FA Cup Third Round Draw
The draw for the 3rd round of this season’s FA Cup took place earlier this afternoon after. The games will be played over the weekend of 3-4 January 2009. Portsmouth the current FA Cup holders were first to be drawn.
FA Cup 3rd Round 2008/09:
Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Barrow
Hull City v Newcastle
Hartlepool v Stoke
Chelsea v Southend
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff v Reading
Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden
Charlton v Norwich
West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere
Torquay v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester United
Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green Rovers v Derby
QPR v Burnley
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Wigan
Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster
Arsenal v Plymouth
Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v Blackburn
Macclesfield v Everton
Watford v Scunthorpe
Sunderland v Bolton
Coventry v Kidderminster
Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa
To be honest, none of the ties jump out at me as being the obvious choice for ‘tie of the round’, though a repeat of the 1976 FA Cup final between Southampton and Manchester United offers a trip down Memory Lane when odds on favourites, Man Utd lost to the unfancied team from the old Second Division, only to be beaten 1-0 by a Bobby Stokes goal.
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