FA YOUTH CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW

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.FA Youth Cup in the third round of this seasons Charlton Athletic side have been drawn away to City's U18

A date is yet to be confirmed for this fixture, which must be completed by Saturday 20th December, co-incidently the same date the two sides are to meet in league action.

Cardiff's youngsters reached the fifth round of this competition last season, defeated by eventual winners Chelsea at Cardiff City Stadium. 

With all FA Youth Cup ties taking place at the hosting club's stadium, our apprentices have a match at the Valley to look forward to in the coming months.

All details to be confirmed in due course.

Full draw: 

Mansfield Town or Knaresborough Town or Northampton Town v Tranmere Rovers or Shrewsbury Town 
Colchester United or Cheltenham Town v Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest v Newport County or Milton Keynes Dons
Leicester City v Wigan Athletic
Oxford City or Luton Town v Royston Town or Potters Bar Town or Welling United
Arsenal v Reading
Huddersfield Town v Crystal Palace
Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County
Dartford or Thamesmead Town or Portsmouth v Bolton Wanderers
Burton Albion or Kidderminster Harriers v Blackpool
Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland v Fleetwood Town or Sheffield United 
Leeds United v Chelsea
Gillingham or AFC Wimbledon v Burnley
Southampton v West Ham United
Stevenage or Needham Market or Wealdstone v Everton
Doncaster Rovers or Peterborough United or Notts County v Norwich City
Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers
AFC Bournemouth v Rochdale or Coventry City 
Liverpool v Bradford City or Barnsley
Millwall v Newcastle United
Manchester City v Oxford United or Swindon Town
Rotherham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southend United or Leverstock Green or Barnet v Middlesbrough
Manchester United v Ellesmere Rangers or Port Vale or Bury 
Swansea City v Watford
Crewe Alexandra or Abbey Hey or York City v Fulham
Sheffield Wednesday v Stoke City
Hull City v Brentford
West Bromwich Albion v Maidenhead United or Poole Town or Torquay United
AFC Fylde or Chesterfield v Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic v CARDIFF CITY

City's apprentices have also been drawn against Carmarthen Town in the third round of this season's FAW Youth Cup, check out highlights of our second round triumph over Cambrian & Clydach FC below.