Pompey FA Cup Date Confirmed Thursday, 29th Oct 2020 17:09 Town have confirmed that the FA Cup first round tie against Portsmouth at Portman Road will be played on Saturday 7th November with a 3pm kick-off.
The match will be played behind closed doors but will be available via the BBC and BT digital platforms with the sides yielding £12,500 each as a result.
The teams have drawn one another three times in the competition before, all in the last 15 seasons.
In both 2006 and 2008 then-Premier League Portsmouth beat the Blues 1-0 at Portman Road in third round ties, while in 2016 Pompey - by then in League Two - beat Town 2-1 in a third-round replay at Fratton Park after a 2-2 draw in Suffolk.
The Hampshire club went on to win the trophy for a second time in 2008, having previously carried it off in 1939.
Last season Town defeated Lincoln City 1-0 in a first round replay - ending their 15-match winless run in the competition stretching back to January 2010 - following a 1-1 draw at Portman Road, before losing 2-1 to Coventry in a second round replay at home having drawn 1-1 at St Andrew’s.
FA Cup First Round 1 Leyton Orient v Newport County 2 Havant & Waterlooville v Cray Valley (PM) 3 Sunderland v Mansfield Town 4 Bolton Wanderers v Crewe Alexandra 5 Oxford United v Peterborough United 6 Exeter City v AFC Fylde 7 Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City 8 Walsall v Bristol Rovers 9 Rochdale v Chesterfield 10 Swindon Town v Darlington 11 Barnet v Burton Albion 12 Wigan Athletic v Chorley 13 Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley 14 Oxford City v Northampton Town 15 Maldon & Tiptree v Morecambe 16 Bromley v Yeovil Town 17 Torquay United v Crawley Town 18 Eastbourne Borough v Blackpool 19 Cheltenham Town v South Shields 20 Stevenage v Concord Rangers 21 Harrogate Town v Skelmersdale United 22 Gillingham v Woking 23 Charlton Athletic v Plymouth Argyle 24 Hayes & Yeading United v Carlisle United 25 FC United of Manchester v Doncaster Rovers 26 Salford City v Hartlepool United 27 Scunthorpe United v Solihull Moors 28 Hull City v Fleetwood Town 29 Colchester United v Marine 30 Barrow v AFC Wimbledon 31 Dagenham & Redbridge v Grimsby Town 32 Cambridge United v Shrewsbury Town 33 Brackley Town v Bishop's Stortford or St Albans City 34 Eastleigh v MK Dons 35 Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oldham Athletic 36 Boreham Wood v Southend United 37 Ipswich Town v Portsmouth 38 Port Vale v King's Lynn Town 39 Lincoln City v Forest Green Rovers 40 Banbury United v Canvey Island
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Bergholt_Blue added 17:12 - Oct 29
Hopefully it's better then IFollow to watch on | | |
ShropshireBluenago09 added 17:56 - Oct 29
No wonder there is such a monetary gap between the premier league and league 1 when both teams only receive £12.5k each. | | |
Robert_Garrett added 18:26 - Oct 29
It's a massive game between two First Division Champions! | | |
Karlosfandangal added 08:02 - Oct 30
Hope we lose this one. More games for Portsmouth which will hopefully start to take its toll. Town need to get out of this league this season, before the Prem and the Championship become a closed league and League 1 and 2 are cut adrift. | | |
MonkeyAlan added 09:04 - Oct 30
Does this mean it's just on iPlayer? My Samsung TV has decided it no longer supports the iPlayer app, which l think is a con to get you to buy a newer TV every so often. | | |
Billybobblue added 09:06 - Oct 30
If you look at the prize money associated with the FA Cup you can see why alot of the bigger clubs dont take the earlier rounds more seriously. T.V money does bump up the earnings but its very low each round from a premier league/championship club perspective. I think the winnings of the FA Cup wouldn't cover a years wages of the average paid premier league player! whereas that money to a league 1/2 team could transform it. This shows why wages and overheads needs to be looked at for the longevity of the sport and to try and make it more competitive again rather than "big 6" reaping all the benefits. | | |
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