FA Cup fifth round tie is switched to Sunday
ORIENT’S FA Cup fifth round clash with Arsenal will be played on Sunday, February 20, with the game kicking off at 4.30pm.
The match will be shown live on ESPN and the O’s will pick up �247,500.
It’s the first time for 29 years that Orient have reached the fifth round and the last time they played Arsenal in the competition was back in 1978, in a semi-final tie, which the Gunners won 3-0.
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