City start with kind home tie

MANCHESTER City’s bid to emulate their 2011 FA Cup final success gets under way with a third-round home clash with Watford.

The Blues will be confident of overcoming their npower Championship opponents.

Perhaps the most attractive all–Premier League tie comes at Upton Park, where West Ham will meet 11–time winners Manchester United.

The two met in the league last week, the Red Devils winning 1–0.



Full draw: Crystal Palace v Stoke; Brighton v Newcastle; Tottenham v Coventry; Wigan v AFC Bournemouth; Fulham v Blackpool; Aston Villa v Ipswich; Charlton v Huddersfield; Barrow/Macclesfield v Cardiff; Barnsley v Burnley; MAN CITY v Watford; Swansea v Arsenal; Leicester v Burton; Millwall v Preston; Cheltenham/Hereford v Everton; Derby v Tranmere; Crawley v Reading; Aldershot v Rotherham/Notts County; Middlesbrough v Harrogate/Hastings; Accrington/Oxford Utd v Sheff Utd; Southampton v Chelsea; QPR v West Brom; Peterborough v Norwich; Lincoln/Mansfield v Liverpool; Bolton v Sunderland; Nottm Forest v

ATHLETIC; West Ham v MAN UTD; Hull v Alfreton/Leyton Orient; Blackburn v Bristol City; Leeds v Birmingham; Bury/Southend v Bradford/Brentford; Luton v Wolverhampton; Sheff Weds v

MK Dons.