The family theme for this season’s FA Cup continues when the draw is made for the Fourth Round Proper of the 2013/14 competition.
Martin Allen and his cousin Paul Allen will conduct the draw at Wembley Stadium on Sunday lunchtime and you can find out who faces who in the last 32 live on ITV at approximately 2.00pm.
The Allen family is a famous name in English football with Les, Dennis, Bradley and Clive all carving out professional careers with London clubs while Martin’s son Charlie is on the books at Gillingham.
Both Martin and Paul will have a keen eye on their former club, West Ham United, who feature in ITV’s live Third Round tie ahead of the draw as Sam Allardyce’s men take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
Martin began his own career at Queens Park Rangers before moving across the capital and making close to 200 appearances for the Hammers.
Allen has also enjoyed a decade in football management, leading the likes of Barnet and Brentford, and winning the League 2 title with Gillingham last season.
Paul Allen played in three FA Cup Finals and has two winners medals in his personal trophy cabinet.
He became the youngest player to ever make an FA Cup Final appearance in 1980 when, as a 17-year-old, he was a second-half sub in West Ham’s 1-0 win over Arsenal at Wembley, where Sir Trevor Brooking scoring the vital winner.
Eleven years later, Paul was in the Spurs side that saw off Forest having tasted a Final defeat with the White Hart Lane club in 1987 against Coventry City.
You can watch the Fourth Round draw live on ITV, presented by Matt Smith, from around 2.00pm on Sunday afternoon, following coverage of Nottingham Forest v West Ham.
The draw will also be simulcast on BT Sport 1 and online via the FA website.
This season’s Fourth Round ties will be played over the weekend of January 25-26.
ITV and BT Sport’s live match choices for the Fourth Round, as well as the Third Round replays, will be announced next week.
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Sunday 5th January
FA Cup 4th Round Draw
LIVE: 2.00pm-2.15pm ITV / BT Sport 1
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| DRAW NUMBERS |
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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. Coventry City Yeovil Town Liverpool or Oldham Athletic Nottingham Forest Bristol City or Watford Southend United Hull City Crystal Palace Kidderminster or Peterboro’ Doncaster or Stevenage Stoke City Southampton Cardiff City Rochdale Wigan or MK Dons Charlton or Oxford Utd |
. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 |
. Manchester Utd or Swansea Port Vale or Plymouth Argyle Norwich City or Fulham Sheffield Utd Macclesfield or Sheffield Wed Sunderland or Carlisle Utd Bolton Wanderers Blackburn or Manchester City Everton Brighton & Hove Albion Arsenal B’ham City or Bristol R or Crawley Huddersfield Town Ipswich or Preston Derby County or Chelsea Bournemouth or Burton Albion |
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| FOURTH ROUND DRAW |
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Sunderland or Carlisle v Kidderminster or Peterborough
Bolton v Cardiff
Southampton v Yeovil
Huddersfield v Charlton or Oxford
Port Vale or Plymouth v Brighton & Hove Albion
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich or Preston
Southend v Hull City
Rochdale v Macclesfield or Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal v Coventry
Stevenage v Everton
Wigan or MK Dons v Crystal Palace
Derby or Chelsea v Stoke
Blackburn or Man City v Bristol City or Watford
Bournemouth or Burton v Liverpool or Oldham
Birmingham or Bristol R or Crawley v Manchester Utd or Swansea
Sheffield United v Norwich or Fulham
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