BLACKBURN ROVERS have been handed a home tie against Championship side Coventry City in the third round of the FA Cup.
The match, to be played at Ewood Park on January 5 or 6, will be Rovers' first meeting with the Sky Blues since 1999.
Elsewhere in the draw, East Lancashire rivals Burnley were handed a plum tie at home to Arsenal, while Aston Villa will host Manchester United.
The full draw, made live on BBC1 this afternoon, is as follows:
- Preston v Scunthorpe
- Port Vale/Chasetown v Cardiff
- Colchester v Peterborough
- Bolton v Sheffield United
- Blackburn v Coventry
- Brighton v Mansfield
- Northampton/Walsall v Millwall
- Charlton v West Brom
- Watford v Crystal Palace
- Luton/Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
- Plymouth v Hull
- Aston Villa v Manchester United
- Tranmere v Hereford
- Tottenham v Reading
- Burnley v Arsenal
- Bristol City v Middlesbrough
- Fulham v Bristol Rovers
- Huddersfield v Birmingham
- Horsham/Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville
- Sunderland v Wigan
- Oxford/Southend v Dagenham & Redbridge
- Everton v Oldham
- Derby v Sheffield Wednesday
- Southampton v Leicester
- West Ham v Manchester City
- Ipswich v Portsmouth
- Wolves v Cambridge
- Barnsley v Blackpool
- Chelsea v QPR
- Stoke v Newcastle
- Swindon v Burton Albion/Barnet
- Norwich v Bury
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