Football: FA Cup Third Round Saturday 2nd January 2010

By Sport Desk; published on January 2, 2010 at 10:16 am

The FA Cup

The New Year sees the big teams enter the FA Cup for 09/10 in England, as the Third Round matches take place this weekend.

Today sees some potential upsets as Liverpool, struggling for form without regular appearances from Fernando Torres, travel to former Premier League Reading.

Fellow Championship side Middlesbrough host nouveau riche Manchester City who, despite a playing squad many will envy, have not performed well enough to keep their manager: Roberto Mancini will be experiencing his first ever FA Cup tie, the Teessiders will hope to capitalise.

The full fixture list for today’s FA Cup Third Round is below:

FA Cup Third Round Ties Saturday 2nd January 2009

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Aston Villa v Blackburn – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Blackpool v Ipswich – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Bolton v Lincoln City – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Brentford v Doncaster – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Bristol City v Cardiff, R3, 12:30
Everton v Carlisle – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Fulham v Swindon – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Huddersfield v West Brom – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Leicester v Swansea – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Middlesbrough v Man City – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Millwall v Derby – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
MK Dons v Burnley – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Nottm Forest v Birmingham – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Plymouth v Newcastle – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Portsmouth v Coventry – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Preston v Colchester – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Reading v Liverpool – Third Round – K.O. 5.15pm
Scunthorpe v Barnsley – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Sheff Wed v Crystal Palace – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Southampton v Luton – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Stoke v York – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Sunderland v Barrow – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Torquay v Brighton – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Tottenham v Peterborough – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Wigan v Hull – Third Round – K.O. 3pm

More matches are due to take place on Sunday 3rd January 2010, including:

Chelsea v Watford – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Man Utd v Leeds United – Third Round – K.O. 1pm
Notts County v Forest Green – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Sheff Utd v QPR – Third Round – K.O. 3pm
Tranmere v Wolverhampton – Third Round – K.O. 6.15pm
West Ham v Arsenal – Third Round – K.O. 4.15pm

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