FA Cup 3rd Round – Newport (a)

This evening the draw for the FA Cup third round was made with Blackburn finding out they will have an away tie against Newport County.

Dreams of FA Cup glory continue for many still involved (and dreams are all it’ll be for some of course) when we move into the New Year, which will see the entry into the competition of ‘the big boys’ as the Premier League and Championship clubs now come into the competition, including us!

This is when dreams begin.

Following the draw, made on BBC2, it is now known all that stands between us and a place in the fourth round is a win in this third round tie! Not that it’ll be as straightforward as that of course as this is the FA Cup we’re talking about isn’t it!

Third round draw in full:-

Arsenal v Sunderland
Birmingham v AFC Bournemouth
Brentford v Chesterfield/Walsall
Bury v Bradford City
Cardiff City v Grimsby/Shrewsbury
Carlisle Utd v Yeovil
Chelsea v Leyton Orient/Scunthorpe
Colchester Utd v Charlton
Doncaster Rovers v Stoke
Eastleigh v Bolton
Everton v Dagenham & Redbridge/Whitehawk
Exeter City v Liverpool
Huddersfield v Reading
Hull v Brighton
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Leeds v Rotherham
Manchester Utd v Sheffield Utd
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Newport County v Blackburn
Northampton Town v MK Dons
Norwich v Manchester City
Nottingham Forest v QPR
Oxford Utd v Swansea
Peterborough v Preston
Salford/Hartlepool v Derby
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Leicester
Watford v Newcastle
West Brom v Bristol City
West Ham v Wolves
Wycombe v Aston Villa

These games will be played across the weekend beginning Friday 8th January 2016.

Now the questions being asked are, are you happy with the tie and are you confident of the chances of making it into the next round?