The FA Cup with Budweiser
Fifth Round Proper
18-19 February 2012
Winning clubs receive £180,000 from The FA's prize fund
Live TV fee of £212,000 per club
More money from TV than gate money? (on third, reduced entrance fees?)
Liverpool v Brighton
is reckoned to be a more appealing fixture than
Everton v Blackpool or Everton v Sheffield Wednesday
Times are a -changing. It would not have been the case in 1953.
My head feelings as well.
Southampton v Bolton won't be on TV. Neither team will play their full sides.
But Everton v Sheffield Wednesday will be. Everton v Blackpool (if they win) might be as well. Norwich v Leicester will be the midlands game. Chelsea v Birmingham might be ahead of...
Five Live First Games
My forecast/thinking:
1. Everton v Sheff Wed
2. Chelsea v Birmingham
3. Sunderland v Arsenal
4. Norwich v Leicester
5. Stevenage v Tottenham
6. Liverpool v Brighton
7. Crawley v Stoke
8. Southampton v Bolton
Not what I would have chosen. What I think...