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Cup Final Drawing Nearer
FA Cup third round: Arsenal v Leicester City and Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest.
Overview
FA Cup third round ties between Arsenal and Leicester in front of 39,000 at Highbury and Cardiff City at home against Nottingham Forest with 50,000 in attendance. This short and sweet newsreel item features one goal from Arsenal's 3-0 victory and three goals from Cardiff's 4-1 convincing defeat of Forest. In the next round both Arsenal and Cardiff would lose, in replays.
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