Newcastle United were the second club out of the hat this afternoon, and we are drawn against Wrexham or Brighton away in the 4th round of the FA Cup .
Sunderland are drawn at home to Middlesbrough, and the three northeast teams were in the first four drawn out of the hat.
It may be a tricky draw when you think what happened to us at Stevenage last year, but the draw could have been much tougher.
Wrexham held Brighton to a 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium yesterday and are top of the Blue Square Bet Premier League of the Football Conference.
Brighton are in the Championship and are in 13th place with 35 points from their 25 games and are 9 points above the drop zone.
Liverpool drew Manchester United at home, so that’s good because at least one of the teams above Newcastle in the Premier League will be knocked out before the 5th round.
Of course that will mean nothing if we cannot get through the 4th round.
Other Premier League teams drawn together were West Brom vs Norwich, Everton vs Fulham and if Arsenal beat Leeds tomorrow night they are at home to Aston Villa.
FA Cup fourth-round draw in full:
Brighton or Wrexham v Newcastle
Sunderland v Middlesbrough
Dagenham & Redbridge v Southampton
Hull City v Crawley
MK Dons or QPR v Chelsea
West Brom v Norwich
Blackpool v Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal or Leeds v Aston Villa
Stevenage v Notts County
Watford v Tottenham
Liverpool v Manchester United
Derby v Stoke City
Everton v Fulham
Macclesfield or Bolton v Swansea
Sheffield United v Birmingham or Wolves
Nottingham Forest or Leicester v Swindon
The ties are to be played on the weekend of 28-29 January so we will still be without Cheick Tiote and Demba Ba.
Comments welcome.
394 comments so far
AlwaysTOON
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:37 PM
Comment #81GeordieToon89 : thank you, now that’s sorted out 🙂 But let us just pray to god that isn’t the case!! Demba Ba is our newest beast.. no NUFC deserve got see him go, only 1 year after our fav nr. 9 left us for LiverFOOL
AlwaysTOON
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Comment #82Man City are trying to buy the wind, after Tim Howard said that the wind helped the ball get in the goal 😛
Dannyo
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Comment #83@MacToon
So true, my favorite:
“How confident am i that @MsiDouglas is wrong re Zog, if he doesn’t sign for #nufc this summer, i’ll delete my twitter account.”
I’m sure he’s donated the £100 to the SBR foundation he said he would too…
toonarmydownsouth
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Comment #84@davyb dont know much about him just done a bit of dennus wise scouting;) just wen he was first linked all the neggers were saying that must tiotes off
tomnewcastle
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Comment #85JackButler has he actually gone yet?
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Comment #86tomnewcastle – yes mate, statement from QPR explaining why at 7.30
Dannyo
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Comment #87My guess is Cwarr just checks the bookies for odds on the various players, managers and whatnot and goes by that.
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Comment #88Colin makes Mystic Meg look like Nostradamus
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Comment #89davybtoon, So you’re saying Cwarr is the next Nostradamus? He also got a lot right but it depended on your interpretation.
nufc90
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Comment #90i know what cwarr does… look at the people he follows, they post stuff and he just rewords it as his own.
he just picks up on rumours on twitter, etc and posts them and people are gullible enough to believe him. he’s wrong 99.9% of the time and if he’s right it’s through someone elses knowledge on twitter
MacToon
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Comment #91How can you say Cwarr gets alot right fgs, throw enough **** and some will stick eventually.
I’ve got a better percentage right than him and i don’t even participate in the transfer speculation game!
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Comment #92JackButler, snap.
MacToon
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Comment #93Sorry you didn’t say that, you said “he does get a lot ryt”
whatever that means!
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:47 PM
Comment #94GG – Great minds think alike 🙂
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Comment #95GG – Either that or we are the only two old enough to know who nostradamus is 😉
GeordieToon89
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Comment #96They must be someone lined up to come in straight away because theyve got rid of the assistant and everything normally the assistant stays until someone comes in then he leaves
Dannyo
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Comment #97Rhodes is on twitter btw lads.
@JordanRhodes17
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Comment #98Yeah Jack. we were right about Long to. But Ashley wasn’t listening.
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Comment #99JackButler, yeah remember buying him a pint.
davybtoon
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Comment #100mark hughes fav
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Comment #101GG – they never listen to the people who know best
toonarmydownsouth
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Comment #102@gt89 maybe its barton seems to think hes the dogs @everything!!!!
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Comment #103Oh and my lads just played online FIFA against Jason Prior. Prior give up at 4-0.
nufc786
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Comment #104scum vs scum wear tees derby mmmm
nufc786
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:56 PM
Comment #105in the rehersal draw we got sunderland…
BelfastMagpie87
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:57 PM
Comment #106Really shocked about Warnock getting the boot like.
That Qpr owner was kissing his ass only a few weeks ago.
Another fat ruthless owner?? 😉
toonarmydownsouth
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Comment #107@GG thank god he wasnt in the squad against arsenal last season!!
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:59 PM
Comment #108http://www.newcastleunited.us/2012/01/pardew-backtracks-or-ben-arfa-relents.html?
ochytoon
Jan 8, 2012 at 6:59 PM
Comment #109GG
How does he know it was Prior?
JackButler
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Comment #110Belfast – I see Burnsie’s on a Twitter drive again
BurnsieBen Ben
Anyone fancy helping me get to 500 followers? i hate being on 442 lol. Please RT AND FOLLOW. Will follow all back! Cheers guys n gals. #nufc
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:02 PM
Comment #111ochytoon, Just know that my son was all excited and told me why. FIFA x-box?
ochytoon
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Comment #112GG
Fair enough
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Comment #113Jack told him “no chance. I’m only on 31”
toonfan76
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Comment #114Haven’t been on for a good while, just started a new job so haven’t had time. Could someone tell me if this release clause that Ba is supposed to have in his contract is for real or not? Hope to God that it’s not true.
BelfastMagpie87
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM
Comment #115@Jack Butler
Haha.
He’s got a full hate mob on him at the moment… 🙂
toonarmydownsouth
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Comment #116@toonfan76 fook knows only got harrys word on it
GeordieGerman
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Comment #117toonfan76, Ba say’s he loves the Toon and the fans and wants to stay. We’re trying to negotiate a new contract.
Tonytoon73
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Comment #118Is lua lua still on loan at brighton or has has he signed for them???
DJM TOON
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Comment #119any chance there’s a download of the match??
GeordieToon89
Jan 8, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Comment #120haha see what Barton said to Rhodes.. wow scored 5 and hope r gaffas watching.. Rhodes said hahaha Cheers Joey im happy where i am though