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Rovers F.C. - FA Cup - 2013-2014
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The draw has been made for the 3rd round of this season's FA Cup and Blackburn Rovers will be at home to the Premier League's Manchester City
The Full Draw is ....
Barnsley v Hartlepool or Coventry; Yeovil v Leyton Orient; Liverpool v Oldham or Mansfield; Nottingham Forest v West Ham; Bristol City v Watford; Southend v Millwall; Middlesbrough v Hull; West Brom v Crystal Palace; Kidderminster v Peterborough; Doncaster v Stevenage; Stoke v Leicester; Southampton v Burnley; Newcastle v Cardiff; ochdale v Leeds; Wigan v MK Dons; Charlton v Wrexham or Oxford United; Manchester United v Swansea; Port Vale v Plymouth; Norwich City v Fulham; Aston Villa v Sheffield United; Macclesfield v Sheffield Wednesday; Sunderland v Carlisle; Bolton v Blackpool; Blackburn v Manchester City; Everton v QPR; Brighton v Reading; Arsenal v Tottenham; Birmingham v Bristol Rovers or Crawley; Grimsby v Huddersfield; Ipswich v Preston; Derby v Chelsea; Bournemouth v Fleetwood or Burton;
Rovers Manager Gary Bowyer was delighted with the high profile draw telling the club website:- "It is a fantastic draw for the supporters, a fantastic draw for the football club and a fantastic draw for the players. It gives the players the huge incentive of going up against some world class footballers. We've some important games to come before then so we'll be concentrating fully on the league with the busy Christmas period coming up, but the players will now certainly have something to play for to try and get in the team for that game. The City fans will undoubtedly travel in large numbers so it will be great to see Ewood full and rocking. It will be a north west derby and a fantastic spectacle for all, I'm sure that it'll be one of the first picks for television coverage."
The games played the weekend 4trh & 5th January 2014
FA Cup 3rd Round
12:45hrs. GMT
Att.18'813
Replay Jan 15th - 19:45
Blackburn Rovers
Scott Dann 54'24
Alvaro Negrado 44'47
Dedryck Boyata (YY sent off) 84'40
The Manager fro full of praise talking on RADIO ROVERS post match:- "It might be a bit greedy but we could have nicked it at the end. I have nothing but praise and pride for this group, it was a terrific performance against a world class team. The players are a joy to the football club at the moment. They've really restored some pride, the supporters can go away happy with that. We are pleased with how we went about it and how the players responded to going behind. The ages of some of them, it is terrific for them to play in that environment, hopefully it is a motivation for them.The fans pay their money and what they want to see is people having a go and working head and they certainly saw that today from them." Rovers now face a replay at the Etihad Stadium on 15th January at 20:10 hrs [now on ITV]. The Draw for the fourth round will be at 14:00 GMT on Sunday 5th January
(5th January 2014)
If Blackburn Rovers can win their FA Cup 3rd round replay at Manchester City, then the reward will be a home tie against either Bristol City of Watford.
The full draw was made at Wembley this afternoon with many teams waiting for replays to know who'll they'll play. The full draw is:-
Sunderland v Kidderminster or Peterborough - Bolton v Cardiff - Southampton v Yeovil - Huddersfield v Charlton or Oxford -Port Vale or Plymouth v Brighton -Nottingham Forest v Ipswich or Preston - Southend v Hull - Rochdale v Macclesfield or Sheffield Wednesday - Arsenal v Coventry - Stevenage v Everton - Wigan or MK Dons v Crystal Palace - Chelsea v Stoke - Blackburn Roovers or Manchester City v Bristol City or Watford - Bournemouth or Burton v Liverpool - Birmingham, Bristol Rovers or Crawley v Swansea - Sheffield United v Norwich or Fulham
Ties to be played the weekend of the 25th and 26th January 2014 (5th January 2014)
The FA CUP 3rd - Manchester City 5 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
The FA Cup adventure ended at Manchester City with Rovers conceding 5 goals without reply - but after holding them out for 45'00 + 23 seconds! Jordan Rhodes and Tommy Spurr were both ruled out through injury, and Gary Bowyer opted to start with DJ Campbell up front. A well managed first half saw some strong defending, and a few clear chances before only moments after a minute of extra time had been signaled Alvaro Negrado scored the first of two. The striker found his second just a minute later - but the other side of the break. At the interval Paul Robinson was replaced with Simon Eastwood after picking up an injury, and it was the sub keeper who saw the power of City's fierce attack. Edin Dzeko added the next, before Sergio Aguero claimed the fourth with Dzeco back for the fifth.
But the traveling fans never stopped chanting and came in for praise from the media and Twitter tweets.
Gary Bowyer told the clubs official website that he had nothing but pride for his team:- "We learned a hell of a lot about our boys in this fabulous arena. One thing they didn't do was lay down and die, that is for sure. We were probably a little bit naive with conceding right on the stroke of half-time again. We then concede a goal right after half-time but the response was great from our boys. I thought the way we went about it, the way we kept trying to play and play at the right times. Pantilimon has made a couple of decent saves. So I've nothing but pride for them. Our boys didn't freeze, they kept going and wanting the ball. We were playing against a world class team, probably the best in the world at the moment. They did alright tonight, they can be proud of how they went about it." The Manager will now turn his attention to the key league game on Saturday at Nottingham Forest - probably far more important a fixture in the larger Rovers picture.
(15th January 2014)
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
20:10hrs. GMT
Att.35'000
And out of the cup
Alvaro Negrado 45'00 (+0'23), 46'57
Edin Dzeko 66'23, 78'51
Sergio Aguero 72'44
6-1 (agg)
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