F A Cup 3rd round draw tonight

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

BBC 2 7pm tonight. I know we never take it seriously but did enjoy our trip to Liverpool last season.

[Canton Kev]

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I’d like Spurs or Newcastle away.

I predict we’ll get Ipswich at home.

[79blue]

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Remember the days when the draw was done on the Saturday.

I can remember in 1979 when they did the 3rd round draw on Match of the day and we drew Arsenal at home.

I excitedly phoned my mate about the draw straight afterwards only to be bollocked by his dad for calling late at night.

[splott parker]

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Traditionally on a Monday dinner time, another thing that’s fallen by the wayside.

[the other bob wilson]

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Traditionally on a Monday dinner time, another thing that’s fallen by the wayside.

Back in the days when no one thought it was a good idea to let everyone know what every team’s number was before a ball was picked out. That said, City were nearly always number ten, but I always enjoyed trying to figure who we’d been drawn against.

[alan_corneli]

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Traditionally on a Monday dinner time, another thing that’s fallen by the wayside.

Yes, huddling around a transistor radio... great stuff, but we ended up with Stoke away!

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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City drawn away to Margate and played at Dover was an obscure one I attended. Not quite so packed as the crowd of 55, 316 crowd at Ninian Park in 1969 and which was a hell of a crush.
I was disappointed when we drew Tiverton away but they conceded home advantage to us. I came up on one of their two fan coaches, put a Bluebird toffee on each seat before people boarded and looked forward to the craic. However, it was a very civil and twee experience as many of the passengers had brought flasks and a picnic to have on the coach.

[Dave Blue]

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If we are ‘rewarded’ with a home tie, the club will retain our excitement by announcing the 2 blocks that will be open and thus signal that they don’t intend to put up a fight and don’t expect us to attend anyway.

[City123]

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A Championship side at home, probably Wigan

[Michael Morris]

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City drawn away to Margate and played at Dover was an obscure one I attended. Not quite so packed as the crowd of 55, 316 crowd at Ninian Park in 1969 and which was a hell of a crush.
I was disappointed when we drew Tiverton away but they conceded home advantage to us. I came up on one of their two fan coaches, put a Bluebird toffee on each seat before people boarded and looked forward to the craic. However, it was a very civil and twee experience as many of the passengers had brought flasks and a picnic to have on the coach.

I went to the Margate game at The Crabble, Dover. And after we did a booze cruise via the tunnel to load up with cheap drinks.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I went to the Margate game at The Crabble, Dover. And after we did a booze cruise via the tunnel to load up with cheap drinks.

No surprises there then :-)

I was living in SE London at the time so it wasn't suck a trek.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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Still in the tedious build-down. Good of them to interview the bloke from Scritti Politti though.

[Michael Morris]

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Preston v Huddersfield
Middlesbrough v Brighton
Chesterfield v West Brom
Man City v Chelsea
Charlton or Stockport v Walsall
Boreham Wood v Accrington Stanley
Tottenham v Portsmouth
Derby County v Barnsley
Cardiff v Leeds Utd
Brentford v West Ham
Bournemouth v Burnley
Coventry v Wrexham
Norwich v Blackburn
Aston Villa v Stevenage
Luton v Wigan
Oxford v Arsenal
Fleetwood v QPR
Liverpool v Wolves
Grimsby v Burton
Blackpool v Forest
Dagenham or Gillingham v Leicester
Forest Green v Birmingham
Bristol City v Swansea
Hartlepool v Stoke
Hull v Fulham
Palace v Southampton
Millwall v Sheff Utd
Shrewsbury v Sunderland
Sheff Weds v Newcastle
Man Utd v Everton
Reading v Watford
Ipswich v Rotherham

[City123]

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Very excited for us to battle to a valiant 2-0 defeat to Leeds' reserves in front of a crowd 3,000

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Leeds. Bloody hell