The weekend’s average for the Third Round of more than 17,000 was the highest for more than 20 years.

If Manchester United can win their replay at Exeter on Wednesday week, another Old Trafford 67,000 full house is a certainty for their Fourth Round meeting with Premiership Middlesbrough.

Premiership leaders Chelsea face Birmingham City at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal take on Glenn Hoddle’s Wolves at Highbury and Everton host Sunderland from the Championship.

There is a South Coast derby between Southampton and Portsmouth at St Mary’s, those two great rivals having met there in the Premiership less than two months ago, and two Lancashire sides who had excellent Cup wins at the weekend – Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers – have a Fourth Round clash at Boundary Park to savour.

Yeovil Town were the supreme giant-killers as a non-League club, knocking out no fewer than 20 League teams, and they now meet Premiership giants Charlton Athletic at The Valley as a League Two club.

The FA Cup Fourth Round Draw
Matches to be played 29/30 January 2005

1

Derby County

v

Watford or Fulham

2

Manchester United or Exeter City

v

Middlesbrough

3

Cardiff City or Blackburn Rovers

v

Colchester United

4

Chelsea

v

Birmingham City

5

West Ham United

v

Sheffield United

6

Oldham Athletic

v

Bolton Wanderers

7

Arsenal

v

Wolverhampton Wanderers

8

Everton

v

Sunderland

9

Nottingham Forest

v

Peterborough United

10

Brentford

v

Hartlepool United or Boston United

11

Reading or Swansea City

v

Leicester City or Blackpool

12

Burnley or Liverpool

v

Bournemouth

13

Southampton

v

Portsmouth

14

West Brom Albion

v

Tottenham Hotspur

15

Newcastle United

v

Coventry City

16

Charlton Athletic

v

Yeovil Town