Manchester United Away In Third Round

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...

From the Discussion

SU Sutekh 2 Dec 2016 · 8:21pm

On Monday the draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup will be with us (live on BBC 2 at 7pm) 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…
AT AthleticoSpizz 2 Dec 2016 · 8:29pm

Fleetwood....our first meeting against a team that I once watched as a "park team" Eastleigh....Jamie Cureton is cup-tied unfortunately.....would be a decent crowd home or away
BO bobby1413 2 Dec 2016 · 8:37pm

Millwall at home
AT AthleticoSpizz 2 Dec 2016 · 8:43pm

yeah....would be nice to see Shaun Cummings again
RG Royal Ginger 2 Dec 2016 · 9:50pm

I'll take Huddersfield, if it ain't broke...
RW royalp-we 2 Dec 2016 · 10:10pm

Hoping Woking go through and we draw them tbh when was the last time we played them competitively? Would be a good big money draw for the 'cards'.
WH Whitley Hoops 2 Dec 2016 · 10:27pm

Oxford or wycombe away if not then a localish lower league away trip will be nice.
MU Muskrat 2 Dec 2016 · 11:11pm

Away to Barrow.

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