FA Cup 3rd Round Draw

[Tom_NUFC]

Wimbledon v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Sheffield United
Wycombe Wanderers or Mansfield Town v Burnley
Crewe Alexandra v Telford United
Bristol City or Barnsley v Scunthorpe United
Portsmouth v Blackpool
Northampton Town v Rotherham United
Fulham v Cheltenham Town
Manchester City v Leicester City
Southampton v Newcastle United
Yeovil Town v Liverpool
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion
Watford v Chelsea
Kidderminster Harriers v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Gillingham v Charlton Athletic
Swansea City v Macclesfield Town
Leeds United v Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Southend United v Port Vale or Scarborough
Sunderland v Hartlepool United
Tranmere Rovers v Bolton Wanderers
Preston North End v Reading
Wigan Athletic v West Ham United
Middlesbrough v Notts County
Ipswich Town v Derby County
Coventry City v Peterborough United
Everton v Norwich City
Accrington Stanley v Colchester United
Bradford City v Luton Town
Millwall v Walsall

[Rev]

Manchester City v Leicester City
Southampton v Newcastle United
Yeovil Town v Liverpool
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers
Watford v Chelsea
Leeds United v Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Everton v Norwich City

some interesting fixtures in there....liverpool and chelsea have some comparatively easy games! :clap

[Rev]

FA Cup holders Arsenal will travel to Leeds in the third round of this season's competition.

The Elland Road club, who moved off the bottom of the Barclaycard Premiership yesterday with a home draw against Chelsea, have home advantage in the match against the nine-times winners.

Manchester United, who have won the competition more times than any other club - 10 - also face an all Premiership encounter, away at Aston Villa.

There are three other all-Premiership contests over the weekend of January 3-4.

Southampton will meet Newcastle at St Mary's Stadium, while Birmingham take on Blackburn at St Andrews in a match won 4-0 by the visitors yesterday.

Manchester City, who have not won the competition since 1969, face the side they beat that day - Leicester - in round three.

Famous giant-killers Yeovil, who earned Football League status in the summer, were given a dream tie against Liverpool - competition winners in 2001.

Watford, unexpected semi-finalists last year before their run in the competition was ended by the Saints, have home advantage against big-spending Chelsea, runners-up in 2002.

Eight-times winners Tottenham have home advantage in a London derby against 1990 finalists Crystal Palace, while Middlesbrough and Portsmouth - who played out a goalless draw on Teesside yesterday - were both drawn at home to Division Two opposition.

Steve McClaren's men are at home to Notts County while Pompey take on 1953 winners Blackpool.

Cheltenham travel to Premiership side Fulham, while Division Three rivals Kidderminster were given an appealing home draw against top flight strugglers Wolves.

Midlands rivals West Brom are away to Nottingham Forest, Charlton and Bolton are at Gillingham and Tranmere respectively, and Everton take on Norwich.

Of the non-league teams left, Telford were rewarded for their 3-0 defeat of Brentford yesterday with a trip to Nationwide Division One Crewe.

Nationwide Conference rivals Accrington, who won a replay with Bournemouth after a 1-1 draw on the south coast yesterday, will have home advantage against Colchester if they win the rematch on December 16.

Derby boss George Burley returns to Portman Road with Ipswich paired against the Rams - less than 24 hours after Town came out on top 2-1 in Division One.

Wigan and West Ham meet at the JJB Stadium, while Hartlepool's reward for seeing off Burton Albion today is a trip up the A19 to take on Sunderland.

Swansea's match with the winners of the Cambridge v Macclesfield replay means Division Three is guaranteed a presence in the fourth round.

[The Special One]

liverpool V yeovil! = the pic of the draw, what a game that should be!

[ruud best]

liverpool V yeovil! = the pic of the draw, what a game that should be!


I don't know why people are getting excited about this tie,IMO there's no chance of an "upset" and Liverpool will win by 2 or 3 goals.
I think it's the worse 3rd round draw ever,half the prem drawn against each other!

[Rev]

last time round we had a tough fixture against man city at maine road.

but i agree it has been a very unusual draw

[Smeg Devil]

well i think this draw is quite shocking.......

the big upset could possibly be at yeovil, its away and yeovil will be up for it with their sloping pitch!

leeds vs arsenal aint that bad i suppose, at least we getting "back" on track and should be able to provide a decent match!

[Foley87]

ruud best will you ever say anything good abot a game involving pool

yeovil have got a very good chance of defeating pool and is by far the tie of the round

[Rev]

The BBC have picked Liverpool's game at Yeovil for their televised match.


The game will kick off at 1.00pm on Sunday 4th January.

[Dave_BCFC]

With that draw a few nationwide clubscould go a long wayim sure there will be at least one in the semi's maybe even one in the final if the draw goes right for them but the fa will rig it to make sure the final is an all premiership affair.

[Foley87]

why do you say that dave

how can the draw be rigged?

[Manic Loop]

yeovil age picked cos bbc know its eithr a wlakover, plenty ofgoals, or a close tied exciting cup tie

[Dave_BCFC]

why do you say that dave

how can the draw be rigged?

How many times has there been a premiership club v a nationwide club in the semi's and the premiership club went through, mainly due to a dodgy refereeing descision ?

I'm thinking mainly Chesterfield and League cup final when saying this.

[The Special One]

How many times has there been a premiership club v a nationwide club in the semi's and the premiership club went through, mainly due to a dodgy refereeing descision ?

I'm thinking mainly Chesterfield and League cup final when saying this.

if your f.a. rigged cups, people would click on and boycott the games, it would be to big a risk for even your "joke" of an f.a. to take, luck has a lot to do with it.

[Red Devil]

Congratulations to Accrington Stanley, put Bournemouth out last night.

[The Special One]

Congratulations to Accrington Stanley, put Bournemouth out last night.

i watched that game on sky sports last night, the accrington keeper looked pissed when they swapped him right before the peno shoot out

[Red Devil]

Yes, but he was fine when he realised the clever tactics behind it all. The sub keeper can take wicked penalties!!!

[Celticrugby]

It was a good game, I got to watch it live. I love penalties. Too bad you have to wait for 2 hours before you get to them.

[The Special One]

Yes, but he was fine when he realised the clever tactics behind it all. The sub keeper can take wicked penalties!!!

he wudda bin even more pissed if they had lost it, i felt sorry for him though

[Manic Loop]

oooooooooooooh masnfield, come on super stags, im tipping them for a big shock this year

[Red Devil]

Scunthorpe set up a meeting with Barnsley in the third round of the FA Cup after recording a penalty shoot-out win over Sheffield Wednesday. The two sides could not be separated throughout the 120 minutes, but Scunthorpe held their nerve the better to secure a 3-1 victory. Peter Beagrie, Kevin Sharp and Steven McLean all converted for The Iron, while Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu, Robbie Mustoe and Brian Barry-Murphy all failed to find a way past Tom Evans to hand the visitors victory. Chances in open play were few and far between, although Lloyd Owusu should have won the game in the last minute but his effort crashed off the post and Adam Proudlock wasted a superb early chance.

The Owls were made to pay as they wilted under the pressure of the shoot-out, as Steven Haslam was their only successful taker.

[Ross420]

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Play up Preston, play up!

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[Red Devil]

Wimbledon v Stoke City (1-1)
Cardiff City v Sheffield United (0-1)
Mansfield Town v Burnley (0-2)
Crewe Alexandra v Telford United (0-1)
Barnsley v Scunthorpe United (0-0)
Portsmouth v Blackpool (2-1)
Northampton Town v Rotherham United (1-1)
Fulham v Cheltenham Town (2-1)
Manchester City v Leicester City (2-2)
Southampton v Newcastle United (0-3)
Yeovil Town v Liverpool(0-2)
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers (2-0)
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion (1-0)
Watford v Chelsea (2-2)
Kidderminster Harriers v Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1)
Gillingham v Charlton Athletic (3-2)
Swansea City v Macclesfield Town (2-1)
Leeds United v Arsenal (1-3)
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace (3-0)
Aston Villa v Manchester United (1-2)
Southend United v Scarborough (1-1)
Sunderland v Hartlepool United (1-0)
Tranmere Rovers v Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
Preston North End v Reading (3-3)
Wigan Athletic v West Ham United (1-2)
Middlesbrough v Notts County (2-0)
Ipswich Town v Derby County (3-0)
Coventry City v Peterborough United (2-1)
Everton v Norwich City (3-1)
Accrington Stanley v Colchester United (0-0)
Bradford City v Luton Town (1-2)
Millwall v Walsall (2-1)

Teams through in bold (so far)

[Red Devil]

Kidderminster, 1 minute from glory, let in Rae to equalise. I think thats Kidderminster's chance gone now. Shame! Congrats to Telford winning away 1-0 at Crewe. And to Gillingham coming from behind to win 3-2. Bad luck to Hartlepool losing 0-1 at Sunderland in the Northeast derby.

Bad luck Yeovil, you did yourselves proud!