Round 5 live games

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Bit of a kick in the teeth for Bradford City .

BBC Sport has announced which FA Cup fifth round games it is showing live.
Aston Villa v Leicester City is on BBC One on Sunday 15 February (kick off 12:30 GMT), with Preston North End or Sheffield United v Cambridge United or Manchester United the live game on Monday 16 February (19:45 GMT).
BT Sport will have live coverage of the West Brom v West Ham, Crystal Palace v either Liverpool or Bolton, and Arsenal v Middlesbrough.
The BBC will also screen the fourth round replay between Bolton and Liverpool on Wednesday 4 February (19:45 GMT).

Would have thought Bradford v Sunderland/Fulham would have been one of the games shown.

 

[Nathan]

Magic of the cup and all that. The bbc and BT sport saying how great a year the fa cup has been this year, but the high up executives are thinking who the **** is going to watch this shit. So in the end they go and show the premier league teams in the hope they can get some viewers to tune in. TBH another crap draw and slim pickings for tv games.

 

[atfc village]

Villa have to be on so entertaining yawn.

 

[Ernest]

Who wants to see Villa v Leicester instead of Bradford ?

 

[El Sid]

Maybe it's just the prospect of showing a Fulham game.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Saturday 3pm is good for me,dreaded them messing about with this one!

 

[halbpro]

Ludicrous choice. Sunderland and Fulham aren't incredible, but a team that didn't just scrape past but roundly defeated one of the best teams in the world should obviously be selected for TV.

 

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For me the obvious games are Palace v Liverpool (possibly) Bradford v Sunderland (again if they beat Fulham).
Can understand Arsenal v Middlesbrough.



In the unlikely event of Cambridge beating Man Utd in a replay there`s the possibility of Preston v Cambridge.
I bet the broadcasters would love the ratings for that.

 

[Easy 10]

Aston Villa v Leicester ? Seriously ?

If they were playing that game in my back garden I wouldn't bother opening my curtains.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

For me the obvious games are Palace v Liverpool (possibly) Bradford v Sunderland (again if they beat Fulham).
Can understand Arsenal v Middlesbrough.



In the unlikely event of Cambridge beating Man Utd in a replay there`s the possibility of Preston v Cambridge.
I bet the broadcasters would love the ratings for that.

If Cambridge win at Old Trafford, every game they ever play, ever, should be broadcast live. For ever,