Chasetown’s big FA Cup clash against Cardiff City will take place at the tiny Staffordshire club’s ground, it was confirmed today.
The third round tie will be played on Saturday January 5, kicking off at 1pm.
The match will have a 2,030-capacity with room for 600 fans from Cardiff.
Ticket prices will be £20 for adults and £14 for concessions including juniors.
The club are now hopeful of securing TV interest from BBC’s Match of the Day.
Chasetown chief executive Mick Joiner said: “We are delighted with the outcome and are confident of staging a safely controlled game, thanks to the help of the FA, Staffordshire police and Cardiff City, whose stewards will be heavily involved in the safety aspect.”
Officials from both clubs – including safety staff from Cardiff – the Football Association and Staffordshire Police met for three hours at the ground on Thursday to plan safety for the tie.
The parties had held a previous meeting on Monday to address safety concerns at the tiny ground.
Police have brought forward Walsall’s tie against Millwall to 2pm on the Saturday to help avoid potential clashes with rival fans.
The British Gas Business Southern League Midlands Division outfit are the lowest level club to ever make the third round of the world’s oldest knockout competition.
Chasetown have launched a campaign to get soul star Heather Small to sing their inspirational FA Cup theme tune live ahead of the clash.
The team, who made it through to the third round of the FA Cup last week for the first time in their history, played her track Proud to get the crowd going ahead of the game with Port Vale.
by Tim Nash
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13 Comments
Good Luck Chasetown!!
Come on chasetown!
Great News!!!
Good luck to you this is what the FA cup is all about Minnows V Big Boys
Obviously you aint going to win the cup but just to draw clubs such as cardiff will keep your club financialy sound for a few years.nobody will relish going to Chasetown
I really hope you can beat them and draw one of the real big boys that big big money .
COME ON CHASETOWN RIP THEM APART AND MAKE SURE ROBBIE FOWLER BREAKS A LEG.
ROB WOLVES FAN
Well done Chasetown on reaching the third round, and for getting the Cardiff match to be played at home. Also good luck in trying to get Heather Small to sing Proud, because you should be.
BOING BOING.
Chasetown should indeed be proud of their progress in the FA Cup and in particular proud to be hosting the mighty Cardiff City, Pride of Wales, at their park. But, even though they are minnows, they are also English, and so can expect no mercy from our players or our supporters.GO YOU BLUEBIRDS!!!!
well done for getting the game played at yours, looking forward to a great F.A. Cup tie!!
what a team
you deserve to win
you deserve to win
good luck
This is the stuff of FA Cup legend. Good luck to Chasetown and savour every second of it. Win or lose, I`m certain non of you players will need to put your hands into your pockets to pay for your beer for some time to come.
Way to go lads, all the best. Believe you can beat them, and you can.
COME ON CHASETOWN! SHOW THOSE UGLY WELSH HOW THE ENGLISH ARE PROUD AND WILL DO ALL WE CAN RIP THOSE WELSH A PART SHOW THEM WHOSE THE REAL DEAL. AS FOR TROUBLE CARDIFS FIRM STAY AT HOME AND PLAY WITH YOUR SHEEP ON THE HILLS!!!!!! CHASETOWN ALL THE WAY!
WAY TO GO LADS SHOW CARDIFF WHOS BOSS AND SHOW NO MERCEY!
DRINKS ON US AFTER THE GAME YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.