Carling Cup 3rd Round Draw And Man Utd To Travel To Elland Road

Leeds United will host Manchester United in a Carling Cup in the most anticipated draw of the 3rd round and the last time the two old foes met was in the FA Cup in January 2010 and Leeds heroically beat their Premier League counterparts 1-0 at Old Trafford.

One of four all Premier League ties of the round pits Chelsea with Fulham at Stamford Bridge while Everton host West Brom at Goodison Park at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke will take on Tottenham with the Aston Villa at home to Bolton completing the list of duels between top tier clubs.

Holders Birmingham will have to defend their title the hard way for the travel to big spenders Manchester City and liverpool face a difficult trip to Gus Poyet's high-flying Brighton and the Wolves welcome Millwall and Newcastle travel to the City Ground to take on Steve McClaren's Nottingham Forest of a arsenal welcome League Two side Shrewsbury Town and Championship duo Cardiff and Leicester meet in a Welsh capital.

Crystal Palace will host the winner of Wigan and Middlesbrough for Burnley host Milton Keynes Dons and the winner of Aldershot and Carlisle will host giant-killers Rochdale, who conquered Queens Park Rangers in Loftus Road in the 2nd round and the Finally Swindon or Southampton will host winner of Charlton and Preston and all 3rd round ties to be played week commencing 19th September.

Draw in full:

Cardiff v Leicester, Wolverhampton v Millwall, Chelsea v Fulham,

Aldershot/Carlisle v Rochdale, Arsenal v Shrewsbury, Burnley v MK Dons,

Leeds v Man Utd, Brighton v Liverpool, Nottm Forest v Newcastle,

Man City v Birmingham, Blackburn v Leyton Orient/Bristol Rovers,

Swindon/Southampton v Charlton/Preston, Everton v West Brom,

Crystal Palace/Wigan v Middlesbrough, Aston Villa v Bolton and

Stoke v Tottenham