FA Cup 2014/15: Fifth Round Referee Appointments

This weekend we see eight ties in the FA Cup, Fifth Round. Just 2 games kicking off at 3pm on Saturday, the games at Blackburn and Derby. Five games to be televised live. Two games with chances of giant-killing heroics are League 1 side Bradford hosting Sunderland on Sunday, and League 1 and riding high Preston hosting Man Utd. The details are:-

Saturday 14 February 2015

4 West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United. k.o. 12.45pm. Live on BT Sport.
Referee Martin Atkinson
Assistant Referees Gary Beswick & Stephen Child
Fourth Official Christopher Foy

6 Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City k.o. 3pm
Referee Anthony Taylor
Assistant Referees Darren Cann & Scott Ledger
Fourth Official Andre Marriner

7 Derby County v Reading. k.o. 3pm
Referee Craig Pawson
Assistant Referees Mark Scholes & Daniel Cook
Fourth Official David Coote

1 Crystal Palace v Liverpool. k.o. 5.30pm. Live on BT Sport
Referee Robert Madley
Assistant Referees John Brooks & Harry Lennard
Fourth Official Michael Jones

Sunday 15 February 2015

2 Arsenal v Middlesbrough k.o. 4pm. Live on BT Sport
Referee Michael Dean
Assistant Referees Stuart Burt & Andrew Garratt
Fourth Official Oliver Langford

3 Aston Villa v Leicester City k.o. 12.30pm. Live on BBC 1.
Referee Mark Clattenburg
Assistant Referees Jake Collin & Constantine Hatzidakis
Fourth Official Roger East

5 Bradford City v Sunderland k.o. 2.30pm
Referee Kevin Friend
Assistant Referees Simon Beck & Lee Betts
Fourth Official Christopher Kavanagh

Monday 16 February 2015

8 Preston North End v Manchester United. K.o. 7.45pm. Live on BBC 1.
Referee Philip Dowd
Assistant Referees Michael Mullarkey & David Bryan
Fourth Official David Webb

The prize for winning the fifth round tie is £180,000 per club. The draw for the 6th round (quarter-finals) will be made live on the BBC on Monday evening.

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