FA Cup 3rd Round Draw

The Phantom

Who did your team get?

Blackpool v Aldershot/Basingstoke
Barnet v Colchester
Sheff Utd v Swansea
Reading v Burnley
Portsmouth v Wigan
Mansfield/Doncaster v Bolton
West Ham v Brighton
Leicester v Fulham
Derby v Wrexham
Wolves v Oldham
Bury/Chester v Ipswich
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Sheff Wed v Man City
Tamworth v Norwich
Salisbury/Nottm For v Charlton
Cardiff v Tottenham
Preston v Sunderland
Liverpool v Arsenal
Bristol Rovers/Bournemouth v Hereford
Watford v Stockport
Crystal Palace v Swindon
Bristol City v Coventry
Peterborough v Plymouth
QPR v Luton
Southend v Barnsley
West Brom v Leeds
Hull v Middlesbrough
Birmingham v Newcastle
Torquay/Leyton Orient v Southampton
Everton v Blackburn
Chelsea v Macclesfield
Stoke v Bradford/Millwall

Thoughts?

PeaceSells

WWE & PPV Moderator

Hrmmm...United vs Villa. Potentially tough for Man U, especially if Fergie does his usual playing a weaker side trick.

Mikk

WC's Sexy Beast

I'm really wanting us to beat Preston as a cup run would do wonders and i enjoy it too.


Not many chances for giant killing in this round as most of the ties seem to involve teams from the same division which is a shame.

God

Super Moderator

fuckin hell, liverpool in the carling cup and now the fa cup too?

Crocker

Come on Macclesfield

The Phantom

Uniteds game against Villa will be a tricky one, but with home advantage United should go through. I doubt Ferguson will put a weakend side out. He only does that if they play a lower league club in the first few rounds.

Cardiff City vs. Spurs is one match that interests me. City have been flying high untill recently, so it'll be good to measure their progress against one of the top sides in the premiership. This is one match where I can see an upset occuring.

Another upset (if you could call it that) I could see happening, is Birmingham beating Newcastle.

The obvious draw of the round is Arsenal vs. Liverpool. Hopefully it's a good game, at this moment in time I couldn't call it. But I have a sneeky suspicion that Liverpool will turn it on again in the cup competitions.

All in all it wasn't a very interesting draw. No real big team vs little teams, most of the matches seem to be evenly balanced and fron the same league.

Anyone going to go(or try to go) to any of the matches? If my firend can get me a ticket, i'll go with him to watch City vs. Spurs, otherwise I may pop down to the Madjeski if I don't have rugby that evening.

dope2

man united will beat Aston villa 3 times in space of 3 weeks

Thx Ryno for banner ^

God

Super Moderator

after saying that villa will probably win. thats the way these things work keith whoever you say on a public forum will win, will probably lose.

The Phantom

The plum tie of the FA Cup third round between holders Liverpool and Arsenal will be shown live on BBC One on Saturday, 6 January.
The match, which is being played at Anfield, kicks off at 1715 GMT.

Championship side Norwich's trip to Conference team Tamworth will also be screened live at 1230 the same day.

The BBC's final live match of the third round will be the all-Premiership tie between Manchester United and Aston Villa at 1230 on Sunday, 7 January.

Crocker

Also the Cardiff vs Tottenham match is on at 4pm on the Sunday on Sky Sports