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FA Cup fifth round fixtures

Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Watford

Brighton 2-1 Derby

Wimbledon 0-1 Millwall

Newport County 1-4 Man City

Bristol City 0-1 Wolves

Doncaster 0-2 Crystal Palace

Swansea City 4-1 Brentford

Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United

County v Man City tonight

Why Swansea City and Newport County WON'T have FA Cup 5th round replays if they draw this weekend


Friday 15th February 2019


The winner of Swansea City's FA Cup fifth round tie with Brentford will be decided on Sunday following a rule change from the Football Association.

Traditionally, if the scores were level at the end of the 90 minutes in South Wales, there would be a replay at Griffin Park.

But in December, the FA announced that fifth round replays have been scrapped, a year earlier than originally planned.

It means the victor of Sunday's clash between the Swans and the Bees will be decided on Sunday, with extra time and penalties set to be used at the Liberty if the game is level after 90 minutes.

The same applies to Newport County who host reigning Premier League champions Man City at Rodney Parade on Saturday evening.


The FA introduced the rule to "alleviate fixture congestion, with six Premier League clubs qualifying for the knockout stages of European competitions and UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League ties and a midweek round of Premier League fixtures scheduled in latter February and March".

Winners of the fifth round ties will receive 75% (£270,000) of the FA's £360,000 prize fund payment, with the losers set to scoop the remaining 25% (£90,000) allocated for each fixture.

From the 2019/20 campaign onwards, fifth round ties will take place in midweek, with no replays due to the new two-week mid-season break set to be introduced.

Swansea beat Aston Villa and Gillingham to reach round five while Newport have overcome Metropolitan Police, Wrexham, Leicester City and Middlesbrough in this season's competition.





FA Cup fifth round fixtures

Queens Park Rangers v Arsenal

Brighton v Derby

Wimbledon v Millwall

Newport County v Man City

Bristol City v Wolves

Doncaster v Crystal Palace

Swansea City v Brentford

Chelsea v Manchester United

County v Man City tonight

Tomorrow night

County v Man City tonight

Tomorrow night

Yup I’ve got tickets to see the game

County v Man City tonight

Tomorrow night

Yup I’ve got tickets to see the game

Enjoy mate, will be interesting to see how Man City adapt to the pitch.

Watford won 1-0 at QPR tonight but it was a shocking match.

County v Man City tonight

Tomorrow night

Yup I’ve got tickets to see the game

The time zone in Spain must be 24 hrs ahead these days

It's a snore fest........zzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz

Man City, Brighton and Millwall through today.

Brighton having a cup run could help us out.

Watford won 1-0 at QPR tonight but it was a shocking match.

Well that might give us a clue how to upset their rhythm.
Might be wrong because I haven't watched them enough, but I get the impression that Watford don't like coping with agricultural football and that if you can stop them scoring two quite early in the game , they SOMETIMES go very quiet and lose commitment

Brentford currently 1-0 up at half time down in Jack Land

Brentford currently 1-0 up at half time down in Jack Land

Swans through 4-1 injury time

Brentford currently 1-0 up at half time down in Jack Land

Swans through 4-1 injury time

Should be 5-1, goal disallowed for offside that wasn’t offside, 4 goals (including the disallowed one) in 27 minutes or there about of restarting the 2nd half

Brentford currently 1-0 up at half time down in Jack Land

Swans through 4-1 injury time

Should be 5-1, goal disallowed for offside that wasn’t offside, 4 goals (including the disallowed one) in 27 minutes or there about of restarting the 2nd half

Large slice luck coupled with poor judgement by Brentford let them in but in end deserved win

Wolves - Palace - Swansea - All won today .

Wolves - Palace - Swansea - All won today .

Some team is going to get lucky with draw?

Second half just started in the last fifth round match.

Man Utd 2-0 up at Chelsea.