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Third-round draw brings chance of huge FA Cup upset
By Our Football Staff
A huge FA Cup upset is on the cards after the draw for the third round matched Ipswich Town with non-league Lincoln City.
Experts say that with a bit of luck, or a fluke “worldly” goal, Ipswich could sneak a shock win against the part-timers and progress to the fourth round for the first time since 2010.
Ipswich’s cup record matches this year’s league form under manager Mick McCarthy – woeful. He insists on ridiculing cup competitions and taking loyal fans for granted by fielding inexperienced sides because he would rather concentrate on the league… which has not gone well.
In recent seasons, Town’s FA Cup record has seen them fall at the first hurdle to Portsmouth, Southampton, Preston, Hull, Aston Villa and Chelsea. The League Cup record is worse, with embarrassing defeats to Crawley, Stevenage, Carlisle and Northampton.
The stage is set, therefore, for a sure-fire win for Lincoln when the match is played at Portman Road in early January. A look at Lincoln’s recent form, in all competitions, is slightly different to Ipswich’s stuttering season. The Lincoln results are:
W W D D W D W W W D W W W W W
Meanwhile, Ipswich have failed to strong two wins together all season, are languishing in 15th position in the Championship with relegation a real danger, and in McCarthy have a manager who, when asked how could things improve, said: “By keeping playing the way we are.”
An Ipswich fan said: “It’s all very predictable – we will get dumped out of the cup by non-league opposition so we can concentrate on relegation.”
But there is always the chance of a cup upset, with Ipswich sneaking a win by catching Lincoln on an off day. Bookies have made Lincoln, a team made up of postmen, a fishmonger and a shoe salesman, red-hot favourites for the tie.
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Lincoln & Sutton make it to round of 16. Wow. First time ever two non-league teams have non it.
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Clearly untrue since the FA Cup pre-dates league football. You've got to go back over 100 years to find the last occurrence though. (1914-15, Southampton, QPR and Norwich City - all league teams now, of course.)WacoRover wrote:Lincoln & Sutton make it to round of 16. Wow. First time ever two non-league teams have non it.
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I was just going by what the bbc said. They said going back to 1888.
It will be interesting. Even if Leicester beats Derby in the replay, only half the teams will be PL clubs. I am hoping Arsenal draws MU, & ManCity draws Chelsea
It will be interesting. Even if Leicester beats Derby in the replay, only half the teams will be PL clubs. I am hoping Arsenal draws MU, & ManCity draws Chelsea

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Blackburn/ManUre
It figures, all the big clubs get easy draws- Sutton/Arsenal, Wolves/Chelsea, H'fld/ManC, etc
It figures, all the big clubs get easy draws- Sutton/Arsenal, Wolves/Chelsea, H'fld/ManC, etc
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Except for Man U! 

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Lets hope so!Gibbon wrote:Except for Man U!
Right after relegation, didn't Rovers bounce Arsenal from FA Cup at Emirates?! Maybe its time to pull another unlikely upset!