Town have drawn Hull City away in the third round of the FA Cup. Earlier in the season the Tigers beat the Blues 1-0 in the Championship at Portman Road.

Midfielder Jimmy Bullard will be particularly keen to put one over on his old club having left them in less than amicable circumstances in the summer.

The clubs have never met in cup competition before. Third round ties will be played on the weekend of 7th and 8th January.

On-loan striker Ronan Murray was evidently delighted with his and Swindon's tie against Premier League opposition having come on as a sub in yesterday's 1-0 victory at Colchester, tweeting: "Wigan at home in the cup!!"

Andy Drury's loan at Crawley is due to finish prior to their third round tie at home to Bristol City but the midfielder could well return to the Red Devils on a permanent basis when the January transfer window opens.

FA Cup Third Round
Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury
Nottingham Forest v Leicester
Manchester City v Manchester United
Dagenham & Redbridge or Walsall v Millwall
Crawley v Bristol City
Doncaster v Sutton Utd or Notts County
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa
Tottenham v Cheltenham
Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham
MK Dons v QPR
Hull v Ipswich
Coventry v Southampton
Brighton v Wrexham
Fulham v Charlton
Birmingham v Wolves
Norwich v Burnley
Arsenal v Leeds
Derby v Crystal Palace
Fleetwood or Yeovil v Blackpool
Swindon v Wigan
Barnsley v Swansea
Chelmsford or Macclesfield v Bolton
Newcastle v Blackburn
Everton v Tamworth
Sheffield United v Salisbury or Grimsby
Liverpool v Southend or Oldham
Gillingham v Stoke
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Watford v Bradford
Peterborough v Sunderland
West Brom v Cardiff
Reading v Stevenage

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Bergholtblue added 16:46 - Dec 5 Back The Boss .... That's ridiculous how can you blame a bad draw on the manager? It's Clegg's fault .......... Cleggy Out
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AlanMahon2011 added 19:36 - Dec 5 Steve Bruce will keep us up. Porno Paul will send us down.
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TimmyH added 20:08 - Dec 5 @JewellintheTown - the reason we had a poor season in 77/78 was down to never having a consistent starting 11 due to a long line of injuries throughout that time, and I can't ever remember Mr Robson being out of favour at that time due to the previous 3/4 seasons of finishing in the top 6! get your facts straight...
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Pettitt10 added 10:27 - Dec 7 i was hoping for.. a big premier league club coming to portman road, OR a nice easy lower league tie to give our youngsters a go... Hull away... oh right!
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