FA Cup third round draw: Arsenal v Man Utd, Tamworth v Tottenham – as it happened

  • 12/2/2024
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Full draw and report Third round draw in full Southampton v Swansea Arsenal v Manchester United Exeter v Oxford Leyton Orient v Derby Reading v Burnley Aston Villa v West Ham Norwich v Brighton Manchester City v Salford City Millwall v Dagenham & Redbridge Liverpool v Accrington Stanley Bristol City v Wolves Preston v Charlton Chelsea v Morecambe Middlesbrough v Blackburn Bournemouth v West Brom Mansfield v Wigan Athletic Tamworth v Tottenham Hull v Doncaster Sunderland v Stoke Leicester v QPR Brentford v Plymouth Coventry v Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle v Bromley Everton v Peterborough Wycombe v Portsmouth Birmingham v Lincoln City Leeds United v Harrogate Nottingham Forest v Luton Sheffield United v Cardiff Ipswich v Bristol Rovers Fulham v Watford Crystal Palace v Stockport Well, some belting games in there – the full draw is coming up but the obvious standouts are Arsenal v Manchester United and Tamworth v Tottenham. Man City v Salford, Liverpool v Accrington, Chelsea v Morecambe and Newcastle v Bromley might all be more exciting with the lower-league sides at home, although with replays scrapped, some might prefer the bigger pay day. And the last three fixtures are … Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers Fulham v Watford Crystal Palace v Stockport Birmingham City v Lincoln City Leeds United v Harrogate (!) Nottingham Forest v Luton Town Sheffield United v Cardiff City Coventry v Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle v Bromley (!) Everton v Peterborough Wycombe v Portsmouth Hull v Doncaster Sunderland v Stoke Leicester v QPR Brentford v Plymouth Tamworth to host Tottenham! The second non-league side, Tamworth are out of the hat … and they’ll host Tottenham Hotspur! Chelsea v Morecambe Middlesbrough v Blackburn Bournemouth v West Brom Mansfield v Wigan Athletic Millwall v Dagenham & Redbridge Liverpool v Accrington Stanley (who are they?) Bristol City v Wolves Preston v Charlton Exeter v Oxford Leyton Orient v Derby Reading v Burnley Aston Villa v West Ham Norwich v Brighton Manchester City v Salford City (!) Arsenal host Manchester United! Groans around the Old Trafford suite as United land a trip to the Emirates. Woof! The draw begins ... With Southampton v Swansea (the Russell Martin derby) … Mark Hughes and Dion Dublin are drawing the teams. We’re dangerously close to getting started here … Ah, here’s Ruben Amorim instead. “Everybody in Portugal who loves football watching the FA Cup … and it has a history for United. Maybe saving their greatest coach, Alex Ferguson, and beating Newcastle to win the treble.” I take it back, Old Trafford isn’t empty – there are plenty of United fans in attendance, and Cup heroes including Lee Martin and Micky Thomas. No sign of last season’s Cup-winning manager, Erik ten Hag, yet – maybe he’s running late. Here we go On BBC Two, Sarah and Vito have finished chatting about their training techniques, which means it’s time to head over to Kelly Somers at an empty Old Trafford … Ball numbers 1 Bournemouth 2 Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 4 Blackburn 5 Brentford 6 Brighton 7 Bristol City 8 Burnley 9 Cardiff 10 Chelsea 11 Coventry 12 Crystal Palace 13 Derby 14 Everton 15 Fulham 16 Hull City 17 Ipswich 18 Leeds 19 Leicester 20 Liverpool 21 Luton Town 22 Manchester City 23 Manchester United 24 Middlesbrough 25 Millwall 26 Newcastle 27 Norwich 28 Nottingham Forest 29 Oxford United 30 Plymouth 31 Portsmouth 32 Preston 33 QPR 34 Sheffield United 35 Sheffield Wednesday 36 Southampton 37 Stoke City 38 Sunderland 39 Swansea 40 Tottenham 41 Watford 42 West Brom 43 West Ham 44 Wolves 45 Salford City 46 Charlton 47 Exeter 48 Leyton Orient 49 Bristol Rovers 50 Dagenham & Redbridge 51 Accrington Stanley 52 Lincoln City 53 Tamworth 54 Birmingham 55 Mansfield 56 Peterborough 57 Stockport 58 Wycombe 59 Morecambe 60 Bromley 61 Doncaster 62 Reading 63 Harrogate 64 Wigan Preamble Is romance truly dead? This season’s FA Cup might lead you think so. For starters, only two non-league sides have made it into the famous third round, an early sign that removing replays might cut the number of giantkilling runs. Fifth-tier side Tamworth did profit from a penalty shootout to eliminate Burton Albion, while Dagenham & Redbridge – above their National League cohorts on goal difference – won at AFC Wimbledon to book their place. Also, with no live TV game tonight, the draw is not being held in a freshly renovated non-league clubhouse, or sparsely furnished League Two conference room. No, it’s taking place at the home of the holders, Manchester United. They are one of several certified big boys dropping into the draw, eager to snuff out any final sparks of FA Cup fun. Still, the Cup still usually finds a way. The draw begins at 7pm-ish, GMT.

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