Chelsea Under-18s drawn away in FA Youth Cup
From the official Chelsea FC website:
Chelsea Under-18s’ 2024/25 FA Youth Cup campaign will begin with an away trip after the draw for the third round paired us with Leicester City.
All Premier League and Championship clubs enter the FA Youth Cup at the third round and the Blues have been drawn to face fellow top-flight opposition in our first match of the competition.
We also travelled away to Leicester in the third round last season, when goals by Donnell McNeilly, Michael Golding and Shumaira Mheuka gave us a 3-1 win. We were eventually eliminated in a penalty shootout at Millwall in the quarter-finals, after further away wins at Everton and Crystal Palace.
All third-round ties this time around are scheduled to be completed by Saturday 14 December. Details of the exact date, time and venue for our away trip to Leicester will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
Our Under-18s’ Youth Cup match against Leicester should also be shown live for free on the official Chelsea website and app.
FA Youth Cup third round draw in full
Waford v Oxford United
Millwall v Hull City
Leyton Orient or Whitehawk v AFC Fylde or Northampton Town
Hertford Town or Bristol Rovers v Arsenal
AFC Bournemouth v Ipswich Town
Harrogate Town or Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers v Gillingham or Swindon Town
Derby County v Sunderland
Burton Albion or Notts County v Fulham
Leicester City v Chelsea
Stoke City v Bromley or Rising Ballers Kensington
Cardiff City v Chesterfield or Shrewsbury Town
Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth v Leeds United
Eastleigh or AFC Wimbledon v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough
Norwich City v Brentford
Fleetwood Town or Tamworth v Burnley
Aston Villa v Accrington Stanley or Blyth Spartans
Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers
Merstham or Forest Green Rovers v Burgess Hill Town or Colchester United
Luton Town v Crewe Alexandra or Blackpool
Grimsby Town or Salford City v West Ham United
Everton v Nottingham Forest
Preston North End v Liverpool
Manchester United v Coventry City
Swansea City v Southampton
Stevenage or Cheltenham Town v Exeter City or AFC Dunstable
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Bolton Wanderers or Lincoln City v Wrexham
Carlisle United v Plymouth Argyle
Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion
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