The big games keep coming for Manchester United after they were drawn against arch rivals Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. They will meet at Old Trafford on the weekend of January 8-9 in the undoubted tie of the round. The two sides have shared some memorable FA Cup matches. Tommy Docherty’s United beat Liverpool to win the FA Cup at Wembley in 1977 and Eric Cantona fired Sir Alex Ferguson’s side to a 1-0 win in 1996. The teams have met twice in the competition since then with United winning 2-1 in the fourth round in their treble winning season of 1999 and Liverpool won 1-0 in the fifth round at Anfield in 2006 before going on to lift the trophy.
The much hoped for tie aginst red rebels FC United will not happen after they were given a possible home tie against Portsmouth if they can get past Brighton in their away second round replay. The full draw is…
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
Scunthorpe 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
Do we have to give the scouse so many tickets for this one!if Fergie puts out a decent team UTD will not have a problem, but I can see him changing the team about for this one,no doubt Woy will play his strongest, after all the scousers will be desperate for any kind of Trophy wont they!