Town have confirmed that the third-round FA Cup tie against Championship Rotherham United at Portman Road will take place on Saturday 7th January with a 3pm kick-off.

The Blues and Millers were paired in last Monday’s draw, which took place at Anfield.

Town and Rotherham, who are currently 16th in the Championship, have never previously met in a cup competition, but the Blues have had a poor record against the South Yorkshire side in recent years having won only one of the last nine games between the clubs, losing seven.

Last season, Rotherham won 1-0 at the New York Stadium - as they have the last four times they have hosted the Blues - in the most recent meeting between the sides in April as the Millers won promotion from League One by finishing second, having run out 2-0 victors at Portman Road earlier in the campaign.

The tie will see Blues striker Freddie Ladapo face the club he left in the summer prior to joining Town having spent three years in South Yorkshire.

Speaking about the tie last week, manager Kieran McKenna said: “Rotherham, a good challenge for us, nice to have a Championship club.

“In some ways you could say it’s a good marker for the progress that we want to make, a team who is competing well in the Championship this season.

“Nice to have a home game. I think we’re coming off the back of Portsmouth and Lincoln away in the build-up to it, so it’ll be nice to be back at home and a good test and we’ll try everything to go through and maybe be in the hat for the next time those big balls are knocking around.”

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johnwarksshorts added 10:30 - Dec 5 This will be a good test for us.
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Dissboyitfc added 11:18 - Dec 5 I will be there
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inghamspur added 13:16 - Dec 5 Will the whole stadium be opened for this one?
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Linkboy13 added 15:50 - Dec 5 One game will not prove or disprove if we are good enough for the championship bearing in mind both clubs will not be at full strength. Rotherham might be mid table in the championship but they are only 3 points clear of the relegation zone. If we get 15000 for this game i would be delighted.
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Radlett_blue added 16:41 - Dec 5 Blimey - the kick off hasn't been moved for "overseas TV purposes". A clear sign that this is one of the least interesting ties of the round. Just hope we don't get any injuries and/or a replay.
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DerryfromBury added 17:48 - Dec 5 When will Town announce when tickets will be released for this game.
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OliveR16 added 22:03 - Dec 5 Almost any result is okay for me in this one - except any kind of draw with the resultant replay.
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Facefacts added 19:39 - Dec 6 Much better than getting a Premier League club, this is a great draw for us - I still see Rotherham as a really good League One club either fighting for survival in the league above or going for the top two in League One. There've been some epic matches with them, the one where James Collins played at Portman Road was immense - may have been when Jack Lankester scored the goal, and at least one of those 0-1 defeats was very damaging, and undeserved, way back in the Paul Hurst era. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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