Cup Clash Selected for ITV

The Greens’ Emirates FA Cup first round clash with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough has been selected for live television broadcast on ITV.

As a result, the fixture will be played on Sunday, 7 November, with a 12.15pm kick-off.

It is the second time the two sides have met this season, with Ryan Lowe’s Pilgrims emerging 3-0 victors in the Sky Bet League One fixture at Home Park in September.

Joe Edwards opened the scoring with a superbly improvised overhead kick, before Dan Scarr notched his first goal for the club with a towering header before half-time. Ryan Law rounded off the scoring in front of the biggest home crowd of the season so far with a stoppage time strike – his first in the professional game.

The Greens reached the fourth round of the competition last season, beating Charlton Athletic, Lincoln City and Huddersfield Town before falling to Wednesday’s city rivals, Sheffield United, 2-1 at Bramall Lane.

The Owls currently lie ninth in the Sky Bet League One table, with 20 points from 13 games.

Ticketing information will be provided in due course.

Ivor.

It was odds on there pick this one biggest tie in the draw

Looking forward to seeing this.

Let's give a good account of ourselves on TV.
All we can ask for,
The pressures on them not us.
They want Moore gone.

Good news indeed. They are going down!

poor sods from the green army travelling up for that kickoff time..

Oh FFS! I missed it earlier in Tg’s post that it is on itv.

£50,000 for being on TV, prize money, winners £22,629  losers £3,125  and 45% of gate money.Average home league attendance 22,719

it on itv boys Only BBC and ITV is showing the FA CUP

Jethro wrote:

Let's give a good account of ourselves on TV.
All we can ask for,
The pressures on them not us.
They want Moore gone.

And we know who the fans want right?

I'm a bit surprised. The BBC normally used to prefer non-league v league in rounds 1 and 2 for live TV games.