Episode
Match of the Day: 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round
Overview
Highlights of today's FA Cup third-round tussles, including Jose Mourinho 's Premiership pace-setters Chelsea v Scunthorpe United, currently at the top of League Two, and 11-times winners Manchester Utd v Exeter City from the Conference.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 41
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 2005-01-08
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round is Episode 34 in Season 2004/05 of Match of the Day. It aired on 2005-01-08. The runtime is 80 min.
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Episode 33: 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Plymouth Argyle v Everton
Gary Lineker introduces FA Cup third-round action from Home Park.
Episode 35: 9th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Yeading v Newcastle United
From OPR's Loftus Road stadium in west London, the last of this weekend's FA Cup third-round ties. "The Ding" will need to muster a Herculean effort to pull off an upset - when the draw was made last December, 125 league places separated the non-league side from the Premiership giants. Johnson Hippolyte's third-round debutants will take heart, however, from the Magpies' travails in 1998, when Conference outfit Stevenage took Shearer and co to a fourth-round replay.
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Episode 32: 8th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round: Sheffield United v Aston Villa
Coverage of this intriguing FA Cup third-round tie from Bramall Lane.
Episode 36: 15th January 2005
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Episode 31: 4th January 2005
Including highlights of Arsenal v Manchester City, Manchester United v Spurs and Chelsea's clash with Middlesbrough. Plus the pick of yesterday's action.
Episode 37: 19th January 2005: FA Cup Third Round Replay
Coverage of one of tonight's replays to decide who makes it through to the fourth round - even if it means the dreaded penalty shoot-out.
Episode 30: 1st January 2005
All 20 Premiership clubs were in action today. Among the potential highlights are Chelsea's trip to Liverpool, Arsenal's London derby at Charlton, and Manchester United's visit to Middlesbrough.
Episode 38: 22nd January 2005
Premiership highlights, including Manchester United v Aston Villa - in which David O'Leary 's men look for their first win at Old Trafford since 1983 - plus Chelsea v Portsmouth and Harry Redknapp 's struggling Southampton v Liverpool.
Episode 29: 28th December 2004
Highlights from all nine of today's Premiership matches. Southampton face a silverware-hungry Liverpool side, Portsmouth host title contenders Chelsea, Manchester United travel to play Aston Villa and Tottenham meet London rivals Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane.
Episode 39: 29th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round: Southampton v Portsmouth
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Episode 28: 26th December 2004
Highlights of the London derby between Arsenal and Fulham, plus Chelsea at home to Aston Villa, Manchester United v Bolton and Newcastle away to Blackburn.
Episode 40: 29th January 2005: FA Cup Fourth Round: Manchester United v Middlesbrough
After seeing off Exeter City at the second attempt, Alex Ferguson 's men continue their defence of the FA Cup with an all-Premiership fourth-round tie at Old Trafford against Middlesbrough.