Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jan 16, 2007 7:55:46 GMT -1
Portman Road
Tuesday 16 January
Third Round Replay
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Winners : home to Swansea in the fourth round
Coverage on the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio Five Live (good news for anyone not living in Suffolk I guess?)
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Ipswich will be without skipper Jason de Vos (broken foot) and midfielder Owen Garvan (cut foot) so Fabian Wilnis coud come into the starting XI.
New signing David Wright is ineligible, but full-backs Sito Castro and Scott Barron come into the squad.
Chester defender Ashley Westwood is a doubt as he has been struggling with a hamstring problem in recent weeks.
New striker Lee Steele is available to play, but midfielder Glenn Cronin is a couple of week's away from a return.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
IPSWICH TOWN may be two divisions and 47 places superior to Chester City on the League ladder, but they were unable to eliminate them at the first time of asking after a goalless draw in a poor game at the Saunders Honda Stadium. The mid-table Championship side are targeting a berth in the fourth round for the first time in three years, and a home tie with third round giantkillers Swansea. The 1978 winners have not been beyond the last 32 since 1996.
The form of Jim Magilton's side has been somewhat patchy of late, but their last home game saw a late late victory over top of the table Birmingham.
The Suffolk club and Chester have never been in the same division in the same season, and their only previous meeting was in the fifth round of the FA Cup on 16 February 1980. John Wark and George Burley scored the goals in a 2-1 victory at Portman Road that ended Chester's club record equalling Cup run, and gave Ipswich a quarter-final tie against Everton at Goodison Park, which the Merseysiders won 2-1.
CHESTER CITY made history by becoming the first League club to benefit from an indiscretion by their opponents and thus get reinstated into the competition, after Bury fielded in an ineligible player in their 3-1 second round replay victory. Chester though are not the first club to continue their Cup run after defeat. Darlington were lucky losers in the 1999-2000 season, taking Manchester United's place, when the Red Devils famously forsook the FA Cup to play in the World Club Championship. Having lost at Gillingham 3-1 in the second round, Darlington then lost again, 2-1, at Aston Villa in the third round.
The League Two outfit are competing in the third round for the third year running, but have not been beyond this stage since the 1986-87 season, when they took top flight Sheffield Wednesday to a fourth round replay. In order to reach the last 32 they will need to beat Ipswich for the first time in their history.
Manager Mark Wright - who won the Cup with Liverpool in 1992 and 1996 - has seen Chester win their last three away games, and not lose on the road since November.
I was hoping to go tonight, but my dad's busy and I can't go to Ipswich on my own. Plus, I'm ill.
Hope we win! Would make a really good day ;D
Tuesday 16 January
Third Round Replay
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Winners : home to Swansea in the fourth round
Coverage on the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio Five Live (good news for anyone not living in Suffolk I guess?)
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Ipswich will be without skipper Jason de Vos (broken foot) and midfielder Owen Garvan (cut foot) so Fabian Wilnis coud come into the starting XI.
New signing David Wright is ineligible, but full-backs Sito Castro and Scott Barron come into the squad.
Chester defender Ashley Westwood is a doubt as he has been struggling with a hamstring problem in recent weeks.
New striker Lee Steele is available to play, but midfielder Glenn Cronin is a couple of week's away from a return.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
IPSWICH TOWN may be two divisions and 47 places superior to Chester City on the League ladder, but they were unable to eliminate them at the first time of asking after a goalless draw in a poor game at the Saunders Honda Stadium. The mid-table Championship side are targeting a berth in the fourth round for the first time in three years, and a home tie with third round giantkillers Swansea. The 1978 winners have not been beyond the last 32 since 1996.
The form of Jim Magilton's side has been somewhat patchy of late, but their last home game saw a late late victory over top of the table Birmingham.
The Suffolk club and Chester have never been in the same division in the same season, and their only previous meeting was in the fifth round of the FA Cup on 16 February 1980. John Wark and George Burley scored the goals in a 2-1 victory at Portman Road that ended Chester's club record equalling Cup run, and gave Ipswich a quarter-final tie against Everton at Goodison Park, which the Merseysiders won 2-1.
CHESTER CITY made history by becoming the first League club to benefit from an indiscretion by their opponents and thus get reinstated into the competition, after Bury fielded in an ineligible player in their 3-1 second round replay victory. Chester though are not the first club to continue their Cup run after defeat. Darlington were lucky losers in the 1999-2000 season, taking Manchester United's place, when the Red Devils famously forsook the FA Cup to play in the World Club Championship. Having lost at Gillingham 3-1 in the second round, Darlington then lost again, 2-1, at Aston Villa in the third round.
The League Two outfit are competing in the third round for the third year running, but have not been beyond this stage since the 1986-87 season, when they took top flight Sheffield Wednesday to a fourth round replay. In order to reach the last 32 they will need to beat Ipswich for the first time in their history.
Manager Mark Wright - who won the Cup with Liverpool in 1992 and 1996 - has seen Chester win their last three away games, and not lose on the road since November.
I was hoping to go tonight, but my dad's busy and I can't go to Ipswich on my own. Plus, I'm ill.
Hope we win! Would make a really good day ;D
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