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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jacob Steinberg

FA Cup semi-final draw – as it happened

Wembley Stadium is hot favourit to be announced on Friday as the host venue for the the semi-finals
Wembley Stadium will be the next stop in the FA Cup. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

And so ends a riveting draw for the FA Cup semi-finals. They will be played on the weekend of 18 and 19 April. That’s all from me. Night!

Aston Villa v Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers

Bradford City or Reading v Arsenal

The balls are out of the bag...

Peter Schmeichel and Dermot O’Leary are going to do the draw. What a dynamic duo.

Updated

It’s Arsenal, not Manchester United.

Jacob’s currently covering Manchester United v Arsenal in the FA Cup quarter-final, with the draw due to take place at 9.45pm GMT after the game, with Peter Schmeichel and Dermot O’Leary on duty, obviously. But he’ll be here straight after that one wraps up. In the meantime, those big-money balls:

1 Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers
2 Bradford City or Reading
3 Manchester United or Arsenal
4 Aston Villa

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