Town have drawn League One Southampton away in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

The sides last met in the FA Cup at the third round stage in 1999/00 at Portman Road when the then-Premiership Saints won 1-0, Dean Richards scoring the game's only goal.

Southampton also won both the other two FA Cup meetings between the teams, a 7-1 thrashing at the Dell in 1960/61 and a 3-2 victory in 1990/91, also in Hampshire and at the third round stage.

Last season, in Southampton's relegation season, the sides drew 2-2 at St Mary's and the Saints won 3-0 at Portman Road.

The game will see Saints Kelvin Davis and Dan Harding face their old club, while keeper Bartosz Bialkowski was on loan at Portman Road last season without playing a game.

Current Blue Richard Wright spent time on loan at St Mary's while a West Ham player but won't face his old club has he's out with a knee injury until March. Loan striker Stern John was with the Saints between his spells with Roy Keane's Sunderland and Crystal Palace.

In 2005 Keane fell out with Southampton fans while warming up when a Manchester United sub after responding to taunts by mocking their relegation.

Fourth round matches will be played on the weekend of Saturday 23rd January.

FA Cup Fourth Round
Southampton v Ipswich
Reading/Liverpool v Burnley
Millwall/Derby v Brentford/Doncaster
Bristol City/Cardiff v Leicester
Stoke v Arsenal
Notts County/Forest Green v Wigan
Scunthorpe v Man City
West Brom v Plymouth/Newcastle
Everton v Nottm Forest/Birmingham
Accrington/Gillingham v Fulham
Bolton v Sheff Utd/QPR
Portsmouth/Coventry v Sunderland
Preston v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Brighton
Tranmere/Wolves v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Leeds

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msmlsjones added 18:21 - Jan 3 yeah har!!!
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Martus added 18:25 - Jan 3 What dull draw again
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 18:27 - Jan 3 could have been worse....and is certainly one we can win
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utrechtblue added 18:27 - Jan 3 very winable.. i have a feeling we could go far this year
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NW10_Tractor added 18:29 - Jan 3 I wanted a premier league day out, but we should hopefully be guaranteed a bly to the next round.
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Martus added 18:32 - Jan 3 What dull draw again
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TractorBoyOlly added 18:33 - Jan 3 It's certainly not dull. What a great draw! Certain candidates to progress through again. We could go along way this year. Arsenal are not guarenteed to win at Stoke and if we avoid big guns in next round, who knows??
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rubberblood added 18:35 - Jan 3 people on here seem to think we have won this already. Make no mistake saints are a good side, this will be a tough match for us.
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bluetoba added 18:40 - Jan 3 Gutted. I wanted Leeds.
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Suffolk_n_Good added 18:41 - Jan 3 How under-whelming! could prove tricky though, really wanted us to get a prem team.
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brendanh added 18:44 - Jan 3 We'll have to keep Rickie Lambert quiet, or else buy him before the tie ;-)
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statto72 added 18:45 - Jan 3 Saints are going well but we are on the up. This has the makings of a cracking game. I shall be there, particularly as my nephew lives in Soton - he'll be there in his ITFC shirt!
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DrJeckyll added 18:52 - Jan 3 difficult but winnable, love cup runs, happy to avoid premier sides at this stage
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bobaki added 19:00 - Jan 3 hurray. living near southampton doesn't come in handy very often.
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Back_The_Boss added 19:06 - Jan 3 A winnable but boring draw, good chance of going through. COYB!
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moomoosereni added 19:18 - Jan 3 Quite happy with this one. Nice Stadium, last time I went a good atmosphere from our fans. Fingers crossed I can get the time off work and go to this one!
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GarvanIsGod added 19:27 - Jan 3 Should be ok.
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arc added 19:34 - Jan 3 I wanted Southampton at Home. Now we'll probably go out. Oh well.
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Dowson added 19:47 - Jan 3 tough game they will give us but its a game we should win even a draw would bring them here and then i think we would win that odds on
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OsborneOneNil added 20:05 - Jan 3 Well pleased, only up the road for me.........
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Greektractor added 21:26 - Jan 3 this game is by no means a buy to the next round. Will be a tricky test for us. Would have prefered them at p/r
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RetroBlue added 21:27 - Jan 3 will be a very hard game - undoubtably RK will install a "respect but no fear" attitude toward Saints. Would be happy with a draw and to win the return at FPR tbh !
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jas0999 added 21:27 - Jan 3 Dull and tough. Could have been easier than this!
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runaround added 21:45 - Jan 3 Not the most exciting of draws but it is definately a winnable match if we can perform to our best
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WREXHAM_BLUE added 21:51 - Jan 3 Happy to avoid a Prem team. Good chance of progressing. Come on you Blues!
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