The family theme for this season’s FA Cup with Budweiser continues on Sunday when Martin and Paul Allen make the Fourth Round draw at Wembley.
Both will have a keen eye on their former club, West Ham United, who feature in ITV’s live Third Round tie ahead of the draw. They take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
The Allen family is a famous name in English football with Les, Dennis, Bradley and Clive all carving out professional careers with London clubs while Martin’s son Charlie is on the books at Gillingham.
The FA Cup with Budweiser
Fourth Round Proper draw
2pm (approx), Sunday 5 January 2014
Wembley Stadium
Watch live on TheFA.com
Martin began his own career at Queens Park Rangers before moving across the capital and making close to 200 appearances for the Hammers.
Allen has also enjoyed a decade in football management, leading the likes of Barnet and Brentford, and winning the League 2 title with Gillingham last season.
Martin’s cousin, Paul Allen, played in three FA Cup Finals and has two winners medals in his personal trophy cabinet.
He became the youngest player to ever make an FA Cup Final appearance at Wembley in 1980 when, as a 17-year-old, he was a second-half sub in West Ham’s 1-0 win over Arsenal.
The stage is set for The FA Cup draw
The FA’s very own Sir Trevor Brooking scoring the vital winner.
And eleven years later he was in the Spurs side that saw off Forest having tasted a Final defeat with the White Hart Lane club in 1987 against Coventry City.
You can watch the Fourth Round draw live with us here on TheFA.com from around 2pm on Sunday afternoon. It's also on ITV and BT Sport.
Fourth Round Draw Numbers
1 Coventry City
2 Yeovil Town
3 Liverpool or Oldham Athletic
4 Nottingham Forest
5 Bristol City or Watford
6 Southend United
7 Hull City
8 Crystal Palace
9 Kidderminster Harriers or Peterborough United
10 Stevenage
11 Stoke City
12 Southampton
13 Cardiff City
14 Rochdale
15 Wigan Athletic or Milton Keynes Dons
16 Charlton Athletic or Oxford United
17 Manchester United or Swansea City
18 Port Vale or Plymouth Argyle
19 Norwich City or Fulham
20 Sheffield United
21 Macclesfield Town or Sheffield Wednesday
22 Sunderland or Carlisle United
23 Bolton Wanderers
24 Blackburn Rovers or Manchester City
25 Everton
26 Brighton & Hove Albion
27 Arsenal
28 Birmingham City or Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town
29 Huddersfield Town
30 Ipswich Town or Preston North End
31 Derby County or Chelsea
32 AFC Bournemouth or Burton Albion
Ties to be played over the weekend of 25 and 26 January 2014
