The draw for the 2025-26 FA Youth Cup third round proper has been made, as clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship join the competition at this stage.
There will be 32 ties at this stage, scheduled to take place by Saturday 13 December 2025 with extra time and penalties to decide games which end all square after 90 minutes.
Current Youth Cup holders Aston Villa will be on the road as they begin their defence, when they play Doncaster Rovers.
For the 2025-26 season, eligible players in matches involving NLS clubs, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007 and before 1 September 2010.
Meanwhile, in matches involving only clubs from the Premier League and/or the EFL, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007.
The draw
1 Oxford United v Wigan Athletic
2 Southend United v Swindon Town
3 Newcastle United v Portsmouth
4 FC Halifax Town v Colchester United
5 Mansfield Town v Arsenal
6 Fleetwood Town v Blackpool
7 Bristol City v Leeds United
8 Sunderland v Nottingham Forest
9 Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion
10 West Bromwich Albion v AFC Bournemouth
11 Millwall v Everton
12 Bolton Wanderers v Leicester City
13 Blackburn Rovers v Southampton
14 Manchester City v Fulham
15 Manchester United v Peterborough United
16 Coventry City v Birmingham City
17 Wrexham v Port Vale
18 Reading v Middlesbrough
19 Queens Park Rangers v Oxford City
20 Norwich City v Stoke City
21 Hull City v Swansea City
22 Crystal Palace v Bradford City
23 Watford v Plymouth Argyle
24 Cambridge United v Derby County
25 Bromley v Sheffield Wednesday
26 Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers
27 Doncaster Rovers v Aston Villa
28 Sheffield United v Ipswich Town
29 Gillingham v Stevenage
30 Brentford v Chelsea
31 Preston North End v West Ham United
32 Liverpool v Charlton Athletic
