventry make it tenner for adults and fiver for kids.

 

[Marked Ox]

We saw you cry on TV!
Well done Richard Hill and Chris Maguire.

TV games will be:
Arsenal v Liverpool
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Then assuming they will show 6 games, probably any 3 from:
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion.
Manchester City v Huddersfield Town
Chelsea v Preston North End
West Ham v Bristol City
Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

You're forgetting Wrexham, they will trump the 2nd list as whomever they play won't matter as they are flavour of the season.

 

[Wallop]

Hope our new striker is eligible to play.

No chance - players have to be signed when the draw is made.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

No chance - players have to be signed when the draw is made.

When did they bring that in? Martinez signed for us on January 23 and made his debut in the FA Cup against Newcastle five days later.

 

[southcoastyellow]

Not the away at Brighton (home for me!) or Spurs away I was hoping for…

 

[OX14]

When did they bring that in? Martinez signed for us on January 23 and made his debut in the FA Cup against Newcastle five days later.

As long as they aren't cup tied and registered by 12 pm the day before they can play in the cup.

 

[ECYellow]

Not a bad draw and it should see a good following from us.

Eminently winnable game and one that we should relish.

 

[East Stand Fan]

All in all, it's a pretty meh draw.

Too many PL teams playing each other and the Championship clubs taking most of the rest.

So many big teams got drawn early which really killed it especially Arsenal when they drew Liverpool. It was only Chelsea left going into the final third of the draw that I was hoping we'd get but it wasn't to be. Coventry still very much a winnable game though and we should take a good number down.

 

[Eaststanding]

Trains don't stop at Coventry Arena on matchdays. Trains haven't got enough capacity.

That’s news to me, where did you read that?

 

[greatunclekip]

I live 4 doors away from Coventrys Captain, so this will hopefully be a chance to give him some s**t when we stuff them (he's a top man tbf)

 

[Concretebob]

That’s news to me, where did you read that?

Done a little digging, and it turns out I'm a little out of date. Trains do stop at Coventry Arena now, but there are no special services. If you do travel to Coventry Arena, expect to be crammed into a two car train that can only hold 150 max. Interesting wording on their official website -