Barnsley’s latest FA Cup campaign will start with a home tie against either Hartlepool United or Coventry City.
The Reds, who reached the Quarter-Finals last season and the Semi-Finals in 2008 have been given a home third round tie for the third successive year.
They will face either League Two Hartlepool or League One Coventry who drew 1-1 at Hartlepool’s Victoria Park ground yesterday.
If it is the Pools who triumph they will face Barnsley for the first time in 14 years (as it will be 2014 when the tie is played). Each of the last three Oakwell meetings have been drawn and Barnsley have only ever lost ONCE to Hartlepool at home (in 1967) and Barnsley have won 13 of the 19 games.
They have found life tougher against Coventry, although they have won each of the last two Oakwell meetings. They had lost each of the four prior to that.
FA Cup third-round draw
Barnsley v Hartlepool or Coventry
Yeovil v Leyton Orient
Liverpool v Oldham or Mansfield
Nottingham Forest v West Ham
Bristol City v Watford
Southend v Millwall
Middlesbrough v Hull
West Brom v Crystal Palace
Kidderminster v Peterborough
Doncaster v Stevenage
Stoke v Leicester
Southampton v Burnley
Newcastle v Cardiff
Rochdale v Leeds
Wigan v MK Dons
Charlton v Wrexham or Oxford United
Manchester United v Swansea
Port Vale v Plymouth
Norwich City v Fulham
Aston Villa v Sheffield United
Macclesfield v Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland v Carlisle
Bolton v Blackpool
Blackburn v Manchester City
Everton v QPR
Brighton v Reading
Arsenal v Tottenham
Birmingham v Bristol Rovers or Crawley
Grimsby v Huddersfield
Ipswich v Preston
Derby v Chelsea
Bournemouth v Fleetwood or Burton
Ties to be played over the weekend of 4-5 January