|
|
FA Cup holders Arsenal have been drawn against runners-up Hull City, a repeat of last year's enthralling final, in this season's third round after the draw was made on Monday.
Arsenal won the final 3-2 but only after coming back from trailing 2-0 after eight minutes at Wembley.
Santi Cazorla and Laurent Koscielny scored to send the game into extra time before Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey fired in to end Arsenal's nine-year wait for a major trophy.
"I guess it was just meant to be, with it happening in rehearsal and the draw being in Hull," Curtis Davies, who scored for Hull in the final, told the BBC.
"Alan Shearer (who performed the draw) will have to take the plaudits for this. We will have to go there and just give them a good game."
Hull manager Steve Bruce said: "It's quite remarkable. As soon as I walked in everyone was telling me we had drawn Arsenal in the rehearsal, so to do it again in the main draw is a shock. Let's hope it is as good as the final was."
In other notable ties thrown up by the draw in Hull's aquarium, Premier League leaders Chelsea host Championship (second tier) side Watford, Manchester City play Championship team Sheffield Wednesday and top flight Crystal Palace travel to Conference (fifth tier) side Dover Athletic.
Elsewhere Tottenham Hotspur travel to Premier League rivals Burnley in a repeat of the 1962 final and Sunderland host Championship side Leeds United in a repeat of the 1973 final.
Liverpool will play League Two (fourth tier) AFC Wimbledon. The Merseyside Club lost the 1988 final to the original Wimbledon side before they relocated to become the Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.
Seventh tier Blyth Spartans, the lowest ranked team in the draw for the third round, host Championship side Birmingham City.
Ties for the third round will be played Jan. 3 and Jan. 4.
The fixtures, to be played on the weekend of January 3 and January 4 are:
Arsenal v Hull
Doncaster v Bristol City
Preston v Norwich City
Accrington or Yeovil v Manchester United
QPR v Sheffield United
Barnsley or Chester v Middlesbrough
Chelsea v Watford
Cambridge or Mansfield v Bury or Luton
Everton v West Ham
Scunthorpe or Worcester v Chesterfield
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Fulham v Wolves
Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Derby County v Southport
Millwall v Bradford City
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland v Leeds United
Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic
Cardiff City v Colchester United
Oxford or Tranmere v Swansea City
Huddersfield Town v Reading
Rotherham United v Bournemouth
Aston Villa v Blackpool
Blyth Spartans v Birmingham City
West Brom v Gateshead
Aldershot or Rochdale v Nottingham Forest
Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday
AFC Wimbledon v Liverpool
Dover Athletic v Crystal Palace
Charlton v Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City v Wrexham
Southampton v Ipswich