POSSIBLE REPLAY
If today's match is a draw after 90 minutes, there will be no
extra-time, instead there will be a replay at Ninian Park on
Tuesday, January 17, 7.45pm kick-off. If the scores are still level
at full-time in the replay, there will be extra-time, and then, if
necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
FOURTH ROUND DRAW
The draw for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup will take place at Soho
Square on Monday, January 9 at 1.30pm. Arsenal or Cardiff will be
ball number 16 in the draw. The Fourth Round will take place on the
weekend of January 28 and 29. The full list of numbers is:
1 West Bromwich Albion or Reading
2 Fulham or Leyton Orient
3 Brighton & Hove Albion or Coventry City
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Plymouth Argyle
5 Port Vale or Doncaster Rovers
6 Sheffield Wednesday or Charlton Athletic
7 Torquay United or Birmingham City
8 Manchester City or Scunthorpe United
9 Newcastle United or Mansfield Town
10 Luton Town or Liverpool
11 Preston North End or Crewe Alexandra
12 Stoke City or Tamworth
13 Derby County or Burnley
14 Southampton or Milton Keynes Dons
15 Blackburn Rovers or Queens Park Rangers
16 Arsenal or Cardiff City
17 Stockport County or Brentford
18 Norwich City or West Ham United
19 Ipswich Town or Portsmouth
20 Wigan Athletic or Leeds United
21 Sunderland or Northwich Victoria
22 Chelsea or Huddersfield Town
23 Cheltenham Town or Chester City
24 Leicester City or Tottenham Hotspur
25 Watford or Bolton Wanderers
26 Sheffield United or Colchester United
27 Nuneaton Borough or Middlesbrough
28 Hull City or Aston Villa
29 Barnsley or Walsall
30 Burton Albion or Manchester United
31 Crystal Palace or Northampton Town
32 Millwall or Everton
FA CUP PRIZE MONEY
The prize money for the 2006 FA Cup is as follows:
Round Payment
Third Round winners (32) £40,000
Fourth Round winners (16) £60,000
Fifth Round winners (8) £120,000
Sixth Round winners (4) £300,000
Semi-Final winners (2) £900,000
Cup winners (1) £1,000,000
SHOP SHUT
The Arsenal Shop on Avenell Road will not be open
after today's game. Apologies for any inconvenience this may
cause.
JOIN THE REDSECTION AGAINST WIGAN
Following on from last season's success with the
REDsection versus Everton in the Carling Cup, and this season's
REDsection v Reading, Arsenal supporters group REDaction can now
confirm that the Club have agreed to them having another REDsection
for the Carling Cup home game versus Wigan on Tuesday, January 24.
The REDsection will be located in the North Bank Lower, as close to
the centre as possible. Tickets will be £20 for adults and
£10 for children. If you want to sit in the REDsection,
applications can be made by post or handed in to The Travel Club
offices, NOT the Box Office. Please send a covering letter/booking
form stating your seven digit Membership number(s), credit/debit
card number, start date/expiry date and Issue number, if
applicable. Or, alternatively, a blank cheque made payable to
Arsenal Football Club. Booking fees apply. Please send these
applications to the Travel Club offices, marked:
REDsection v Wigan
FAO Sue Campbell
The Travel Club
Arsenal Football Club, Arsenal Stadium
Avenell Road, Highbury, London N5 1BU
ON-PITCH PRESENTATIONS
Prior to kick-off today, Dominic Warren will be
presented with his award after voted Arsenal in the Community's
Volunteer of the Year for 2005. Dominic, who has been volunteering
for Arsenal Study Support since January 2004, has worked with eight
different after school groups on Wednesday afternoons and has
always managed to organise his paid-work time around his
volunteering commitments with the Study Support Centre. At
half-time presentations will be made to the Arsenal Ex-Professional
and Celebrity X1 Award Winners. Danny O'Shea won the Player of
the Year, Top Goalscorer was Martin Offiah while the Loyalty Award
goes to Mark Burdis.
PATRICK CREGG TO FALKIRK
Arsenal youngster Patrick Cregg has signed for Scottish Premier
League side Falkirk, on an 18-month deal, subject to a medical. The
19 year-old midfielder made his Arsenal first-team debut last
season, as a substitute in the 3-1 Carling Cup win over Everton,
and also came off the bench in that season's Quarter-Final at
Old Trafford. This season the Irish Youth International from Dublin
was restricted to a late substitute appearance against Sunderland
in the Carling Cup Third Round. Patrick joins fellow former Arsenal
youngster Stephen O'Donnell at the Bairns. Everybody at Arsenal
FC would like to wish Patrick all the best for the future.
CLAIRE MICHAEL
Arsenal Football Club were saddened to learn of the
recent death of one of our long serving stewards, Claire Michael.
Claire passed away on December 24, 2005 following a short period of
illness. She had been a steward in the Clock End for many years and
was very popular with all her colleagues and the supporters she
looked after. She leaves three young children. Arsenal Football
Club sends their condolences to Claire's family and
children.
MAN UNITED FIXTURE REARRANGEMENT
Arsenal's Premier League fixture at Old Trafford
this season has been re-arranged for live television coverage. The
match will now take place as:
Manchester United v Arsenal
FA Premier League
Sunday, April 9, 2006
Kick Off: 4pm
Live on Sky Sports
WHO IS YOUR ALL-TIME ARSENAL FA CUP HERO?
Arsenal have lifted the famous old trophy on 10 occasions and a
host of Gunners stars from the past and present have made their
mark in the competition. In this, the 125th season of the FA Cup,
the FA are compiling an official FA Cup Heroes Team featuring a
player in each position, a manager and an overall FA Cup legend,
who will be crowned the number one FA Cup hero of all time. Arsenal
will be nominating one goalkeeper, one defender, one midfielder,
one forward and one manager from the Club's history to compete
for a place in the FA Cup Heroes Team, and we want YOUR input. Who
would you nominate in each position and which manager would you
choose? Arsenal.com will be running the poll on line, so email your
suggestions to the site now. We'll compile a shortlist from
your choices and let registered members of Arsenal.com make the
final decision over who the Club nominates.
DAVID ROCASTLE TRUST
To help raise money for the Club's Charity of
the Season, The David Rocastle Trust, the Club has produced key
rings to be sold in aid of the charity founded in
'Rocky's' name. The pound coin sized key rings can be
used in supermarket trolleys which require a coin to operate and
also make a great golf ball marker. They are available in the Club
shops priced £1.50 and can be purchased via post by making
cheques payable to 'The David Rocastle' Trust. We hope
supporters will help raise funds for the charity and continue to
support the Trust in David Rocastle's memory. Cheques and
donations should be posted to The David Rocastle Trust, Arsenal
Football Club, Arsenal Stadium, Avenell Road, Highbury, London, N5
1BU.
1913 DAY
Arsenal's game against Middlesbrough this Saturday will be
themed, '1913 Day', a celebration of the year Arsenal came
to Highbury from south London. To kick-off the 1913 Day
celebrations, the Final Salute mural displayed at Arsenal Tube
Station, will be officially unveiled next week. The mural looks at
Highbury's history and illustrates some of the greatest
footballing moments and events which have shaped the stadium's
93-year history. We want all supporters to get involved on Saturday
and the Club is urging fans to enter into the spirit of day and
come dressed in 1913 apparel! So dust off your flat caps and
waistcoats and you could be in with a chance of picking up a
warm-up t-shirt signed and worn by a player pre-match if you're
spotted by the Club. Junior Gunners are also invited to participate
and the best dressed youngsters reflecting the era will be asked to
parade around the pitch before kick-off. Please see Arsenal.com for
competition details. Also, the best selling chocolate bar from
1913, Cadbury's Dairy Milk, will be given away free with each
hot dog purchased inside the stadium that day. For further
information on any of the final season celebrations, you can
contact: lastseason@arsenal.co.uk.