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IT'S CHELSEA v CARDIFF

Posted on: Mon 25 Jan 2010

Cardiff City have been drawn away to Premier League Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Chelsea, third in the Premier, are the highest-placed team left in the FA Cup after Arsenal's Sunday afternoon defeat at Stoke and Manchester United's shock third round exit at the hands of Leeds.

FA Cup holders Chelsea have reached the last 16 after beating Championship opposition in Watford and Preston, but Bluebirds boss Dave Jones said: "We won't go to Stamford Bridge fearful. Everyone here will be looking forward to playing against them and it will be a good experience.

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"I'd be disappointed if my players weren't looking forward to strutting their stuff at Chelsea, If we could pull off a result, it will be another great day in our history, and we'll try to see to it that our fans have a great day. They deserve it after the way they got behind us in the match against Leicester."

Ties will be played on the weekend of February 13/14. Ticket arrangements will appear on this website first - keep in touch!

Cardiff, FA Cup finalists in 2008, reached the fifth round with a thrilling 4-2 win over Leicester City on Saturday, clinching the victory in time added on after the teams had been locked at 2-2 on 90 minutes. The way the team battled back to win, after trailing 2-1 at half time, had the fans dreaming of a Wembley return.

The last time we played Chelsea in the FA Cup was in 1927 - the year we won the trophy. The Bluebirds drew the sixth round tie 0-0 in front of a crowd of 70,184 at Stamford Bridge before winning the replay 3-2 at Ninian Park, where the attendance was 47,853

Our place in round five also means that we will have to reschedule our Championship trip to Ipswich Town.

Full draw:

Wolves or Palace v Aston Villa

Man City v Stoke

Derby v Birmingham

Bolton v Tottenham or Leeds

Chelsea v CARDIFF CITY

Fulham v Notts Co or Wigan

Reading v West Brom

Southampton v Portsmouth

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