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Manchester United Away In Third Round
05 December 2016
By Hob Nob Anyone?
Reading have been drawn to play Premier League Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup. The draw will see Royals boss Jaap Stam get a quick reunion as he faces his former club for the first time as a club manager. The Stam connection will be sure to attract plenty of attention as he media look for a interesting tie in the first round the top two divisions take part. After several decent cup runs in recent history, an away trip to Manchester United in the third round means Reading have one of the toughest possible start if they are to make progress this season.
The game is scheduled for the weekend of 7 January 2017, but could be played either side of the weekend if selected for live TV coverage.
Recent Meetings with Manchester United
DATE | COMPETITION | OPPOSITION | SCORE | REPORT |
16 March 2013 | Premier League | Man Utd (Away) | L: 0-1 | Read report... |
18 February 2013 | FA Cup | Man Utd (Away) | L: 1-2 | Read report... |
01 December 2012 | Premier League | Man Utd (HOME) | L: 3-4 | Read report... |
19 January 2008 | Premiership | Man Utd (HOME) | L: 0-2 | Read report... |
12 August 2007 | Premiership | Man Utd (Away) | D: 0-0 | Read report... |
27 February 2007 | FA Cup | Man Utd (HOME) | L: 2-3 | Read report... |
17 February 2007 | FA Cup | Man Utd (Away) | D: 1-1 | Read report... |
30 December 2006 | Premiership | Man Utd (Away) | L: 2-3 | Read report... |
23 September 2006 | Premiership | Man Utd (HOME) | D: 1-1 | Read report... |
27 January 1996 | FA Cup | Man Utd (HOME) | L: 0-3 | Read report... |
Discussion On This Story:
Sutekh
Reading will be number 32
For the last 3 years Reading have been give cr@p ties away at fellow Division 2 sides (Huddersfield twice and little tiny tinpot Brighton) and while you may feel a change should be on the cards my expectation is for something equally cr@p like Leeds, Norwich, Barnsley or some other game against a familiar old face
Personally I'd like a game against a non league team e.g. Woking or Brackley but looking at the 2nd round it seems that there aren't too many of those left (only one guaranteed to make the draw - Eastleigh or Halifax)
So failing that a game against Carlisle would be nice as I believe they are the team the we have gone the longest without playing (35 years?) plus who wouldnt want to go to Cumbria in January?
Anyway stick your guesses for the draw below...
Ark Royal
^This. Last time we played Barrow was January 1972, the week before the FA Cup 4th round tie against Arsenal. Crowd was boosted to 11,000+ by the handout of vouchers to buy cup tickets. Barrow lost their league status at the end of that season, losing re-election and replaced by Hereford Utd.
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