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Exeter City earn replay at Liverpool after 2-2 draw
Goals from Tom Nichols and Lee Holmes means League Two Exeter City will head to Anfield to take on Liverpool in a replay.
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Exeter superfan 'Jester George' jetting to Anfield
Airline supports Grecians with flights to and from Liverpool replay
European regional airline, Flybe has pulled out all the stops to support Exeter City as the team makes plans to travel to Liverpool next Wednesday (20 January) for their FA Cup replay match against the Reds.
As the club's official sponsor, Flybe is hoping that they can get the team and its supporters to Liverpool ’faster than road or rail’.
The airline are putting on special offers for flights to Manchester ahead of the match.
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Exeter City confirm match date at Anfield
Exeter City have confirmed they'll play Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday 20 January.
The game will kick-off at 8pm.
The news comes as the club confirmed that tickets have arrived for next week's FA Cup Third Round replay.
If the Grecians beat Liverpool then their fourth round tie against West Ham will be shown live on BT Sport at 5.30pm on Saturday 30 January.
Tickets for Exeter v Liverpool replay have arrived
Exeter City confirm that tickets have arrived for next week's FA Cup Third Round replay at Liverpool.
The club are running an in-person sales service starting from 6pm tonight (13 January) in the Grecian Lounge. But for those who've already ordered and are looking to pick up their tickets, those won't be ready for collection until later in the week.
Online sales will continue as normal.
The Grecians will be taking on the Reds at Anfield next week.
Grecians goalscorer Holmes talks about his goal
Lee Holmes scored Exeter City's second goal direct from a corner kick in first half stoppage time.
The midfielder says as soon as he took the corner, he felt the ball had a chance of going into the goal:
Klopp jokes about the size of the changing rooms
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp spoke to the media after his side's 2-2 draw with Exeter City, and joked about the cramped changing rooms at St James Park:
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Exeter City earn replay at Anfield after 2-2 thriller
Exeter earn replay at Liverpool after 2-2 draw
Goals from Tom Nichols and Lee Holmes means League Two Exeter City will head to Anfield to take on Liverpool in a replay.
The Grecians took the lead twice, firstly through Nichols in the ninth minute and then again seconds before the interval at half time.
Striker Tom Nichols was named man of the match.
WATCH: Norwegian Exeter City fan travels nearly 1,300 miles for the match
Marius Bik, an Exeter City fan who's travelled all the way from Norway for tonight's match which will see the Grecians take on the Liverpudlian Reds.
Marius is one of 23 people who made the trip from Norway to Exeter especially.
Ian and Kylie spoke to him ahead of the game at St James' Park.
WATCH: Coldplay's Chris Martin wishes good luck to Exeter
Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin has taken to Twitter to post a good luck message to The Grecians ahead of tonight's game against Liverpool FC.
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