With a Wembley Semi-Final just one win away for all eight remaining teams the stakes are high and all four quarter-final ties will be screened live across the BBC and BT Sport on March 7-9.
The action begins at 12.45pm on Saturday, March 7 with Bradford City taking on Reading, with this match being shown live on BT Sport, and in a bonus for fans, BT will be making the clash available free to all via btsport.com and on the Sky platform, while BT TV customers will also be able to enjoy the game as normal.
At 5.30pm on the same day, West Bromwich Albion make the trip to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa, with the game being shown live on BBC One, then on Sunday, March 8 at 4pm, the BT Sport cameras head to Anfield as Liverpool face Blackburn Rovers.
The quarter-final weekend concludes with a huge game – Manchester United v Arsenal – on Monday night, exclusively live on BBC One.
With eleven Cup triumphs each, the two sides are the most successful in the history of the competition and they meet at Old Trafford, with kick off scheduled for 7.45pm.
BT’s decision to make Bradford’s home quarter-final tie free for all comes after both FA Cup broadcasters, particularly the BBC, faced a backlash from fans after none of the upsets over Chelsea and Sunderland were chosen for live coverage.
Simon Green, head of BT Sport, said: “The excitement of the FA Cup continues on BT Sport and we have two fantastic quarter-finals on the channel.
“This will be the second time that BT Sport have shown Bradford City in this year’s FA Cup and because Bradford City Football Club have been very passionate about the UK seeing their amazing club run, BT Sport have decided to make the game against Reading available to everyone to watch, online, via BT TV and Sky.”
BBC Sport returned to covering the FA Cup this season after a six-year absence, sharing live coverage for the next four seasons with BT Sport, running through to the 2017-18 season, after the two broadcasters secured a multi-million pound rights deal in the summer of 2013, with the BBC taking over free-to-air rights from ITV.
The BBC will broadcast the first pick of matches from the first and second rounds, while BT Sport will screen at least two live matches during the opening two rounds, as well as replays if required.
From rounds three to six, BBC TV will show the first pick games and BT Sport the second choice, plus a selection of two other matches from rounds 3-5, with the third and fourth picks alternating between the two broadcasters each round, while both will share two quarter-final matches each.
The first pick of the replays during this phase of the competition will alternate between the BBC and BT, with the BBC screening one match while BT has the option of screening at least two other games.
The BBC has first pick of the semi-finals with the other being screened by BT Sport, with both channels sharing live coverage of the 2015 FA Cup Final at Wembley in late-May.
In addition, one other live FA Cup tie featuring Welsh teams during the early rounds of the competition will be televised by either Welsh-language channel S4C or on BBC Cymru Wales.
Follow all the excitement of this season’s FA Cup live on the BBC and BT Sport from now through to the showpiece final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, May 30, 2015.
For more information about this season’s FA Cup, visit www.thefa.com/thefacup.
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| SATURDAY 7th MARCH |
| Bradford City v Reading 6th Round | 12:45 |
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| Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion 6th Round | 17:30 |
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| SUNDAY 8th MARCH |
| Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers 6th Round | 16:00 |
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| MONDAY 9th MARCH |
| Manchester United v Arsenal 6th Round | 19:45 |
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