Tottenham Hotspur discovered their fate in the FA Cup yesterday evening when the 4th round fixtures were drawn following Wolves clash with Liverpool at Molineux. Whilst the draw returned the Lilywhites an away trip to Crystal Palace, it could have been a lot worse and the fans were all massively relieved to see an away trip to Selhurst Park.
We have been drawn away to @CPFC in the fourth round of the @EmiratesFACup.
Ties will take place between 25 and 28 January.#COYS pic.twitter.com/cmBYgHjNL1
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 7, 2019
Whilst Palace away isn’t the easy game that the club could have been given, it’s still very winnable. However, whilst the draw was being conducted and Tottenham fans waited for their ball to be pulled out, the teams kept getting whittled down. Eventually, the last four balls in the hat were Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham and Crystal Palace, so for Spurs to get Palace was a huge relief.
The first of those last four teams to get drawn was Arsenal, and at that point the Lilywhites all believed they’d be going through a repeat of their Carabao Cup quarter-final where they had to travel to The Emirates. Instead, though, it will be one of either Manchester United or Arsenal bowing out of the cup, and Spurs fans will back themselves to overcome Palace and be in the hat for the 5th round draw.
You can read the Lilywhites’ thoughts on the draw here:
Thought we were gonna get arsenal away
— h (@harvey10101) January 7, 2019
I was sitting there thinking please not arsenal or united
— William Johnson (@William70099565) January 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/jgn88n/status/1082395107222011905
I fully thought we were going back to the Emirates
— Lord Jake (@sharpe1_jake) 7 January 2019
Of course we would be the last team announced. Not fun for my nerves.
— Michael Lipari (@Lipari22) January 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/HazSpur92/status/1082395600761618432
https://twitter.com/mattbarber_/status/1082397834576621568
https://twitter.com/szechuancereaI1/status/1082395179552776193
Wow that was tense!
— RaymondFearon (@raymondfearon68) January 7, 2019
The Lilywhites were delighted to be drawn away at Palace and will be grateful to have missed out on facing one of their top six rivals in such an early stage of the cup.
