Old enemies clash in cup

Manchester United and Liverpool will meet in the third round of this season's FA Cup.

The bitter rivals clash is the highlight – and the only all–Barclays Premier League tie – of the last–64 draw, which was made at Wembley.

Manchester City face Leicester City at the Walkers Stadium. The Foxes are managed by former City boss Sven- Goran Eriksson.

Fellow top–flight big guns Arsenal and Chelsea were granted home ties against Leeds and Ipswich respectively.

The two non–league teams already through to round three were both handed away ties, with York travelling to Bolton after their win at Darlington and Huddersfield the destination for Dover, conquerors of Aldershot.

Four 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 once more for the right to take on Derby.

Droylsden, of the Blue Square Bet North Division, face League One Leyton Orient tonight with a trip to Norwich the prize for the winners – while Luton go to Tottenham if they can see off Charlton.

Ten further ties will see top–flight sides meet opposition from the npower Championship.

Wolves, West Brom, Birmingham and Aston Villa all face tough away trips to Doncaster, Reading, Sheffield United and Millwall respectively, while Everton travel to Scunthorpe and Wigan face Hull at the KC Stadium.

Stoke and Blackburn were drawn at home to second–tier high–fliers Cardiff and QPR, while West Ham will host Barnsley, who were semi–finalists in 2008.

Fulham are at home to Peterborough, Blackpool travel to Southampton and Sunderland await the winners of the clash between Notts County and Bournemouth while Newcastle travel to League Two Stevenage.

Two all-Championship ties see Coventry City host Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest travel to Preston North End.


Third-round draw, matches to be played on January 8 and 9:
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.