Great timing. We can secure promotion on 24 January, a week before the transfer window shuts, to give us more time to recruit and plan for the following season, but leaving us free to concentrate on winning back the FA Cup.
selfishly worked out well for me as I'm on holiday 2nd Saturday - great first home game, slight downer it's a 12.30 KO but should be a bumper crowd a excellent opportunity to hit the ground
The EFL really should make midweek games a bit more local. Both of these games being midweek is a joke for away fans.
Seem to recall reading they do it for stupid reasons, i.e. they pick the games that they think will have shit away attendance anyway, and stick them in midweek... Because... Well... They're obviously going to have a low away attendance, so doesnt matter when they are.
- Stoke (H) 14/2 - Birmingham (H) 7/3 - Bristol City (H) 3/4 & Watford (A) 6/4 (FA Cup QF on Easter weekend - I’m guessing Good Friday would be postponed and Easter Monday pushed to Tuesday or Wednesday) - Hull (H) 25/4
Portsmouth at home 6th December, one day and 33 years after the "Return to The Valley" game, that's spooky...just a shame it's a day late and not the 5th
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The Emirates FA Cup
Season 2025-26
Round Dates
Third Round Proper: Saturday 10 January 2026
Fourth Round Proper: Saturday 14 February 2026
Fifth Round Proper: Saturday 7 March 2026
Quarter Final: Saturday 4 April 2026
Semi-Final: Saturday 25 April 2026
The Final: Saturday 16 May 2026
https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/round-dates
Stoke (H) 14/2 (also FA Cup 4th round day)
Now every game looks tough.
Edit i think it might be playoff's for the Euros.
Middlesbrough away midweek 😡
Swansea away on May bank holiday weekend. 😀
- Stoke (H) 14/2
- Birmingham (H) 7/3
- Bristol City (H) 3/4 & Watford (A) 6/4 (FA Cup QF on Easter weekend - I’m guessing Good Friday would be postponed and Easter Monday pushed to Tuesday or Wednesday)
- Hull (H) 25/4