*** Cheltenham vs Man City *** Official match thread
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:44 pmWell here we go, the romance of the cup continues....
Just noticed Fernandhino has posted an image of himself referencing the match. When he does this, it normally means he's starting!
And now, from the BBC
League Two Cheltenham sit 72 places below six-time FA Cup winners City.
Robins boss Michael Duff expects their opponents to have a bit of a culture shock when they arrive at Cheltenham.
"They'll be getting changed in a bar," he said.
"We'll make it as hospitable as we can and the one thing they will like is the pitch. You are not going to get a Ronnie Radford scene where it's a ploughed field.
"They will be able to play on it - we won't be training on it to make it as bad as possible. We do pride ourselves on playing good football, we are not going to ruin the pitch for this one-off."
Match stats
This will be the first ever competitive meeting between Cheltenham and Manchester City.
The Robins have lost all eight of their League Cup/FA Cup meetings with Premier League opponents.
Since losing against Wigan 0-1 in February 2018, Man City have won their last seven FA Cup games against sides from a lower division by an aggregate score of 26-4.
Cheltenham are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for just the second time in their history, previously doing so in the 2001-02 campaign.
Man City have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup in each of the last five campaigns, last losing at this stage of the competition against Middlesbrough in 2015.
Just noticed Fernandhino has posted an image of himself referencing the match. When he does this, it normally means he's starting!
And now, from the BBC
League Two Cheltenham sit 72 places below six-time FA Cup winners City.
Robins boss Michael Duff expects their opponents to have a bit of a culture shock when they arrive at Cheltenham.
"They'll be getting changed in a bar," he said.
"We'll make it as hospitable as we can and the one thing they will like is the pitch. You are not going to get a Ronnie Radford scene where it's a ploughed field.
"They will be able to play on it - we won't be training on it to make it as bad as possible. We do pride ourselves on playing good football, we are not going to ruin the pitch for this one-off."
Match stats
This will be the first ever competitive meeting between Cheltenham and Manchester City.
The Robins have lost all eight of their League Cup/FA Cup meetings with Premier League opponents.
Since losing against Wigan 0-1 in February 2018, Man City have won their last seven FA Cup games against sides from a lower division by an aggregate score of 26-4.
Cheltenham are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for just the second time in their history, previously doing so in the 2001-02 campaign.
Man City have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup in each of the last five campaigns, last losing at this stage of the competition against Middlesbrough in 2015.