Liverpool to meet Manchester United in the FA Cup 3rd Round

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One of the highlights of the English football season is the FA Cup third round draw. It's the round when the big boys of the Premier League and Championship enter the competition.

The draw has given us just one all-Premier League tie - Manchester United VS Liverpool. Liverpool last won the FA Cup in 2006 when they beat West Ham in a thrilling Final, and United haven't won it since 2004 when they beat Millwall 3-0.

Holders Chelsea will play Roy Keane's Ipswich Town. Arsenal will play Leeds United, whose only FA Cup triumph was in 1972.

Last season's losing finalists Portsmouth will play either Brighton or FC United of Manchester, the club which was only formed in 2005 in response to the Glazers' takeover of Manchester United.

Also, West Ham play Barnsley and Manchester City will take on Leicester City, who are managed by Sven Goran Eriksson, Man City's former manager.

Blackburn take on Championship leaders QPR, the only team in England's top four divisions, other than Manchester United, to remain unbeaten in the league this season, Everton take on Scun thorpe and Manchester minnows Droylsden will play Norwich if they beat Leyton Orient in a replay.

Manchester United get Liverpool in FA Cup third round

The BBC
Sunday 28th November 2010


Man Utd and Liverpool is the only all-Premier League tie of the third round

Manchester United will face bitter rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup.

It is the only all-Premier League tie in a draw that also sees Leeds travel to Arsenal, holders Chelsea face Ipswich and Stevenage play Newcastle.

Sven-Goran Erikson's Leicester host his former club Manchester City, while non-league duo York and Dover are away at Bolton and Huddersfield respectively.

The ties will be played over the weekend of 8/9 January 2011.


The Red Rebels: FC United of Manchester, the youngest team in the FA Cup, being formed only in 2005, drew 1-1 against Brighton in the second round

The stand-out tie at Old Trafford will be the ninth post-war meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool in the competition, with the Red Devils victorious in seven of the previous eight.

However, the last time they met, in a fifth-round tie in 2006, seven-time Cup winners Liverpool recorded their first FA Cup win over United in 85 years courtesy of a single Peter Crouch goal.

Newcastle's trip to Stevenage is a repeat of the 1998 fourth-round tie, when then-non-league Borough held United to a 1-1 draw at home before losing 2-1 in the replay at St James' Park.

Three other teams from outside the Football League took their places in the draw with their second-round ties yet to be decided.

FC United of Manchester will host Portsmouth if they come through their replay against Brighton, while Crawley will tackle Swindon again for the right to take on Derby.

Droylsden, of the Blue Square North Division, face League One Leyton Orient on Monday with a trip to Norwich the prize for the winners.

FA Cup third round draw:

Burnley v Port Vale
Coventry v Crystal Palace
Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham v Peterborough
Doncaster v Wolves
Brighton or FC United of Manchester v Portsmouth
Huddersfield v Dover Athletic
Crawley Town or Swindon v Derby
West Ham v Barnsley
Reading v West Brom
Arsenal v Leeds
Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa
Leicester v Man City
Bolton v York
Blackburn v QPR
Swansea v Colchester
Wycombe v Hereford or Lincoln
Stevenage v Newcastle
Burton Albion v Middlesbrough
Millwall v Birmingham
Southampton v Blackpool
Watford v Hartlepool or Yeovil
Chelsea v Ipswich
Sunderland v Notts County or Bournemouth
Scun thorpe v Everton
Man Utd v Liverpool
Hull v Wigan
Stoke v Cardiff
Tottenham v Charlton or Luton
Preston v Nottingham Forest
Norwich v Droylsden or Leyton Orient
Torquay v Carlisle



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