Aston Villa will play Brighton in the next round of the FA Cup and it will be a home tie, which is nice.

Leeds are going to beat Spurs, which is also nice and Chelsea will beat Preston. Other notable matches from the fourth round include Stoke v Arsenal and Everton v Nottingham Forest.

The matches will be played towards the end of January, I do have the date somewhere, but I have forgotten it and I fancy, while it isn't the easiest match we could have hoped for, it is easier than Blackburn.

FA Cup Fourth Round Draw

• Tottenham v Leeds United
• Tranmere/Wolves v Crystal Palace
• Aston Villa v Brighton
• Preston v Chelsea
• Portsmouth/Coventry v Sunderland
• Bolton v Sheffield United/QPR
• Accrington/Gillingham v Fulham
• Everton v Nottingham Forest/Birmingham
• West Brom v Plymouth/Newcastle
• Scunthorpe United v Manchester City
• Notts County/Forest Green v Wigan Athletic
• Stoke City v Arsenal
• Bristol City/Cardiff City v Leicester City
• Millwall/Derby v Brentford/Doncaster
• Reading/Liverpool v Burnley
• Southampton v Ipswich

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Darragh McGeown said:

... Sweeeeeettttttt!

Comment 1, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.27 pm

stephen said:

... like how notts forest have beaten blues already then Damian, thats my kind of thinking

Comment 2, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.29 pm

Goldie 7 said:

... I'm happy we should do them at home quite comfortable we managed to miss spurs evrton and stoke towards the end but there's always the nex round to worry about

Comment 3, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.32 pm

Michael said:

... another chance for delph, guzan and dafonz to get a game. maybe as its just brighton then albrighton may play aswell - and who knows, a return for bouma? an maybe have clarke and davis in the centre?

Comment 4, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.32 pm

King VOGRA said:

... wahahahahah Brighton at home...lovely jubbly, 5th Round here we come

Comment 5, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.33 pm

Fatkevs said:

... Home Draw Great Lets hope a few more so called fans turn up & Get them back for 1910

Comment 6, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.34 pm

Michael said:

... were safe from the brighton bum boys aswell as its at villa park lol

Comment 7, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.34 pm

fastbackace said:

... http://www.veoh.com/browse/vid.../sort/most recent link to highlights of blackburn fa game. good crosses from ashley after seeing the video, hopefully he is getting confidence back UTV

Comment 8, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.35 pm

stephen said:

... btw anyone else see Fergie moaning about only having 5 min injury time, he is a joke

Comment 9, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.39 pm

stephen said:

... fat kevs do u mean 2010, or am i reading it wrong

Comment 10, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.40 pm

Fatkevs said:

... No they beat us in 1910

Comment 11, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.43 pm

Fatkevs said:

... in the charity shield

Comment 12, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.46 pm

stephen said:

... read it wrong then thought you was on about the fans still haha

Comment 13, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.47 pm

Seagulls said:

... Yeah - we beat you in the Charity Shield.

Comment 14, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.50 pm

James Clift said:

... Great draw. It'll mean cheap tickets again aswell so I can take the kids and get enough brownie points off the wife to be able to go on the lash with the lads on the night.. Happy days all round!

Comment 15, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.51 pm

stephen said:

... anyone know when the match will be?

Comment 16, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.53 pm

Damian said:

... january 23rd 3 days after blackburn and as of today, no match was in for the 23rd - so it was going to be a free weekend

Comment 17, made on January 03, 2010 at 5.59 pm

fastbackace said:

... hopefully this will start a little debate- but... one striker out now, jc, or heskey, sell those other players we know are leaving, and bring in a real striker, that "30 mil player" DAVID VILLA!!! villa in for villa, sounds awesome, he recently said he wanted to come to england, and who better to have him? after the liverpool game it just showed that we need that one great player, the wayne rooney for us, the fabergas, the torres. DAVID VILLA come to ASTON VILLA UTV

Comment 18, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.00 pm

beh said:

... mickey86`s idea + steve foster in defence. He was a mon type of player. Well, for a season or two.

Comment 19, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.02 pm

john welsh said:

... Leeds are gonna beat Spurs at home lol,Keep smokin that weed you Villa shite !!!

Comment 20, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.15 pm

john welsh said:

... Up the Villa ,Not !!!!

Comment 21, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.17 pm

James Clift said:

... Fastbackace - Cracking idea and would be a dream come true but I think a dream is as far as it will get!

Comment 22, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.26 pm

frem said:

... Great draw.

Comment 23, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.34 pm

neil bangor said:

... Sorry, Nan, 4. David Villa Shirt sales would go through the roof I might even come over for the game, would like to see what the reserves are like Going to watch the semi in Brown Cow in Carrickfergus, home of Villa supporters' club. YWC

Comment 24, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.37 pm

Mark said:

... Isn't Brighton where Barry started out?

Comment 25, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.38 pm

Joe Slater said:

... the mule emile heskey to leave for 4m

Comment 26, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.38 pm

Joe Slater said:

... villa brighton tough game joke peace of pi** should play second team for that game with delfounso up top with heskey oh no hes gone dont know up top with though we need aa striker

Comment 27, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.40 pm

adam said:

... who fancies a cup double then

Comment 28, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.42 pm

boumavilla said:

... good draw in the end but, my other fav team, torquay, were knocked out by brighton, so the villa would have played torquay at home if it wasnt for that!! i cudnt bleve it!! UTV

Comment 29, made on January 03, 2010 at 6.57 pm

James said:

... 5. Billy the Fish

Comment 30, made on January 03, 2010 at 7.06 pm

DAVIDVILLA said:

... FASTBACKACE Its good to dream lmfas

Comment 31, made on January 03, 2010 at 7.22 pm

Steve Badger said:

... New POSITIVE post lads

Comment 32, made on January 03, 2010 at 7.42 pm

Mark said:

... 6. David Armstrong

Comment 33, made on January 03, 2010 at 7.45 pm

DAVIDVILLA said:

... ; D

Comment 34, made on January 03, 2010 at 7.46 pm

fastbackace said:

... i know its wishful thinking, but after those 2 games, i think thats all were needing, a marquee player, most top 6 teams have it. COMON DAVID VILLA!!!

Comment 35, made on January 03, 2010 at 8.20 pm

villa1982 said:

... I think Mr Villa may be out of our reach, but I think that Ruud Van Nistleroy would be a good signing, already a proven goal scorer in the premiership.

Comment 36, made on January 03, 2010 at 8.39 pm

Richard Hudson said:

... Good draw for us and another opportunity to give the youngsters a run out. Agree with mickey86, Clarke and Davies in central defence would be interesting. I'd also like to see MON experiment and play Fonz with Gabby and forget the target man for a game. Anyone heard how Freddie is doing?

Comment 37, made on January 03, 2010 at 9.02 pm

Brandon Clements said:

... Maybe it's just me (and I do hold fond memories of going to Brighton* games in their old park), but don't discount them; they did knock out City last year or the year before. *a girl I dated when I lived in Birmingham; her family had season tickets to the old park, and quite frankly, had me loving English football more than most Americans that visit the larger venues.

Comment 38, made on January 04, 2010 at 2.36 am

George Templeton said:

... b30 villain if you hadn't said it, I would've. What are the odds on a Villa cup double!

Comment 39, made on January 04, 2010 at 5.19 am

James Chamberlain said:

... Hey I'm a brighton fan, you shouldn't underestimate us. We sometimes beat the big teams, like man city last year in the cup!! Leeds beat man u, and you also lost against QPR last year in the carling cup. So for all the people you know saying that its an easy tie, well just don't get your hopes up. It is the cup, and we are brighton.

Comment 40, made on January 04, 2010 at 8.29 am

BHAFC ARE COMING said:

... Mickey 86 - Be prepared to be outsung (we sing 90 minutes long) and give us as many tickets as possible, we will sell thousands. If you don't give us enough, we'll be in the home end. KingVogra - You seem VERY confident that you are already in the 5th round. Remember this t**t people. BHAFC

Comment 41, made on January 04, 2010 at 10.46 am

Scrumpy said:

... I feel with SAF's comments on Owen's chances of getting regular play, it might be worth a sneaky 1M+ bid for Owen (with lowered wages and a Top4 finish bonus attached). Worth considering as a short term option for six months. Gabby and Fonz could learn a few things from him. I think that Marquee signing has to come when we finish top4. Thats the only way the calibre of those sort of players can be enticed to the club (as much as I love Villa - thats gotta be the realistic view). In fact two or three would be good (Mr Lerner is hopefully saving a war chest for such an outcome :-) I don't think Jones or Keane are good enough....not convinced Owen still has it but given the incentive of a World Cup I wouldn't bet against him coming good with a regular run in the team, and then we would have option of Gabby/Owen, Heskey/Owen, Heskey/Gabby which I think each give us different things. Add Fonz into that mix as backup or cover for cup runs...

Comment 42, made on January 04, 2010 at 11.14 am

epiphany said:

... Hey, we aint all a**e bandits down here in Brighton.

Comment 43, made on January 04, 2010 at 12.38 pm

Michael Statham said:

... dont worry brighton fans nobody will hear you cuz you'll be cramped rite in the corner of our stadium

Comment 44, made on January 04, 2010 at 1.09 pm

Jordan Auburn said:

... You really shouldnt disregard brighton

Comment 45, made on January 06, 2010 at 4.47 pm

The Arse Bandit said:

... We wont be in any corners cramped away but we will fill the end opposite the Holte and trust me we will be the noisiest fans you`ve had this season. We always are away.

Comment 46, made on January 06, 2010 at 5.20 pm

The Arse Bandit said:

... Apparently we are in The Doug Ellis stand and not behind the goal. We wont sing after all then..................

Comment 47, made on January 06, 2010 at 5.36 pm

BHAFC said:

... 4000 Sold in 1/2 a day. See the official club website seagulls.co.uk

Comment 48, made on January 11, 2010 at 2.12 pm

BHAFC said:

... We have the North Stand Upper Tier AND some side stand to the right also.

Comment 49, made on January 11, 2010 at 2.12 pm

SEAGULLS 39 said:

... Aston Villa 1 Brighton 2 murray first goal and lots of miserable Birmingham City wannabes.....Up the Albion,and we will out sing you!!!!!

Comment 50, made on January 12, 2010 at 1.44 pm

BHAFC said:

... Villa will be outsung from start to finish.

Comment 51, made on January 13, 2010 at 7.29 pm

Holte Upper said:

... I've read a lot of reports that Brighton fans have been buying freely in the Villa Ends. They have Sold out their 6,400 allocation already. Surely they should get 15% for a Cup game. If their is trouble then surely it's us that are to blame? (Not that they will score)

Comment 52, made on January 14, 2010 at 9.24 pm

KingGoodz BHAFC said:

... brighton bum boys, you northern monkeys dont have a fukin clue i garruntee you theres much more fanny down here then birmingham, so shut ur muggy northern accents up...ur boring

Comment 53, made on January 16, 2010 at 1.09 pm

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