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That round three draw having been made this morning seeing Carlisle get their first official home tie in the competition should they defeat York City at KitKat Crescent in a 7pm kick-off on Wednesday night. The Blues or the Minstermen taking on Premier League Academy side Stoke City at home in a match that needs playing before the 12th of December.
Stoke currently sit in fourth of a ten team Academy Group C, the Potters having a record of four wins, five draws and two defeats from their eleven league games played so far this season. Despite that record though Stoke do have a negative goal difference having scored 15 goals and conceded 17 to date.
First up though the Blues have to get past a hard looking fixture away to York. City play in the same Football League structure as Carlisle, but they are in the North-East Conference, the Minstermen doing very well too as they currently sit in second in a table of 14 sides, City winning eight, drawing one and losing just two of their 11 league games to date.
As a non-league club City have also had to play four games so far in the FA Youth Cup, the KitKat Crescent outfit winning 5-1 at Guisborough Town, 2-1 at Chester-le-Street Town and then 3-1 at home to big Yorkshire rivals Scarborough Town in the final qualifying round of the competition, the Minstermen then going on to win 2-1 at Grimsby Town after extra-time in round one.
Ahead of Wednesday evening though Carlisle at least get a rest this weekend as their scheduled league game away to Stockport tomorrow has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, the match at KitKat Crescent next week though will still come too soon for injured United midfielders Liam Davison and Paddy O'Brien, the pair sidelined for a month with ankle ligament problems. York meanwhile make the trip to Hartlepool for a Saturday morning league fixture.
FA Youth Cup Third Round Draw
Manchester United v Birmingham City
Derby County v Peterborough United
Middlesbrough v Everton
Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur
Cheltenham Town v Reading
Nottingham Forest v Bury Town or Macclesfield Town
Milton Keynes Dons v Swindon Town or Leyton Orient or Bishop's Stortford
Shrewsbury Town or Morecambe v Hull City
Watford v St Albans City or Wycombe Wanderers
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Notts County or Hartlepool United v Sheffield United
Crystal Palace v Bristol City
Stockport County or Carlton Town v Fulham
Preston North End v Manchester City
Cardiff City v Barnsley
Torquay United or Norwich City v Millwall or Oxford United
Arsenal v Bradford City or Crewe Alexandra
Tranmere Rovers or Cambridge United v Ipswich Town
Scunthorpe United v Burnley
Plymouth Argyle v West Ham United
Portsmouth v Huddersfield Town or Atherstone Town
Northampton Town or Chesterfield v Brighton & Hove Albion or Ebbsfleet United
Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland
Aston Villa v Oldham Athletic or Rochdale
York City or Carlisle United v Stoke City
Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
Coventry City v Leicester City
Bolton Wanderers v AFC Wimbledon or AFC Bournemouth
Blackburn Rovers v Blackpool
Charlton Athletic or Woking v Chelsea
Doncaster Rovers v Newcastle United
Queens Park Rangers v Southampton or Hereford United
ties to be played by 12th December
FA Youth Cup Second Round Draw
Wednesday 11th November
Cheltenham Town 3-2 Farnborough FC
Monday 16th November
Shrewsbury Town v Morecambe
Tuesday 17th November
Bradford City v Crewe Alexandra
Bury Town v Macclesfield Town
Millwall v Oxford United
Milton Keynes Dons v Bishop's Stortford
Northampton Town v Chesterfield
Notts County v Hartlepool United
St Albans City v Wycombe Wanderers
Wednesday 18th November
AFC Wimbledon v AFC Bournemouth
Charlton Athletic v Woking
Southampton v Hereford United
Stockport County v Carlton Town
Swindon Town v Leyton Orient
Torquay United v Norwich City
Tranmere Rovers v Cambridge United
York City v Carlisle United
Thursday 19th November
Huddersfield Town v Atherstone Town
Wednesday 25th November
Brighton & Hove Albion v Ebbsfleet United
Oldham Athletic v Rochdale
FA Youth Cup First Round
Wednesday 11th November
Oldham Athletic 4-1 Stalybridge Celtic
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