BBC Sport and BT Sport have confimed details of the live Sixth Round replays they will be televising as part of both channel’s continuing coverage of the 2014/15 FA Cup.
The Football Association has confirmed the schedule for the replays, which will take place on March 16 and April 8, a place in the Semi-Finals at Wembley Stadium awaiting the winners.
Having battled to a 0-0 draw in the original quarter-final tie, Reading will host Bradford City in a replay on Monday, March 16, with the BBC choosing to screen the tie live from the Madejski Stadium, kicking off at 7.45pm.
A UEFA directive means that the FA has to avoid scheduling FA Cup ties across Champions League and Europa League dates, so the March 16 date has been agreed with cooperation from the Football League.
The Bantams can already boast a hat-trick of giant-killings in this season’s competition having beaten Millwall in a replay before making global headlines with their stunning 4-2 upset at Chelsea and sending Sunderland packing at Valley Parade.
Reading have won on the road at Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City and Derby County in this season’s competition, so this Sixth Round replay will be their first FA Cup tie in front of home support this term.
The second replay sees Liverpool travel to Blackburn Rovers in front of the BT Sport cameras on Wednesday, April 8, at 7.45pm.
It is a date that avoids UEFA fixtures while accommodating Liverpool’s already confirmed television commitments and the FIFA international break at the end of March.
Rovers are also no strangers to a giant-killing at Ewood Park this season have beaten both Swansea City and Stoke City from the Premier League, scoring seven goals in the process.
They held Brendan Rodgers’ side to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on Sunday although the Reds have already beaten Championship opposition in a replay this season, edging Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at the Macron Stadium.
The winners of the Reading/Bradford replay will meet holders Arsenal in the semi-finals, while Aston Villa await the winners of the Blackburn/Liverpool clash at Wembley over the weekend April 18/19.
The FA Cup returned to BBC television after a six-year absence this season and fans will be able to watch up to 16 live matches on BBC One and BBC Two throughout the competition.
Aside from the live games on BBC TV, all presented by Gary Lineker, Saturday’s Football Focus will be broadcast live from one of the match venues, plus there will be Match of the Day highlights on both Saturday and Sunday.
BBC Sport’s dedicated FA Cup website – bbc.co.uk/facup – will be the place to see all the weekend’s goals on-demand, as well as live video and text commentaries, reports and opinion from the BBC pundits.
BT Sport’s live FA Cup coverage will be presented by Jake Humphrey from pitchside alongside regular pundits including Michael Owen, Robbie Savage, Owen Hargreaves and Steve McManaman, as well as a number of special guests.
As well as the live games, BT Sport will also broadcast highlights and goal clips from each round of the competition in programmes throughout each FA Cup weekend.
Alongside comprehensive TV coverage, fans can enjoy all the action on the go from each live FA Cup tie via the BT Sport app, while match highlights, goal clips, interviews and special features will also be available to watch on the app and on btsport.com.
In addition, all the goals from the FA Cup Sixth Round replays will be available to watch online shortly after the conclusion of each match via the BBC Sport website.
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| MONDAY 16th MARCH |
| READING v BRADFORD CITY 6th Round Replay | 19:45 |
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| WEDNESDAY 8th APRIL |
| BLACKBURN ROVERS v LIVERPOOL 6th Round Replay | 19:45 |
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