UNITED LEARN FA YOUTH CUP OPPONENTS
Manchester United will play Southampton at home in the FA Youth Cup after the draw for the competition was made on Friday at Wembley Stadium.
The date, location and kick-off time for the match will be confirmed in due course, but Kieran McKenna will no doubt be pleased to have a home draw in his first Youth Cup game since joining the Reds.
United are the competition's most successful club with 10 triumphs in all, while Chelsea have run out Youth Cup winners in four of the last five seasons.
McKenna is looking forward to his maiden campaign with United in the competition and spoke to MUTV recently about its importance to the Reds' history and his experience of being a coach in it with former club Tottenham Hotspur.
"It’s obviously a fantastic tournament for this club, a tournament we’ve got a big history in, but it’s also a knockout tournament so it's very unpredictable," explained McKenna. "You can never guarantee success in it but it’s something that we’re all looking forward to and we’ll give it our best shot.
"It’s a tournament everyone wants to win and, within that, having a good run brings a whole host of exciting games and enables you to see how the players perform under pressure. With the experiences I’ve had, I can see the positives. The Youth Cup is something we’ll be looking forward to encountering this year."
Full draw - FA Youth Cup Third Round
Ties must be played before Saturday 17 December
1 Middlesbrough v Rotherham United
2 Liverpool v Crystal Palace
3 Boreham Wood v Chester or Bolton Wanderers or FC Broxbourne Borough
4 Burnley v Bradford City or Boston United
5 Watford v Norwich City
6 Plymouth Argyle or Gillingham v Oxford City or Peterborough United
7 Huddersfield Town v AFC Wimbledon or Bristol Rovers
8 Reading v Manchester City
9 Swindon Town or AFC Sudbury v Queens Park Rangers
10 Rochdale or Shrewsbury Town v Morecambe or Accrington Stanley
11 Portsmouth or Metropolitan Police v Newcastle United
12 Leicester City v Poole Town or Leyton Orient
13 Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County
14 Exeter City or Milton Keynes Dons v Wigan Athletic
15 Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers
16 Preston North End v FC Halifax Town or Sheffield United
17 Romulus or Oldham Athletic v Birmingham City
18 Swansea City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
19 Sunderland v Burton Albion
20 Fulham v Mansfield Town or Dunkirk
21 Cambridge United or Millwall v AFC Bournemouth
22 Barnsley v Chesterfield or Carlisle United
23 Chelsea v Cardiff City
24 Everton v Scunthorpe United or Tranmere Rovers
25 Stoke City v West Ham United
26 Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
27 West Bromwich Albion v Yeovil Town or Merstham
28 Hull City v Leeds United
29 Tottenham Hotspur v Stevenage or Charlton Athletic
30 Bristol City v Aston Villa
31 Sheffield Wednesday v Luton Town or Dagenham & Redbridge
32 Manchester United v Southampton
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