Four non-league sides in action; Man City and Chelsea face Championship opposition
Saturday 3 January 2015 16:02, UK
The Premier League and Championship teams enter the fray this weekend across 31 FA Cup third-round ties, including a repeat of last year’s final.
Arsenal host Hull just eight months after their 3-2 victory over the Tigers at Wembley in May, which secured Arsene Wenger his first trophy in nine years.
The pick of the ties sees League Two AFC Wimbledon host Liverpool at Kingsmeadow on Monday, hoping to repeat the famous final upset of 1988 when Lawrie Sanchez's solitary Wembley goal secured the trophy for the original 'Crazy Gang'.
There are three other all-Premier League ties over the course of the weekend, with bottom club Leicester hosting Newcastle on Saturday before Burnley welcome Tottenham to Turf Moor on Monday and West Ham go to Everton on Tuesday night.
Northern Premier League Blyth Spartans will be hoping to draw from their second-round upset at Hartlepool when they host Championship Birmingham on Saturday, while three other non-League sides - all from the Conference - have made their way through the early rounds to face Premier League opposition.
Dover Athletic and Gateshead face sides under new management - at home to Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace and away to Tony Pulis' West Bromwich Albion, respectively - while Wrexham go to Stoke.
Elsewhere, Louis van Gaal takes charge in an FA Cup game for the first time as he takes Manchester United to League One strugglers Yeovil, while there are home games for Manchester City and Chelsea against Championship clubs Sheffield Wednesday and Watford.
Saturday, January 3
Barnsley v Middlesbrough
Blyth Spartans v Birmingham
Bolton v Wigan
Brentford v Brighton
Cambridge v Luton
Charlton v Blackburn
Derby v Southport
Doncaster v Bristol City
Fulham v Wolves
Huddersfield v Reading
Leicester v Newcastle
Millwall v Bradford
Preston v Norwich
Rochdale v Nottingham Forest
Rotherham v Bournemouth
Tranmere v Swansea
West Brom v Gateshead
Sunday, January 4
Dover v Crystal Palace
QPR v Sheffield United
Sunderland v Leeds
Aston Villa v Blackpool
Man City v Sheff Wed
Southampton v Ipswich
Stoke v Wrexham
Yeovil v Man Utd
Chelsea v Watford
Arsenal v Hull
Monday, January 5
Burnley v Tottenham
AFC Wimbledon v Liverpool
Tuesday, January 6
Everton v West Ham
