Fifth round fixtures, dates, results and prize money

Highlights

Arsenal are the most successful club in FA Cup history, winning the trophy 14 times, but were knocked out during the Third Round by Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp’s side play Norwich City in the fourth round.
Manchester City, the winners of the 2022/2023 season, have the chance to win back-to-back FA Cups. Pep Guardiola’s side beat Tottenham 1-0 in the fourth round.
The dates for each round of the FA Cup have been outlined, with the final set to take place on 25th May 2024.

The FA Cup is the oldest national football competition in the world; there aren’t many more grand statements than that. The trophy was first competed for back in the 1871-72 season, and it was won by Wanderers, when they beat Royal Engineers at the Kennington Oval, in London. Wanderers won 1-0, thanks to a goal from Morton Peto Betts in the 15th minute of the game. The side, who came from Leytonstone in East London, retained the trophy the following season.

Since its formation 153 years ago, there have been a total of 44 winners of the trophy. The club who have won it the most times is Arsenal, who have lifted the trophy 14 times; four of which have come in the last 10 years. In the most recent 2022/2023 season, it was Manchester City who won the FA Cup defeating, city rivals Manchester United 2-1 in the final. Pep Guardiola’s side still have a chance of winning back-to-back FA Cups, as they knocked out Premier League rivals Tottenham in the fourth round of this year’s competition. Chelsea, meanwhile, are still in with a chance of lifting the trophy but must beat fierce rivals Leeds United at Stamford Bridge.

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FA Cup 5th Round fixtures

After Wolves’ win in the Black Country Derby tie against West Brom, which was paused after trouble in the crowd broke out, the draw for the fifth round of the competition was made at half-time of Liverpool’s game against Norwich, with there being some mouth-watering ties in store for fans. Chelsea face old rivals Leeds United after both sides won their replays, while non-league Maidstone,who recorded a huge upset against Ipswich Town to become the first team outside England’s top five tiers to reach the fifth round since Blyth Spartans in 1978, will face Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City. After beating one Championship side, George Elokobi’s squad will be optimistic of beating another.

Fixture	Date	UK TV Channel	Kick-off time (GMT)
Coventry City vs Maidstone United	Monday 26th February	ITV4 & ITVX	7:45pm
AFC Bournemouth vs Leicester City	Tuesday 27th February	BBC iPlayer	7:30pm
Blackburn Rovers vs Newcastle United	Tuesday 27th February	BBC One & BBC iPlayer	7:45pm
Luton Town vs Manchester City	Tuesday 27th February	ITV1, UTV, STV & ITVX	8:00pm
Chelsea vs Leeds United	Wednesday 28th February	ITV4	7:30pm
Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United	Wednesday 28th February	BBC One & BBC iPlayer	7:45pm
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton & Hove Albion	Wednesday 28th February	BBC iPlayer	7:45pm
Liverpool vs Southampton	Wednesday 28th February	ITV1, UTV, STV & ITVX	8:00pm

Round-by-round dates for the FA Cup

Round	Dates	Replays
5th Round	Wednesday 28th February	No replay
Quarter-final	Saturday 16th March	No replay
Semi-final	Saturday 20th April	No replay
Final	Saturday 25th May	No replay

Usually, for games and replays in the first four rounds of the FA Cup, the dates that they are played on are very established; usually being in a two-to-four-day window. But some odd circumstances have led to this not being the case. Scarborough Athletic and Forest Green Rovers had to replay their First Round match after the FA found that Forest had fielded an ineligible player. One of their players was on loan from another club, and Rovers hadn’t received written permission from the team to say that he could play in the competition, therefore breaking FA Cup Rule 109. Rovers would win the replayed fixture 4-2.

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Results

Maidstone United's Lamar Reynolds celebrates scoring their first goal vs Ipswich

In the fourth round, there were some closely fought contests and some demolition jobs, with it all kicking off with Bournemouth thrashing Swansea City 5-0 to become the first team to book their place in the fifth round. Nathan Ake bagged a late goal against Tottenham to help Manchester City progress, but the story of the round was undoubtedly Maidstone, who, as previously mentioned, recorded a huge upset against Ipswich to reach the next round.

Fourth Round Results

Date	Result	Replay Result
25th Jan	Bournemouth 5-0 Swansea City	N/A
26th Jan	Bristol City 0-0 Nottingham Forest	1-1 (Nottingham Forest won 5-3 on penalties)
26th Jan	Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa	Aston Villa 1-3 Chelsea
26th Jan	Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Coventry City	Coventry City 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday
27th Jan	Tottenham 0-1 Manchester City	N/A
27th Jan	Ipswich Town 1-2 Maidstone United	N/A
27th Jan	Everton 1-2 Luton Town	N/A
27th Jan	Leeds United 1-1 Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth Argyle 1-4 Leeds United
27th Jan	Leicester City 3-0 Hull City	N/A
27th Jan	Sheffield United 2-5 Brighton	N/A
27th Jan	Fulham 0-2 Newcastle United	N/A
28th Jan	West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Wolves	N/A
28th Jan	Liverpool 5-2 Norwich City	N/A
28th Jan	Watford 1-1 Southampton	Southampton 3-0 Watford
28th Jan	Newport County 2-4 Manchester United	N/A
29th Jan	Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Wrexham	N/A

Third Round Results

Date	Fixture	Replay result	TV channel
4th Jan	Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton	Everton 1-0 Crystal Palace	ITV 4, ITV X & ESPN+
5th Jan	Brentford 1-1 Wolves	Wolves 3-2 Brentford (AET)	ESPN+
5th Jan	Fulham 1-0 Rotherham United	N/A	ESPN+
5th Jan	Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Burnley	N/A	ITV 1, ITV X & ESPN+
6th Jan	AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Ipswich Town	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Millwall 2-3 Leicester City	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Coventry City 6-2 Oxford United	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Maidstone United 1-0 Stevenage	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Sunderland 0-3 Newcastle United	N/A	ITV 1, ITV X & ESPN+
6th Jan	Stoke City 2-4 Brighton	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Norwich City 1-1 Bristol Rovers	Bristol Rovers 1-3 Norwich City	ESPN+
6th Jan	Southampton 4-0 Walsall	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Watford 2-1 Chesterfield	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Cambridge United	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Gillingham 0-4 Sheffield United	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	QPR 2-3 AFC Bournemouth	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Sutton United	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Newport County 1-1 Eastleigh	Eastleigh 1-3 Newport County	ESPN+
6th Jan	Hull City 1-1 Birmingham City	Birmingham City 2-1 Hull City	ESPN+
6th Jan	Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa	N/A	BBC One, BBC iPlayer & ESPN+
6th Jan	Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Cardiff City	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Swansea City 2-0 Morecambe	N/A	ESPN+
6th Jan	Chelsea 4-0 Preston North End	N/A	BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & ESPN+
7th Jan	Luton Town 0-0 Bolton Wanderers	Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Luton Town	ESPN+
7th Jan	Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Wrexham AFC	N/A	S4C, BBC iPlayer & ESPN+
7th Jan	West Ham 1-1 Bristol City	Bristol City 1-0 West Ham	ESPN+
7th Jan	West Brom 4-1 Aldershot Town	N/A	ESPN+
7th Jan	Peterborough United 0-3 Leeds United	N/A	ESPN+
7th Jan	Nottingham Forest 2-2 Blackpool	Blackpool 2-3 Nottingham Forest (AET)	ESPN+
7th Jan	Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town	N/A	BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer & ESPN+
7th Jan	Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal	N/A	BBC One, BBC iPlayer & ESPN+
8th Jan	Wigan Athletic v Manchester United	N/A	ITV 1, ITV X & ESPN+

Second Round results

Date	Fixture	Replay result	TV channel (UK & US)
1st Dec	Notts County 2-3 Shrewsbury Town	N/A	N/A
1st Dec	York City 0-1 Wigan Athletic	N/A	BBC Two/ESPN+
2nd Dec	Maidstone United 2-1 Barrow	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Wycombe Wanderers 0-2 Morecambe	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Cambridge United 4-0 Fleetwood Town	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Bolton Wanderers 5-1 Harrogate Town	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Peterborough 2-1 Doncaster Rovers	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Gillingham 2-0 Charlton Athletic	N/A	ESPN+
2nd Dec	Stevenage 1-1 Port Vale	Port Vale 3-3 Stevenage (3-4 on pens)	N/A
2nd Dec	Newport County 1-1 Barnet	Barnet 1-4 Newport County	N/A
2nd Dec	Oxford United 2-0 Grimsby Town	N/A	N/A
2nd Dec	Sutton United 3-0 Horsham	N/A	N/A
3rd Dec	Chesterfield 1-0 Leyton Orient	N/A	ESPN+
3rd Dec	Aldershot Town 2-2 Stockport County	Stockport County 0-1 Aldershot Town	ESPN+
3rd Dec	Eastleigh 3-1 Reading	N/A	ITV 1/ESPN+
3rd Dec	Wrexham 3-0 Yeovil Town	N/A	ITV X/ESPN+
4th Dec	Wimbledon 5-0 Ramsgate	N/A	ITV 4/ESPN+
5th Dec	Alfreton Town 0-0 Walsall	Walsall 1-0 Alfreton Town	BBC iPlayer
12th Dec	Crewe Alexandra 2-4 Bristol Rovers	N/A	N/A
15th Dec	Blackpool 3-0 Forest Green Rovers	N/A	N/A

First Round results

Date	Fixture	Replay result
3rd Nov	Sheppey United 1-4 Walsall	N/A
3rd Nov	Barnsley 3-3 Horsham	Horsham 0-3 Barnsley
4th Nov	Northampton Town 1-3 Barrow	N/A
4th Nov	Curzon Ashton 0-1 Barnet	N/A
4th Nov	Alfreton Town 2-0 Worthing	N/A
4th Nov	Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Solihull Moors	N/A
4th Nov	Exeter City 0-2 Wigan Athletic	N/A
4th Nov	Leyton Orient 3-1 Carlisle United	N/A
4th Nov	Hereford 0-2 Gillingham	N/A
4th Nov	Oxford United 2-0 Maidenhead United	N/A
4th Nov	Newport County 2-0 Oldham Athletic	N/A
4th Nov	Swindon Town 4-7 Aldershot Town	N/A
4th Nov	Marine 1-5 Harrogate Town	N/A
4th Nov	Port Vale 0-0 Burton Albion	Burton Albion 0-2 Port Vale
4th Nov	Peterborough United 2-2 Salford City	Salford City 4-4 Peterborough United (4-5 on pens)
4th Nov	Eastleigh 5-1 Boreham Wood	N/A
4th Nov	Bradford City 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers	N/A
4th Nov	Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Colchester United	N/A
4th Nov	Bristol Rovers 7-2 Whitby Town	N/A
4th Nov	Lincoln City 2-1 Morecambe	N/A
4th Nov	Sutton United 2-1 AFC Fylde	N/A
4th Nov	Reading 3-2 MK Dons	N/A
4th Nov	Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Accrington Stanley	Accrington Stanley 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
4th Nov	Chester 0-0 York City	York City 2-1 Chester
4th Nov	Scarborough Athletic 1-1 Forest Green Rovers	Forest Green Rovers 5-2 Scarbrough Athletic (null and void)
4th Nov	Notts County 3-2 Crawley Town	N/A
4th Nov	Stockport County 5-1 Worksop Town	N/A
4th Nov	Yeovil Town 3-2 Gateshead	N/A
4th Nov	Stevenage 4-3 Tranmere Rovers	N/A
4th Nov	Chesham United 0-2 Maidstone United	N/A
4th Nov	AFC Wimbledon 5-1 Cheltenham Town	N/A
4th Nov	Cambridge United 2-1 Bracknell Town	N/A
4th Nov	Ramsgate 2-1 Woking	N/A
4th Nov	Bromley 0-2 Blackpool	N/A
4th Nov	Mansfield Town 1-2 Wrexham AFC	N/A
5th Nov	Chesterfield 1-0 Portsmouth	N/A
5th Nov	Kidderminster Harriers 1-2 Fleetwood Town	N/A
5th Nov	Slough Town 1-1 Grimsby Town	Grimsby Town 7-2 Slough Town
5th Nov	Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Derby County	Derby County 1-3 Crewe Alexandra
5th Nov	Charlton Athletic 1-1 Cray Valley Paper Mills	Cray Valley Paper Mills 1-6 Charlton Athletic
12th Dec	Scarbrough Athletic 4-2 Forest Green Rovers	N/A
None of these games were shown on TV

Prize money for the FA Cup

Round

Winner’s prize

Loser’s prize

4th Round

£120,000

None

5th Round

£225,000

None

Quarter-final

£450,000

None

Semi-final

£1 million

£500,000

Final

£2 million

£1 million

Data from The FA

Like all cup competitions, the prize money goes up depending on how far you get in the competition. The first round is known as the ‘first round proper’ as, even though there are rounds before this, these are qualifying rounds. For the 2023/24 edition of the FA Cup, a club that wins their First Round proper tie gets £41,000. This goes up to £67,000 for the winners in the second round, £105,000 for the winners of the third, £120,000 for the winners of the fourth, and £225,000 for making it to the quarter-finals.

Making it to Wembley by winning in the quarter-finals earns the eight clubs who reach that stage of the competition £450,000. This round is the final round in which the loser receives no money. Losers in the semi-final and final receive £500,000 and £1m, respectively. The two clubs that make it to the final will receive £1m, and the eventual FA Cup winners will pocket themselves £2m in prize money. If a team that came into the competition in the first round (a League One or Two side) were to win the 2024 FA Cup final, they would receive a total of just over £4m. Premier League and Championship sides enter the draw in the third round, so they would only receive £3.9m for winning the trophy.

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Round	Winner’s prize	Loser’s prize
4th Round	£120,000	None
5th Round	£225,000	None
Quarter-final	£450,000	None
Semi-final	£1 million	£500,000
Final	£2 million	£1 million
Data from The FA

How to watch the FA Cup

For viewers in the UK who want to watch the games in the competition, the BBC and ITV Sport are the two broadcasters which televise the games. But there are a few variables to consider. Up until the latter stages of the competition, many of the games are played on a Saturday at 3pm GMT. This means that the games come under the blackout rule, in which football matches can’t be shown on TV in the UK at that time, on a Saturday. So not all the games are available to watch on TV. The games that are available to watch in the UK are shown on the aforementioned channels, which are free-to-air ones.

ESPN has the rights to broadcast the FA Cup in the USA. The way it’s broadcast in America isn’t quite the same as in the UK, but it’s a somewhat similar story. Every game in the third round was shown on ESPN+ in the United States. But, in the second round of the competition, only three games that weren’t shown in the UK were available on ESPN+; Gillingham v Charlton Athletic, Chesterfield v Leyton Orient, and Aldershot Town v Stockport County.