Saints Get Home Draw In The FA Cup 3rd Round
Once upon a time the draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was a highly anticipated event, but for the modern armchair football fan it is not very important, but for some of us it still is.
Saints will play Alfreton Town or Walsall at St Mary's
Full Draw is
Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers
Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham or Yeovil Town
Arsenal v Liverpool
Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion
Norwich City v Crewe or Bristol Rovers
West Ham v Bristol City
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
Fulham v Rotherham United
West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot or Stockport County
Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall
AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town
Peterborough United v Leeds United
Millwall v Leicester CIty
Watford v Chesterfield/Leyton Orient
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City
Crystal Palace v Everton
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United
Manchester City v Huddersfield Town
Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United
Gillingham v Sheffield United
Swansea City v Morecambe
Chelsea v Preston North End
QPR v Bournemouth
Coventry City v Oxford United
Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United
Maidstone United v Stevenage or Port Vale
Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading
Hull City v Birmingham City
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