Wanderers, full of confidence after their comprehensive 4-1 win at Sunderland on Saturday, will make a quick return to the North-east after the FA Cup third round draw paired them with under-fire Mackem boss Roy Keane's under-achievers.
Full third round draw:
Portsmouth v Bristol City Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham Preston v Liverpool Birmingham City v Wolves West Ham United v Barnsley Middlesbrough v Barrow Hull City v Newcastle United Hartlepool United v Stoke City Chelsea v Southend Manchester City v Nottingham Forest Cardiff City v Reading Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden Charlton Athletic v Norwich West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere Torquay v Blackpool Leyton Orient v Sheffield United Southampton v Manchester United Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe Histon v Swansea City Forest Green v Derby QPR v Burnley Leicester v Crystal Palace Tottenham v Wigan Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster Rovers Arsenal v Plymouth Argyle Notts County or Kettering Town v Eastwood Town Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v Blackburn Rovers Macclesfield Town v Everton Watford v Scunthorpe United Sunderland v WANDERERS Coventry City v Kidderminster Gillingham or Stockport County v Aston Villa Ties to be played on the weekend of January 3 and 4.
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