No Luck For Geordies And Mackems In Cup Draw

Last updated : 08 December 2015 By Footy Mad - Editor

Meanwhile Sunderland travel to Arsenal.

Middlesbrough are at home to Burnley, and Hartlepool (if they beat Salford in a replay) will play Derby County.

Part-timers Whitehawk have been handed a possible trip to Everton in the draw for the third round of the FA Cup.

The sixth-tier side, who are on their best run in the competition in their history, will make the trip to Goodison Park if they get through their second-round replay against Sky Bet League Two Dagenham & Redbridge at home.

The third-round draw, made on Monday night in Cardiff, also sees Jurgen Klopp's first FA Cup tie as Liverpool boss take him to League Two Exeter.

Whitehawk were one of four non-league teams to feature in the draw.

The lowest-ranked among them, Salford City, will host Championship high-fliers Derby if the seventh-tier outfit get past Hartlepool in their second-round replay.

Eastleigh, the only one of the quartet to have made it through outright, were handed a home tie against Championship basement boys Bolton, while the draw also pitted the winner of Grimsby's second-round clash against Shrewsbury - being played on Monday night - against Cardiff away.

As well as the Arsenal-Sunderland game, there are four other all-Premier League ties, with the pick seeing surprise leaders Leicester travelling to fifth-placed Tottenham.

The others are Norwich v Manchester City, Southampton v Crystal Palace and Watford v Newcastle.

Manchester United host League One Sheffield United and Chelsea will play the winner of Leyton Orient v Scunthorpe at Stamford Bridge.

Other notable fixtures include rock-bottom Premier League side Aston Villa's trip to Wycombe, who reached the 2001 semi-final, and Leeds' clash with Rotherham at Elland Road, where respective managers Steve Evans and Neil Redfearn will both be facing their old clubs.

That game is one of six all-Championship matches in the draw.

Whitehawk manager Steve King had admitted before the draw that he was hoping to be given the chance to take on Liverpool.

And afterwards, regarding the prospect of facing Everton instead, King told the BBC: "I wanted the Reds but I got the Blues. But we ain't got the blues."

He added: "It's a tough game to get through against Dagenham & Redbridge first because both teams will want to play that massive tie.

"It's 50-50, the best on the day goes through."

The ties will be played between January 8 and 11.

Watford v Newcastle

West Brom v Bristol City

West Ham v Wolves

Salford or Hartlepool v Derby

Exeter v Liverpool

Tottenham v Leicester

Colchester v Charlton

Peterborough v Preston

Northampton v MK Dons

Arsenal v Sunderland

Newport v Blackburn

Ipswich v Portsmouth

Birmingham v Bournemouth

Wycombe v Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham

Oxford v Swansea

Brentford v Chesterfield or Walsall

Bury v Bradford

Manchester United v Sheffield United

Everton v Dagenham or Whitehawk

Southampton v Crystal Palace

Eastleigh v Bolton

Nottingham Forest v QPR

Carlisle v Yeovil

Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe

Doncaster v Stoke

Leeds v Rotherham

Cardiff v Grimsby or Shrewsbury

Huddersfield v Reading

Middlesbrough v Burnley

Norwich v Manchester City

Hull v Brighton