THE DRAW FOR THE FA YOUTH CUP FOURTH ROUND PROPER HAS BEEN MADE

The FA Youth Cup will head into its fourth round stage and the draw for the next stage of the competition has now been made.

With many third-round ties still to be played over the next two weeks, clubs will now be going into those games knowing what the next stage of their path might be.

Once fourth-round ties are confirmed, they must be played by Saturday 21 January 2023.

This season’s FA Youth Cup is open for players who were born on or after 1 September 2004 and before 1 September 2007.

The draw

1 AFC Wimbledon v Leeds United or Accrington Stanley

2 Sheffield Wednesday v Wolverhampton Wanderers or Leicester City

3 Swansea City or Sunderland v Rochdale or Fulham

4 Newcastle United v Arsenal or Millwall

5 Burnley or Norwich City v Sheffield United or West Ham United

6 Lincoln City or Watford v Everton or Reading

7 Stoke City or Blackpool v Crystal Palace or Manchester United

8 Exeter City or Oxford United v Crewe Alexandra or Cardiff City

9 Port Vale v AFC Bournemouth or Liverpool

10 Birmingham City or Luton Town v Tottenham Hotspur or Queens Park Rangers

11 Aston Villa or Brentford v Southampton

12 Colchester United or Cambridge United v Chelsea or Bradford City

13 Gillingham or Wigan Athletic v Preston North End or Rotherham United

14 Bristol City or Fleetwood Town v Southend United or Middlesbrough

15 Manchester City or Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion or Dover Athletic

16 Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest or West Bromwich Albion

Source: The Football Association