City away Newcastle in FA Cup

A tough draw for the Bluebirds. The excitement of the FA Cup third round draw yesterday was dampned slightly when City were drawn away at Newcastle Utd. Not because of who we were drawn against. It's quite an attractive tie if both teams take it seriously but it's just too far away. I still like a little bit of romance and would have liked to have played a team much lower down and a bit nearer to South Wales, although that didn't come off so well last season as we were knocked out in round 3 by non league Macclesfield. This fixture adds to an already daunting January. City's fixtures are now: Arsenal (League) A Newcastle (FA Cup) A West Ham (League) H Man City (League) A Man Utd (League) A And the possibility of a cup replay if there is a draw at Newcastle and a 4th round game if City were to overcome the Toon. Full FA Cup 3rd round draw: Barnsley v Hartlepool or Coventry Yeovil v Leyton Orient Liverpool v Oldham or Mansfield Nottingham Forest v West Ham Bristol City v Watford Southend v Millwall Middlesbrough v Hull West Brom v Crystal Palace Kidderminster v Peterborough Doncaster v Stevenage Stoke v Leicester Southampton v Burnley Newcastle v Cardiff Rochdale v Leeds Wigan v MK Dons Charlton v Wrexham or Oxford United Manchester United v Swansea Port Vale v Plymouth Norwich City v Fulham Aston Villa v Sheffield United Macclesfield v Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland v Carlisle Bolton v Blackpool Blackburn v Manchester City Everton v QPR Brighton v Reading Arsenal v Tottenham Birmingham v Bristol Rovers or Crawley Grimsby v Huddersfield Ipswich v Preston Derby v Chelsea Bournemouth v Fleetwood or Burton Ties to be played over the weekend of 4-5 January Source: Cardiff City Online

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