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Havant given chance of dream FA Cup tie
Enlarge imageBy Mitch Phillips
LONDON (Reuters) - Havant and Waterlooville, the last remaining minor league club in the FA Cup, were handed the chance of a dream fourth-round tie with Liverpool at Anfield in the draw made on Monday.
Havant held third division leaders Swansea 1-1 away in their first appearance in the third round on Saturday, while Liverpool could only draw 1-1 at third division Luton Town. Both replays will be played next week.
Holders Chelsea are away to Wigan Athletic, Manchester United, record 11-times winners, host Tottenham Hotspur or Reading while Arsenal are at home to Championship (second division) side Stoke City or Newcastle United.
Oldham Athletic, who knocked out Everton, and Huddersfield Town, conquerors of Birmingham City, meet at Boundary Park in a clash between two teams who sit side by side in the middle of the third division.
Huddersfield manager Andy Ritchie spent most of his playing days at Oldham, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, and also managed the Lancashire club.
Mansfield, second-last in the third division and the lowest-ranked league side left in the competition, host Premier League Middlesbrough.
The prospect of Havant playing at Anfield unsurprisingly went down well on the south coast.
"Absolutely unbelievable, we have a lot of people here who are Liverpool supporters so we couldn’t .....continued below
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do better than that," club secretary Trevor Brock told Sky Sports News."I think the next 10 days are going to be very busy here and what an incentive to try to get past Swansea.
"We’ve been producing miracles all season to get through to this stage and we’ll be giving it everything we can against Swansea.
"It’s been absolutely manic since Saturday and it’s fantastic to be the last remaining non-league side."
Manager Shaun Gale added: "It’s potentially fantastic for everyone at the club, it’s fairytale stuff for us but we’ve got a tough task against Swansea first.
"Rocky Baptiste (scorer of the equaliser on Saturday) is a Liverpool fan, so I’m sure he’ll be wanting to play there."
The ties will be played over the weekend of January 26/27.
(Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Rex Gowar)
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON (Reuters) - Havant and Waterlooville, the last remaining minor league club in the FA Cup, were handed the chance of a dream fourth-round tie with Liverpool at Anfield in the draw made on Monday.
Havant held third division leaders Swansea 1-1 away in their first appearance in the third round on Saturday, while Liverpool could only draw 1-1 at third division Luton Town. Both replays will be played next week.
Holders Chelsea are away to Wigan Athletic, Manchester United, record 11-times winners, host Tottenham Hotspur or Reading while Arsenal are at home to Championship (second division) side Stoke City or Newcastle United.
Oldham Athletic, who knocked out Everton, and Huddersfield Town, conquerors of Birmingham City, meet at Boundary Park in a clash between two teams who sit side by side in the middle of the third division.
Huddersfield manager Andy Ritchie spent most of his playing days at Oldham, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals, and also managed the Lancashire club.
Mansfield, second-last in the third division and the lowest-ranked league side left in the competition, host Premier League Middlesbrough.
The prospect of Havant playing at Anfield unsurprisingly went down well on the south coast.
"Absolutely unbelievable, we have a lot of people here who are Liverpool supporters so we couldn’t do better than that," club secretary Trevor Brock told Sky Sports News.
"I think the next 10 days are going to be very busy here and what an incentive to try to get past Swansea.
"We’ve been producing miracles all season to get through to this stage and we’ll be giving it everything we can against Swansea.
"It’s been absolutely manic since Saturday and it’s fantastic to be the last remaining non-league side."
Manager Shaun Gale added: "It’s potentially fantastic for everyone at the club, it’s fairytale stuff for us but we’ve got a tough task against Swansea first.
"Rocky Baptiste (scorer of the equaliser on Saturday) is a Liverpool fan, so I’m sure he’ll be wanting to play there."
The ties will be played over the weekend of January 26/27.
(Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Rex Gowar)
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