Newcastle Face Birmingham

By Nick Raynor
December 4 2006

Newcastle United will face relegated Birmingham City in the 3rd round of the FA Cup on 6th January.

Steve Bruce’s outfit will be looking to cause an upset when they host Newcastle, and do better than they did last year where they needed a replay to beat Torquay in the 3^rd round, and lost 7-0 to Liverpool in the quarter-finals.

 

It was in the FA Cup 3^rd round last season at St. James’ Park that Alan Shearer scored his 200^th goal for Newcastle in a 2-0 victory over Mansfield.

 

Full draw:

 

Blackpool v Aldershot/Basingstoke
Barnet v Colchester
Sheff Utd v Swansea
Reading v Burnley
Portsmouth v Wigan
Mansfield/Doncaster v Bolton
West Ham v Brighton
Leicester v Fulham
Derby v Wrexham
Wolves v Oldham
Bury/Chester v Ipswich
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Sheff Wed v Man City
Tamworth v Norwich
Salisbury/Nottm For v Charlton
Cardiff v Tottenham
Preston v Sunderland
Liverpool v Arsenal
Bristol Rovers/Bournemouth v Hereford
Watford v Stockport
Crystal Palace v Swindon
Bristol City v Coventry
Peterborough v Plymouth
QPR v Luton
Southend v Barnsley
West Brom v Leeds
Hull v Middlesbrough
Birmingham v Newcastle
Torquay/Leyton Orient v Southampton
Everton v Blackburn
Chelsea v Macclesfield
Stoke v Bradford/Millwall

 

Ties will be played on the 6 and 7 of January.