Toon vs Saints: FA Cup 5th Round (Plus Reaction)

By Matt Jones
January 30 2006

The full FA Cup fifth round draw. Newcastle United will take on Southampton at home on the weekend of Saturday 18th February. Reaction from Graeme Souness and Alan Shearer follows..

Fifth Round Draw:

Preston or Crystal Palace v Coventry or Boro
Newcastle v Southampton
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Everton or Chelsea v Colchester United
Charlton v Brentford
Liverpool v Manchester United
Bolton v West Ham
Stoke City v Reading or Birmingham City

Newcaslte boss Graeme Souness and Alan Shearer were delighted with the draw.

Souness: "All you can ask for is a home draw, and we've got that so we have to be happy.

"We would love a good cup run, but we won't be looking any further than this round and we will prepare properly for it.

"But all in all we have to be happy with the draw, there are a few ties that have paired some of the big boys together so things could be interesting."

Shearer added: "We were delighted to get into the fifth round with a good win over Cheltenham, and all we wanted was a home draw.

"Southampton are obviously one of my former clubs, I know they had a good win over Leicester at the weekend, and it's a game we will look forward to."


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