City to host United in FA Cup

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

City will welcome their arch-rivals to the Etihad Stadium still revelling in their 6-1 league triumph at Old Trafford in October.

The tie was one of only two all-Premier League affairs to emerge from Sunday afternoon's draw, with Newcastle hosting Blackburn in the other.

Manager Paul Buckle described himself as "delighted" after Bristol Rovers landed a home draw against Aston Villa.

Rovers won 6-1 at Totton on Sunday to book their meeting with Alex McLeish's side on the weekend of January 7-8.

Buckle told ITV1: "I am delighted, absolutely thrilled.

"I am delighted for the fans and players. We've got a lot of tough league fixtures in between.

"We'll look forward to it but there is a lot to come before then."

Tamworth, of the Blue Square Premier, will travel to Everton and manager Marcus Law admitted it will be a dream come true facing a top-flight team.

He told Sky Sport News: "I'll be working and planning very hard come that time."

Goalkeeper Jonathan Hedge added: "It's what dreams are made of, we'll go there full of confidence.

"I'm a Sheffield United fan so I would have liked them or one of the two Manchester clubs but we will have to make do with Everton."

Norwich will take on Championship side Burnley at Carrow Road and manager Paul Lambert expects the Clarets to put up a tough challenge.

He told www.canaries.co.uk: "Eddie Howe has stabilised things there and they are going well.

"They got a great win at West Ham on Saturday which is certainly no mean feat and just shows Burnley are tough opposition.

"So it will be a tough game but at least we're at home which is the first big thing you can hope for.

"I'm sure we'll get another good crowd at Carrow Road and it will be another big occasion for our supporters.

"I've said before that we go into every game and every competition looking to win and do as well as we possibly can.

"We will have to be on our toes against Burnley that's for sure but it's another game we'll be looking forward to."

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup is as follows:

Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury

Nottingham Forest v Leicester

Manchester City v Manchester United

Dagenham & Redbridge/Walsall v Millwall

Crawley v Bristol City

Doncaster v Sutton United/Notts County

Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa

Tottenham v Cheltenham

Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham

MK Dons v QPR

Hull v Ipswich

Coventry v Southampton

Brighton v Wrexham

Fulham v Charlton

Birmingham v Wolves

Norwich v Burnley

Arsenal v Leeds

Derby v Crystal Palace

Fleetwood/Yeovil v Blackpool

Swindon v Wigan

Barnsley v Swansea

Chelmsford/Macclesfield v Bolton

Newcastle v Blackburn

Everton v Tamworth

Sheffield United v Salisbury/Grimsby

Liverpool v Southend/Oldham

Gillingham v Stoke

Chelsea v Portsmouth

Watford v Bradford

Peterborough v Sunderland

West Brom v Cardiff

Reading v Stevenage