FA Cup round 3 draw

[Real Madrid]

West Bromwich Albion v Reading
Fulham v Leyton Orient
Brighton v Coventry
Wolves v Plymouth
Port Vale or Bristol Rovers v Boston or Doncaster
Sheffield Wednesday v Charlton
Torquay v Birmingham
Manchester City v S****horpe
Newcastle United v Mansfield
Luton Town v Liverpool
Preston v Crewe
Stoke v Tamworth
Derby v Burnley
Southampton v MK Dons
Blackburn v QPR
Arsenal v Cardiff
Stockport v Oldham or Brentford
Norwich v West Ham
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Wigan v Leeds
Sunderland v Woking or Northwich Victoria
Chelsea v Huddersfield
Cheltenham Town or Oxford United v Chester City
Leicester v Tottenham
Watford v Bolton
Sheffield United v Colchester United
Nuneaton Borough or Histon v Middlesbrough
Hull City v Aston Villa
Barnsley or Bradford v Walsall
Burton Albion or Burscough v Manchester United
Crystal Palace v Stevenage Borough or Northampton Town
Millwall v Everton

Some incentive for Burton or Burscough
Tough matches for Everton. Aston Villa and Wigan
Sunderland may even manage to win a game !

[chopper]

Sunderland will still manage to blow it somehow!!!

Tough tie for the Albion, but Reading should be disposed of at the end of the day.

[pezza70]

The money the non league team will earn for the third round will be enough to keep them alive for the next 5 years

If the game gets transfered to Old Trafford is it still considered a home game for them and will they recieve the gate money reciepts?

[Dev]

Sunderland will still manage to blow it somehow!!!

That would be an upset of monumental proportions - it doesn't bear thinking about! We'll win comfortably I think. Even in our last relegation disaster season we managed to win 7-0 away at Cambridge and we didn't exactly win often that season either. Unfortunately the way things are going just now you just have a suspicion that the non-league team could get a result. Please no!

Tough tie for the Albion, but Reading should be disposed of at the end of the day.

Reading will win - FACT.

I'm 37.

[Jimbo]

yep very happy with that, home game against northampton or stevenage, although bearing in mind we only make the 4th round once a decade on average i am not counting chickens

[Beej]

The money the non league team will earn for the third round will be enough to keep them alive for the next 5 years

If the game gets transfered to Old Trafford is it still considered a home game for them and will they recieve the gate money reciepts?

Revenue from the cup tie is split 50/50 after costs, wherever the tie is played.

[chopper]

If the game gets transfered to Old Trafford is it still considered a home game for them and will they recieve the gate money reciepts?
The game can only be transferred if the police believe that the ground would be insafe to host the game. It is a requirement for clubs entering the FA Cup at the v ery first qualifying round that they can confirm they are able to host any potential tie. They are not allowed to switch a tie for purely financial reasons.

Burton Albion would have to host the tie should they get through as they have just built a brand new stadium (the Pirelli Stadium) which ManUre opened a couple of weeks ago. As for Burscough, should their ground not be able to host the tie it would be moved to the nearest ground that can host the tie. This has happened a couple of times recently when Farnborough switched their game with Arsenal to the nearest suitable, available alternative (Highbury) and Yeading switched their tie with Newcastle to Loftus Road. Burscough would move their game to somewhere local, being one of the Scouse grounds.

[saintsam90]

at least that will be man u through to the next round . nice easy tie :***: :***: