FA Cup draw delayed as West Brom vs Wolves carnage forces ITV to vary plans

The FA Cup fifth spherical draw has been delayed by the violent scenes at West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Fans burst onto the sphere on the Hawthorns shortly after Wolves doubled their lead via Matheus Cunha within the 79th minute. The bother is known to have been brought on by some Wolves followers celebrating the targets whereas sitting in the identical stands as the house supporters.

Not solely did the violence trigger the match to be instantly halted, frightened West Brom gamers hurried into the stands themselves to get their relations and kids out and onto the pitch. As a results of the match being halted, the FA Cup draw needed to be pushed again.

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It was initially scheduled to happen at 2.10pm, when the Black Country derby was anticipated to have ended. However, as a result of delay, the order was fully knocked out of sync and the draw needed to be pushed again til after the match.

An announcement quickly revealed it might happen at half-time of Liverpool’s FA Cup conflict towards Norwich City. Once relative calm was restored on the Hawthorns, the conflict was capable of be accomplished.

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West Brom gamers had been seen getting their youngsters out of the stands
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However, there have been no extra targets or actual motion as Gary O’Neil’s facet managed to carry onto their 2-0 away result in put themselves within the hat for the following spherical. Unfortunately, the sport will probably greatest be remembered for the way in which wherein it precipitated the sport to be briefly suspended.

It took round 35 minutes for the match to be restarted from the second followers entered the sphere of play.

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