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Hull City discover FA Cup third round opponents as Tigers face former boss
Hull City will face Doncaster Rovers at the MKM Stadium in the third round FA Cup, in a repeat of their first round Carabao Cup defeat to Grant McCann's South Yorkshire side last season.
Managerless City will hope to have a new manager in place by the time they face their former manager early in the New Year, with Andy Dawson currently in caretaker charge and will be for this weekend's visit of Blackburn Rovers unless an appointment is made in the next few days.
Before that clash at the MKM Stadium against McCann's promotion hopefuls, City will hope to pick up valuable points in games with Rovers, Watford, Coventry City, Swansea City, Preston North End, Blackburn again, Middlesbrough and Leeds United.
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In a slight change to previous seasons, the third round will take place over the weekend of 11/12 January, which comes after successive home games against Boro and the Whites, and before the long trip to the capital to face Millwall at The Den. It's likely there will be a Friday night game, and potentially one on Monday, January 13, too. As has been well-documented, there will be no replays, so games will be decided on the day with penalties used, if needed.
Last term, Liam Rosenior's side needed a late Matty Jacob goal to earn a 1-1 draw with fellow Championship side Birmingham City at the MKM Stadium, before losing the replay 10 days later at St Andrew's, while in the two years before that, the Tigers were knocked out by Premier League opposition in Fulham and Everton.
In fact, since getting to the final in May 2014, City have only gone past the fourth round on two occasions, getting to the fifth before losing to Arsenal and Chelsea respectively.
City have already faced Rovers this season, with that meeting coming in pre-season, and in truth, it was one to forget. Tim Walter's side were thrashed 4-0 at the Keepmoat Stadium. City were also dumped out of the League Cup at the hands of McCann's side last August.
The 2024/25 third round draw in full
Southampton v Swansea City
Arsenal v Manchester United
Exeter City v Oxford United
Leyton Orient v Derby County
Reading v Burnley
Aston Villa v West Ham
Norwich City v Brighton & Hove Albion
Manchester City v Salford
Millwall v Dagenham & Redbrige
Liverpool v Accrington Stanley
Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End v Charlton Athletic
Chelsea v Morecambe
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers
Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion
Mansfield Town v Wigan Athletic
Tamworth v Tottenham
Hull City v Doncaster Rovers
Sunderland v Stoke City
Leicester City v Queens Park Rangers
Brentford v Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United v Bromley
Everton v Peterborough United
Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth
Birmingham City v Lincoln City
Leeds United v Harrogate Town
Nottingham Forest v Luton Town
Sheffield United v Cardiff City
Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers
Fulham v Watford
Crystal Palace v Stockport County
City's previous record in the FA Cup
2023/24: Third round - lost 2-1 to Birmingham City after a reply
2022/23: Third round - lost 2-0 at home to Fulham
2021/22: Third round - lost 3-2 at home to Everton after extra-time
2020/21: Second round - lost 7-6 on penalties at Stevenage
2019/20: Fourth round - lost 2-1 to Chelsea
2018/19: Third round - lost 2-1 to Millwall
2017/18: Fifth round - lost 4-0 to Chelsea
2016/17: Fourth round - lost 4-1 to Fulham
2015/16: Fifth round - lost 4-0 to Arsenal after a replay
2014/15: Third round - lost 2-0 to Arsenal
2013/14: Final - lost 3-2 to Arsenal after extra-time
2012/13: Fourth round - lost 1-0 to Barnsley
2011/12: Fourth round - lost 1-0 to Crawley Town
2010/11: Third round - lost 3-2 to Wigan Athletic
