The draw for the FA Youth Cup fourth round proper has been made, with 16 ties to take place at this stage of the 2025-26 competition.
With a number of third round ties still to be played, games in the fourth round will be scheduled throughout December and January, with all games to have been played by Saturday 24 January 2026.
With these ties, if they end in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time will be played and if still level, then a penalty shootout will take place to decide the winners.
In terms of age eligibility for the 2025-26 FA Youth Cup, for matches involving only clubs from the Premier League and the EFL, players must have
been born on or after 1 September 2007.
For the ties involving clubs from the National League System, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007 and before 1 September 2010.
The Draw
1 Queens Park Rangers or Oxford City v Tottenham Hotspur or Brighton & Hove Albion
2 Fleetwood Town or Blackpool v Doncaster Rovers or Aston Villa
3 Bristol City or Leeds United v Hull City or Swansea City
4 Manchester City or Fulham v Mansfield Town or Arsenal
5 Sunderland or Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion or AFC Bournemouth
6 Oxford United or Wigan Athletic v FC Halifax Town or Colchester United
7 Norwich City or Stoke City v Burnley
8 Newcastle United or Portsmouth v Crystal Palace or Bradford City
9 Southend United or Swindon Town v Wrexham
10 Coventry City or Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers or Southampton
11 Watford or Plymouth Argyle v Liverpool or Charlton Athletic
12 Bolton Wanderers v Gillingham or Stevenage
13 Bromley or Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United or Ipswich Town
14 Reading v Brentford or Chelsea
15 Millwall or Everton v West Ham United
16 Manchester United or Peterborough United v Cambridge United or Derby County
