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The Guardian - UK
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Sport
John Brewin

FA Cup: third round draw: Arsenal to host Liverpool, Newcastle face Sunderland – as it happened

FA Cup
The FA Cup trophy
The FA Cup trophy awaits at Wembley for those who can negotiate five more rounds. Photograph: Jon Super/AP

And the holders, Manchester City, got Huddersfield, currently in revival mode under Darren Moore.

And three all-Premier League ties

  • Crystal Palace v Everton

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

  • Arsenal v Liverpool

The non-league teams didn’t get the best draw, though perhaps there’s a path to the next round for each of them.

  • Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

  • Watford v Chesterfield/Leyton Orient

  • AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town

  • Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall

  • Maidstone v Stevenage or Port Vale

With apologies to Arsenal and Liverpool, the Tyne-Wear derby is the tie of the round.

Full draw details

  • Hull City v Birmingham City

  • Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

  • Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United

  • Maidstone United v Stevenage or Port Vale

  • Coventry City v Oxford United

  • Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Chelsea v Preston North End

  • QPR v Bournemouth

  • Gillingham v Sheffield United

  • Swansea City v Morecambe

  • Manchester City v Huddersfield Town

  • Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United

  • Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers

  • Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

  • Crystal Palace v Everton

  • Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

  • Sunderland v Newcastle United

  • Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

  • Millwall v Leicester CIty

  • Watford v Chesterfield/Leyton Orient

  • AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town

  • Peterborough United v Leeds United

  • West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot or Stockport County

  • Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

  • Fulham v Rotherham United

  • Norwich City v Crewe or Bristol Rovers

  • West Ham v Bristol City

  • Arsenal v Liverpool

  • Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion

  • Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

  • Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham or Yeovil Town

Ties to be played the weekend of 6 January.

Updated

That concludes the draw

Hull v Birmingham

Newport or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Maidstone v Stevenage or Port Vale

Plymouth v Sutton

Brentford v Wolves

Coventry v Oxford United

QPR v Bournemouth

Chelsea v Preston

Swansea v Morecambe

Gillingham v Sheffield United

Blackburn v Cambridge

Manchester City v Huddersfield

Wigan v Manchester United

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

Crystal Palace v Everton

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff

Sunderland v Newcastle

Sunderland v Newcastle

Updated

Watford v Chesterfield or Leyton Orient

Millwall v Leicester

Peterborough v Leeds

AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich

Southampton v Alfreton or Walsall

West Brom v Aldershot or Stockport

Fulham v Rotherham

Tottenham v Burnley

West Ham v Bristol City

Norwich v Crewe or Bristol Rovers

Stoke v Brighton

Arsenal v Liverpool

Arsenal v Liverpool

Shrewsbury v Wrexham or Yeovil

And away we go

Luton v Bolton

Here we go, with Seema Jaswal presenting from FA HQ. Making the draw are Jen Beattie and Trevor Steven, a winner in 1984. Still Berwick-on-Tweed’s best ever footballer? Jen won the women’s trophy four times.

The draw is taking place before Eastleigh and Reading and will take place at 12.55pm. Eastleigh got Manchester United in the dummy draw. You’d have to fancy them to win that one.

Updated

Let’s hope there’s no nonsense this time, shall we? (OK, maybe it might be a laugh.)

Who’s in the mix?

Preamble

Good afternoon, it falls upon I, Kings Place’s answer to Graham Kelly and Giorgio Marchetti, to run you through the FA Cup third round. Still one of the most evocative days of the year, this is when the tournament comes into its own before later becoming the plaything of the elite.

The draw will take place around 12.55pm, UK time. So, here’s the balls to be warmed.

  • 1. AFC Bournemouth

  • 2. Arsenal

  • 3. Aston Villa

  • 4. Birmingham City

  • 5. Blackburn Rovers

  • 6. Brentford

  • 7. Brighton & Hove Albion

  • 8. Bristol City

  • 9. Burnley

  • 10. Cardiff City

  • 11. Chelsea

  • 12. Coventry City

  • 13. Crystal Palace

  • 14. Everton

  • 15. Fulham

  • 16. Huddersfield Town

  • 17. Hull City

  • 18. Ipswich Town

  • 19. Leeds United

  • 20. Leicester City

  • 21. Liverpool

  • 22. Luton Town

  • 23. Manchester City

  • 24. Manchester United

  • 25. Middlesbrough

  • 26. Millwall

  • 27. Newcastle United

  • 28. Norwich City

  • 29. Nottingham Forest

  • 30. Plymouth Argyle

  • 31. Preston North End

  • 32. Queens Park Rangers

  • 33. Rotherham United

  • 34. Sheffield United

  • 35. Sheffield Wednesday

  • 36. Southampton

  • 37. Stoke City

  • 38. Sunderland

  • 39. Swansea City

  • 40. Tottenham Hotspur

  • 41. Watford

  • 42. West Bromwich Albion

  • 43. West Ham United

  • 44. Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • 45. Maidstone United

  • 46. Morecambe

  • 47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town

  • 48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient

  • 49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County

  • 50. Alfreton Town or Walsall

  • 51. Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers

  • 52. Cambridge United

  • 53. Bolton Wanderers

  • 54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town

  • 55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers

  • 56. Peterborough United

  • 57. Eastleigh or Reading

  • 58. Gillingham

  • 59. Stevenage

  • 60. Newport County or Barnet

  • 61. Oxford United

  • 62. York City or Wigan Athletic

  • 63. Sutton United

  • 64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate

The third round is scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, 6 January.

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