[TeKnIcIaN]

Manchester United will again travel to Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side were this afternoon drawn against Villa at the third round stage for the fourth time in the past seven seasons.

United, beaten finalists last season, have won each of the three previous meetings in 2002, 2004 and 2007.

The tie will take place on January 5 or 6 at Villa Park.

4 times in 7 years?

Previous Results:
Jan 6, 2002: Villa 2, Utd 3
Jan 4, 2004: Villa 1, Utd 2
Jan 7, 2007: Utd 2, Villa 1

The Complete Draw:

Preston NE v Scunthorpe Utd
Port Vale or Chasetown v Cardiff City
Colchester Utd v Peterborough Utd
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Utd
Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City
Brighton v Mansfield
Northampton or Walsall v Millwall
Charlton v West Brom
Watford v Crystal Palace
Luton or Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Plymouth v Hull
Aston Villa v Manchester Utd
Tranmere v Hereford
Tottenham v Reading
Burnley v Arsenal
Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Horsham or Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville
Sunderland v Wigan
Oxford or Southend v Dagenham 7 Redbridge
Everton v Oldham
Derby v Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton v Leicester City
West Ham v Manchester City
Ipswich Town v Portsmouth
Wolves v Cambridge
Barnsley v Blackpool
Chelsea v QPR
Stoke v Newcastle
Swindon v Burton Albion or Barnet
Norwich v Bury

[funkdoctorspock]

Crap. Obviously would have preferred a lesser team so some of the non regulars could get a game under there belt. It'll be tough, but United will beat Villa again.

[Dirtycheat]

oh, i really dont want to have to play them again

they have played well against the big teams this year and seem really organised.

i think we will have a tough game but we have enough quality to win.

[GocartMozart]

didn't we play them in the 3rd round last year also. like wtf

i mean it's always fun with the FA Cup, but really enough is enough with this villa team.

[macca247]

cant believe we got villa away again but we have good record at villa park so not fussed
alot of my friends support villa so gonna be fun again lol

[PrevX]

Villa are a good team which gives us a tougher draw than Chelsea, but I like watching Villa play. Should be a great attacking and exciting game.

[Dirtycheat]

there is a lot of speculation suggesting that boro should have drawn villa not us. Apparently the number he read out was really 25 and not 24 which is what it appeared to be. When he had to read out boro's number he then hid the number with his finger so you couldnt verify it. Cheeky git.




Daily Mail Article

[GocartMozart]

actually looks legit. there's a line under the 24 which makes it look possibly like a 25 when blurred. Honestly, it doesn't matter. I'm really, really worried about this match, but we should be able to cope. Let's just handle the business and move on to Mansfield Town or whatever other second rate team thay have out there.

[TeKnIcIaN]

I'd have to agree it does look legit. The last digit of the second number is definately a 5 and not a 4 buy yeah, Nelson's finger was over the 2 (and he also does look a bit like a shifty bugger which didn't help much)

I'd also have to agree that it doesn't make any difference - in fact it's probably better that we play Villa. Of late, we haven't been doing the best against teams we really should be hammering into the ground. Bolton, Coventry, and don't forget West Ham did the double over us last season.

[slimjim55]

So what kind of team do you think SAF will put out? How important do you think the Cup is going to be on his priority list? With no Carling Cup to go for, will we see the likes of Pique, Simpson etc. even if it is Villa?