Date Set For FA Cup Fifth Round Tie - Ipswich Town News
Town or Burnley will host Sheffield Wednesday or Fleetwood on Wednesday 1st March in the FA Cup fifth round, the FA has announced (KO 7.30pm).
The Blues and Clarets meet in a fourth round replay at Turf Moor on Tuesday, the first match at Portman Road having ended 0-0. Town last made the fifth round in 2007.
The Cod Army and Owls also meet in their replay on Tuesday at the Highbury Stadium.
The fifth round match will be shown live on the BBC iPlayer.
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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Ipswich Town - Match AbandonedTown look set to face a return trip to Blackburn Rovers later in the season after this afternoon’s game was abandoned after 80 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch with the home side 1-0 up and with the Blues down to 10 men. Jacob Greaves was shown a straight red card four minutes after the break for hauling down Yuki Ohashi, then Rovers skipper Todd Cantwell netted a penalty on 59, but the heavy rain had made the game increasingly farcical the longer it progressed and in the 80th minute referee Stephen Martin took the players off and then 25 minutes later abandoned it entirely.