Schedule - Crazy Arsenal run

[Skorpan]

How is the schedule made up? Is it a free draw? Or is there a ranking depending on their last year position in the league? Because Arsenal have a crazy run in end of jan and beinning of feb...

Wed 27 Jan A Aston Villa
Sat 30 Jan H Manchester United
Sat 6 Feb A Chelsea
Tue 9 Feb H Liverpool

I'm a Liverpool fan so I like what I see. But I would like to know how it comes that they got a run like this!

[AFC 4 Ever]

Scheduling is a very long and gruelling process by a bunch of people within the FA. The games are scheduled seperately, but factors such as how many home & away matches, travelling distances etc are considered.