FA Cup Draw: Third Round

29th November 2009

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup has taken place this afternoon and Lincoln City have been handed a fine reward for their progress so far.

Lincoln City, who were one of the last balls to be drawn, will travel to Premiership club Bolton Wanderers. The tie will see Lincoln manager Chris Sutton pit his infant managerial wits against the experienced Bolton manager Gary Megson. The tie will also see Megson take on one of his former clubs as he had a spell at Sincil Bank in the mid-1990's under then Lincoln boss Sam Ellis.

Yesterday, Lincoln followed up their first round victory at AFC Telford by beating Northwich Victoria to reach the third round of the cup. Maybe that does not sound very remarkable, but this only the second time that Lincoln have reached this stage of the competition since 1977; the last time being in 1999.

FA Cup Third Round draw in full:

Tottenham v Peterborough
Brentford v Doncaster Rovers
Middlesbrough v Manchester City
Stoke City v York City
Notts County v Forest Green Rovers
Huddersfield Town v West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers
MK Dons v Burnley
Chelsea v Watford
Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City
Preston North End v Colchester United
West Ham United v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers
Portsmouth v Coventry City
Sunderland v Oxford United or Barrow
Wigan Athletic v Hull City
Everton v Carlisle United
Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace
Tranmere Rovers or Aldershot v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackpool v Ipswich Town
Fulham v Swindon Town
Stockport or Torquay v Brighton
Scunthorpe United v Barnsley
Southampton v Rotherham or Luton
Bristol City v Cardiff City
Reading v Liverpool
Staines or Millwall v Derby
Plymouth v Newcastle United
Leicester City v Swansea City
Bolton v Lincoln City
Accrington or Barnet v Gillingham
Manchester United v Kettering or Leeds

Ties to be played on weekend of January 2

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