FA Cup fourth round this weekend but no sign of my team, Cardiff City, they fell on the sword in a lacklustre third round game. It is back to what many fans call the bread and butter of football, league, points, and league table position.
Back to the cup football, it is a double header with the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup. I have virtual teams in both having followed teams in both competitions from the very first rounds way back in August/September.
In the FA Cup for today, I am riding on the coat tails of Brighton who face a trip to Lincoln City. The Championship team are favourites but ripe for the picking maybe. Both teams happen to be top of their respective league so know how to win making for an exciting fixture.
There are no Welsh teams left in the FA Cup
- Fourth Round Lincoln City v Brighton
- Third Round - Brighton 2-0 MK Dons Att 11091
- Second Round (replay) MK Dons 3-1 Charlton
- Second Round - Charlton 0-0 MK Dons
- First Round (Proper) – MK Dons 3-2 Spennymoor Town Att 4099
- Fourth Round Qualifying - Lincoln United 0-3 Spennymoor Town Att 578
- Third Round Qualifying - Lincoln United 3-1 Handsworth Paramore Att 315
- Second Round Qualifying - Handsworth Paramore 2-0 Burscough Att 98
- First Round Qualifying – Squires Gate 2-5 Handsworth Parramore
- Preliminary Round – Squires Gate 3-2 West Didsbury & Chorlton
- Extra Preliminary Round - Maltby Main 2-3 Squires Gate
In the Welsh Cup, it is also the fourth round and Cefn Druids based outside Wrexham hit the road to Llanfair United. Welsh Premier League club Cefn Druids should be favourites but are suffering from injuries so could the home team do a giant killing job after a season of poor league form.
The only Cardiff team left in the competition are Cardiff Met who are away to Guilsfield FC.
- Fourth Round - Llanfair United v Cefn Druids
- Third Round - Cefn Druids 2-0 Llantwit Major
- Second Round - Llantwit Major 1 - 0 Llandrindod Wells
- First Round - Sully Sports 2 - 6 Llantwit Major
- Second Round Qualifying – Sully Sports FC 4-1 Tiger Bay
- First Round Qualifying – Tiger Bay 2-1 Blaenavon Blues
Cardiff City with no cup game today take to the M4 and travel to Reading for an important league fixture. Cardiff need the points to continue their push away from the relegation zone with eight points off the drop zone sounding a lot. But a few defeats and results going against us and we could be pulled back into the melee of the bottom three.
Meanwhile Cardiff’s opponents today Reading are at the other end of the league table, in the top six looking to cement a play-off place at least. Oh how Cardiff fans would love to be in that position
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