We can confirm that the Fourth Round FA Cup tie between Farnborough and Arsenal will now take place at Highbury. Earlier in the day we brought you the news of Farnborough's request to take the tie to London and we can now confirm that The FA has granted this request.

The FA's Head of Communications, Paul Newman, told us: "There was a meeting this afternoon at Farnborough involving all members of the Safety Group.

"The meeting was chaired by the local authority representative who is responsible for issuing the safety certificate. Police, fire and ambulance services and the club were also present, as was an advisor on crowd control.


"The recommendation of the Safety Group was that the ground is not suitable for staging a major Cup tie of this nature because of concerns surrounding facilities and the administration of the match.

"Both clubs have been informed and the match is now expected to take place at Highbury on Sat Jan 25, kick off 3pm."

Sky's new television selection for 12.30pm on Saturday will be Gillingham v Leeds. Each club will receive £265,000 from The FA as their live match prize fund payment.

Meanwhile, the following ties have been switched to Sunday 26 Jan:

6Fulham v Charlton Athletic (2.00) switch due to QPR playing at home on Jan 25

9 Stoke City v AFC Bournemouth or Crewe Alexandra (3.00) switched on Police advice as Port Vale at home on Jan 25