Town have drawn League One Preston North End at home in the third round of the FA Cup.

The clubs have met in the competition on two previous occasions, in February 1954 when the Lilywhites won 6-1 at Deepdale, then in January 1980 when Town ran out 3-0 victors also on Preston territory with Paul Mariner netting twice and Alan Brazil once.

Simon Grayson's Preston beat Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 away in round two on Saturday, having beaten Barnet 6-0 in the first round. They are currently third in League One.

The teams last met in the Championship in the 2010/11 season when the Lancastrians won 1-0 at home and the Blues 2-1 at Portman Road.

The game is Town's first home FA Cup tie since the 3-0 victory over Chesterfield in January 2009. Third round ties will be played on the weekend of 4th/5th January.

FA Cup Third Round

Bournemouth v Fleetwood or Burton

Derby v Chelsea

Ipswich v Preston

Grimsby v Huddersfield

Birmingham v Bristol Rovers or Crawley

Arsenal v Tottenham

Brighton v Reading

Everton v QPR

Blackburn v Manchester City

Bolton v Blackpool

Sunderland v Carlisle

Macclesfield v Sheffield Wednesday

Aston Villa v Sheffield United

Norwich v Fulham

Port Vale v Plymouth

Manchester United v Swansea

Charlton v Wrexham or Oxford

Wigan v MK Dons

Rochdale v Leeds

Newcastle v Cardiff

Southampton v Burnley

Stoke v Leicester

Doncaster v Stevenage

Kidderminster v Peterborough

West Brom v Crystal Palace

Middlesbrough v Hull City

Southend v Millwall

Bristol City v Watford

Nottingham Forest v West Ham

Liverpool v Oldham or Mansfield

Yeovil v Leyton Orient

Barnsley v Hartlepool or Coventry

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LiamCP123 added 17:15 - Dec 8 It's good because we will go to round 4 easily.
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PhilTWTD added 17:19 - Dec 8 Re some of the comments about ticket prices, the club don't get the final say, it's down to both clubs and the FA, who I seem to recall have a lowest price.
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blues1 added 17:20 - Dec 8 while I agree with comments that the prices should be lower for this game(and im sure they will be), you cant actually expect the club to bring them down so low that they end up making a loss on the game. I don't actually think that lowering the prices will improve the crowd by that many anyway, as for those fans who don't attend every match, preston at home isn't likely to be that attractive a draw for people. on the tie itself, on paper we should progress to the 4th round, but it is the fa cup, and its itfc we are talking about here. seen it so many times in the cup, where we lose games we should win. heres hoping it doesn't happen again.

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ArnieM added 17:35 - Dec 8 Very disappointed witg the draw. A nothing little club frk. League one . Nothing to get excited about, nor fork iut the usual ott tkt prices.
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Ipswich_Crazy added 17:43 - Dec 8 Sindre94 - I take back what I said, if you have to travel like 100 miles then its understandable. No hard feelings.
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froudy added 17:58 - Dec 8 Bit more than that, coming from Scandinavia!
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Super_Cooper added 18:16 - Dec 8 Don't care who we got, we're at home so i'll be there! Blue through and through.
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muccletonjoe added 18:19 - Dec 8 Will not be sweating over beating preston both ends , more to the point nor will mick mccarthy, we have bigger fish in the pan
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Sindre94 added 19:58 - Dec 8 I'll come over for Millwall away! great day out I hope :)
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TimmyH added 20:02 - Dec 8 Potential banana skin again for us, as over the last few years we have not performed well against lower league clubs, where as PNE as a club who has improved since last season will be certainly looking forward to it!
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Sindre94 added 20:03 - Dec 8 Regarding the s*it Im getting from that guy now, I wanna clear a simple thing up. I prefer awaygames as I collect new grounds, so you can call me a groundhopper i suppose. What I mean by "funny" teams are either big PL clubs (means we'll bring alot of fans , therefore a great atmosphere), or a small club that's in the area, and hopefully a gorund I've never been to. Brentford, Leyton Orient, Posh, Southend, Colchester, some of the teams I'd like us to draw :) but my number 1 pick would have to be the budgies away. Can see that some think I'm a gloryhunter but that was absolutely not what I meant at all :) When I spend so much money on travelling I'd like to see a decent game, not just a home game against a weaker side, in which we KNOW Mick will field alot of fringe players. The last 12 games Town have played I've been to half of them, so I dont think Im much of a gloryhunter to be fair, considering I live in Norway.

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TimmyH added 20:04 - Dec 8 @Sindre - Millwall away!?! get some kick boxing classes in before then :)
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Sindre94 added 20:06 - Dec 8 Though it's a great opportunity for us to progress:)
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Sindre94 added 20:09 - Dec 8 @ipswich_crazy2011 - no worries mate @TimmyH - haha, yeah never been there before, London games use to attract alot of town fans, we'll see though haha :)
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RegencyBlue added 21:41 - Dec 8 Winnable but also a potential banana skin! A lot will depend on whether MM puts out a full strength team or whether he decides to rest a few.
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ericclacton added 21:58 - Dec 8 Who got Preston South End.
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ozzy_itfc added 22:07 - Dec 8 I think you'll be suprised at the team we field, i suspect it will near enough be the first 11 with maybe gerken and cresswell replaced as well as one possibly two others Hoping for a win but they wont be easy, 3rd in league one atm so will probs will be playing with confidence, i suspect it will be a scrappy game
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PremierBlue added 22:12 - Dec 8 Marriot hattrick will take us through to the 4th round--Perfect opportunity!
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Skip73 added 22:20 - Dec 8 I believe Sindre travels from Sweden or Norway, so he has a point. Crazy2011, I trust you'll be there. Anyway I'm a bit disappointed by this draw to be honest, but it could've been worse, Millwall or some other 'boring Championship side' away for instance.
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Whitecaps_Fan added 22:57 - Dec 8 Hope Jack Marriott will be back for us by then and Mick gives him a go
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Walk_the_Wark added 01:36 - Dec 9 Abuja--- If we weren't a boring Championship team, they would no write that ….!!!
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whosroundisitanyway added 06:38 - Dec 9 Sindre94 Wasn't having a go, just genuinely asking a question. No offence meant.
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TimmyH added 16:50 - Dec 9 More supporters with their heads buried in the sand...look how we have performed over the last few years against opposition lower than us, I know we're more resolute now but don't take games like this for granted.
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ormey75 added 19:57 - Dec 9 I was praying we didn't get Man city away, it would of been a Cricket score!
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