FA Cup quarter-final buildup, European draws and more – live!

This is like the bit where everyone’s inexplicably crammed into the three square metres of your kitchen. Click on:

Eni Aluko has written for us, and especially for you, on Ronaldo and Juve:

Too … Many … Cups! No, not true, the FA Trophy is great – I’ve been to a few finals at Wembley and it’s a day out I’d highly recommend. In our ropey party hosting analogy, it’s the amiable old schoolfriend who’ll rub along nicely enough with your New Friends with no risk of being a loose cannon rather than the mate of a mate who makes up the numbers but vomits upstairs. Anyway. The games are:

Leyton Orient v AFC Telford (Sat 3pm); Fylde v Stockport (Sat 3pm)

Those are first legs. There are good stories around all four clubs there – let’s see who makes it through …

On the topic of that Watford v Palace tie – I really enjoyed this interview by Simon Burnton with Adrian Mariappa, and I’m confident you will, too:

Today feels a bit like when you host a party and never actually get to exchange more than a cursory word with anyone you’ve invited. Lovely to see you and how’s life but what did I do with the vol au vents? We smoothly segue from those midweek European ties to a weekend of Premier League, FA Cup, Championship action and much more – only we don’t, quite, because those big Champions League and Europa League draws begin around 90 minutes from now, in theory at least, and all eyes will be on those. I’ll run separate blogs on those – so please regard this one as home, the control centre, a touchstone, a beacon in the dark, where you can air your boldest thoughts and deepest fears about *any aspect* of the weekend’s football ahead.

I’ll run through some of the fixtures we look forward to.

FA Cup quarter-finals

Watford v Crystal Palace (Sat 12.15pm); Swansea v Manchester City (Sat 5.20pm); Wolves v Manchester United (Sat 7.55pm); Millwall v Brighton (Sun 2pm)

Premier League

West Ham v Huddersfield (Sat 3pm); Burnley v Leicester (Sat 3pm); Bournemouth v Newcastle (Sat 3pm); Fulham v Liverpool (Sun 2.15pm); Everton v Chelsea (Sun 4.30pm)

Championship (selected)

Leeds v Sheffield United (Sat 12.30pm); Rotherham v Norwich (Sat 3pm); Aston Villa v Middlesbrough (Sat 3pm); Brentford v West Brom (Sat 3pm)

OK, that gets us started so let’s crack on. Are you at a game anywhere this weekend? Get your emails and tweets in – addresses above – and off we go …