Our 5th round FA Cup game away at Portsmouth has been scheduled for Monday the 2nd March, kicking off at 7.45pm.
We have now played every round on a Monday night following our 1-0 win over Leeds, and our 2-1 win away at Bournemouth.
It’s yet to be seen whether they’ll move the semi-final and final to a Monday night just to really p*ss us off, the cup final is currently scheduled to take place on the 23rd of May.
Monday 2nd March, 7.45pm – Portsmouth vs Arsenal, BT Sport 1
Tuesday 3nd March, 7.45pm – Chelsea vs Liverpool, BBC One
Wednesday 4th March, 7.45pm – Sheffield Wednesday vs Manchester City, BBC One
Thursday 5th March, 7.45pm – Derby vs Manchester United, BT Sport 1
Non-televised fixtures (tbc)
Tuesday 3rd March, 8pm – Reading vs Sheffield United
Tuesday 3rd March, 8pm – West Brom vs Newcastle United
Wednesday 4th March, 7.45pm – Leicester City vs Birmingham City
Wednesday 4th March, tbc – Tottenham vs Norwich City
The game is being shown live on BT Sport and probably now involves afternoons and mornings off for most travelling Arsenal fans. Just to make things even more complicated and unpredictable, these ties could all go to extra time and penalties on the night as there are no replays from now on in this seasons competition meaning the possibility of people missing last trains back to London.
