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Hammers get such a tough FA Cup draw

West HamĀ  will travel to Old Trafford in the fifth round of the FA Cup if they manage to overcome Derby County at Pride Park this evening.

It could hardly have got worse for the Hammers as they prepared to meet the League One in Round Four ion the midlands tonight.

United have been in fine form over the last few weeks and are sitting fourth in the Premier League with 39 points as the Irons attempt to recover the form that lifted them into the Europa League last season.

Here’s the full fifth round draw

Full FA Cup fifth round draw

  • Southampton v Luton Town or Grimsby Town
  • Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers or Birmingham City
  • Stoke City v Brighton
  • Wrexham or Sheffield United v Tottenham
  • Fulham or Sunderland v Leeds United
  • Bristol City v Manchester City
  • Manchester United v Derby County or West Ham
  • Ipswich Town or Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday or Fleetwood Town

The matches will be played midweek during the week commencing Monday, 27 February.

 

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!" Follow on Twitter @hughsouthon

One comment on “Hammers get such a tough FA Cup draw

  1. If it wasn’t for bad luck we’d be having no luck at all

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