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FA Cup: Watford face four games in nine days after replay postponement

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Liverpool Women's match against Manchester United at Prenton Park was postponed on Sunday

Watford could play four games in nine days following the postponement of their FA Cup third-round replay at Tranmere due to heavy rainfall.

The rescheduled match will now be played next Thursday (23 January), following Saturday's game against Tottenham and Tuesday's meeting with relegation rivals Aston Villa.

If they defeat Tranmere, Watford will play either Wolves or Manchester United on Sunday, 26 January.

The teams drew 3-3 in the first game.

The Football Association said: "After consultation with all the relevant parties, in order to keep the competition on track and reduce the risk of causing fixture disruption elsewhere, the match has been rescheduled for Thursday, 23 January - 19:45 GMT kick-off."

Watford's fixture congestion
Saturday, 18 January - v Tottenham (h)
Tuesday, 21 January - v Aston Villa (a)
Thursday, 23 January - v Tranmere (a)
Sunday, 26 January - Wolves/Man Utd (h) - if Watford beat Tranmere

Liverpool Women's match against Manchester United at Tranmere's Prenton Park home was postponed on Sunday because of bad weather.

The first game between the clubs ended in a thrilling draw as the League One side fought back from 3-0 down.

In a post on Twitter,external-link Tranmere said: "The ground staff have worked tirelessly over the past few days in an attempt to get the game on but were unfortunately beaten by the weather."

Tranmere had earlier said a normal pre-match pitch inspection was due at 18:30 GMT, but with more heavy rain falling the game was called off around 13:30 GMT.

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  • Comment posted by Thomas, at 17:40 14 Jan 2020

    Meanwhile, Tranmere Rovers will definitely play three games in six days as it stands but that seems to deserve no mention. Nice, well balanced reporting from the BBC as ever.

  • Comment posted by OnyxGuitarChicken, at 17:36 14 Jan 2020

    Play the bloody game for gods sake , 25 yard sliding tackles , ball not rolling , players slipping left right nd centre , itll be just like the early 60's fantastic. Soft gits .

  • Comment posted by RW, at 17:40 14 Jan 2020

    Well in that case expect our under 23s to play Tranmere as there is no way we are going to jeopardise staying up due to FA cup replay dates.

    I would prefer Tranmere to win as progressing would be brilliant for them and they would get more from it.

  • Comment posted by some girls are bigger than other girls mothers, at 17:56 14 Jan 2020

    Should not have thrown away a 3 goal lead in the first place.

  • Comment posted by stooge, at 17:32 14 Jan 2020

    With a potential Man U game scheduled for TV on the Sunday it just HAD to be played before somehow. TV dictates.

  • Comment posted by ChristchurchBee, at 17:47 14 Jan 2020

    If premier league teams didn't overestimate their squad players, underestimate the opposition and make a serious attempt to win first time, they wouldn't need to worry about replays

  • Comment posted by IssP227, at 19:27 14 Jan 2020

    @13 "Tranmere will definitely play three games in 6 days as it stands but that seems to deserve no mention. Nice, well balanced reporting from the BBC as ever"

    Tranmere will play a midweek game between their weekend games, that's nothing unusual. Watford might end up playing 2 midweek games between their weekend games, that's unusual.

    But yeah, twist it to try and feed your anti-BBC agenda.

  • Comment posted by ArmleyTranmere, at 17:37 14 Jan 2020

    Maybe if Trannys pitch didn't have 40+ games a season on it we would have half a chance of getting games on

  • Comment posted by John, at 18:25 14 Jan 2020

    And Tranmere dont have a fixture pile up either? Or is that ignored as they arent a Premier League Club?

  • Comment posted by HornetGamer, at 19:10 14 Jan 2020

    Hats off to Tranmere for calling it off early by the way. Lesser clubs would have waited until our away fans were all the way up the M6 before announcing what was obvious at lunchtime.

  • Comment posted by dougie, at 18:11 14 Jan 2020

    Absolute farce to keep the TV companies happy.

    How are the BBC going to spin this for their ram the "magic" of the FA cup down everyone's throats agenda?

    I hope Pearson plays only the under 23s and I don't care if we lose.

    3 days to sort out ticketing for the winner will be a nightmare, but that's not the TV companies' concern.

  • Comment posted by john russell, at 17:47 14 Jan 2020

    Easiest way for Watford would be next Tuesday (21st) to postpone the match against Aston Villa and instead play Tranmere. Then re-schedule the match against Aston Villa for later in the season.

  • Comment posted by On the Mersey, at 17:30 14 Jan 2020

    Thank God for that, really didn't fancy going out in this weather tonight!

  • Comment posted by Jimmy, at 19:48 14 Jan 2020

    So the players will train less and play more that week. The full squad will be used. That can only be a good thing for the fringe players and youngsters. I'm a Watford supporter and I have no issue with this.

  • Comment posted by Jim Morrison, at 19:47 14 Jan 2020

    Pearson will just got on with it, he won’t complain. That’s the measure of the man.

    So underrated.

  • Comment posted by HARRYBOY55, at 17:57 14 Jan 2020

    @ 15 BBC RTI

    This thread has nothing to do with LFC. Its about Watford.

  • Comment posted by SaintG, at 19:31 14 Jan 2020

    On the issue of replays. As much as I despise them and want nothing to do with them ever, I think we could learn something from the French. One tie, extra time and penalties, and regardless of the draw, whoever is the lower ranked side gets to play at home. Should also give 100% of gate to the home side if they’re smaller when playing a PL/Ch side

  • Comment posted by K Pasa, at 19:12 14 Jan 2020

    Nice to know Watford fans are able to afford to watch four games in a week

    Most fans can,t afford to watch one game such are the ridiculous prices

  • Comment posted by joffey, at 18:21 14 Jan 2020

    Watford are not treating fa cup with ist team players in fa cup so these are not extra ist team games

  • Comment posted by alistair10, at 18:17 14 Jan 2020

    There are no midweek Premier League games until early December and then a barrage of games in that month. By the time the FA Cup comes around managers rightly rest players for fear of burnout. Why do we need a fixture on the 28th December? Surely Boxing Day and New Years is sufficient, with one or two empty midweeks in August or September being used instead.

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