Town have drawn League Two Portsmouth at Portman Road in the third round of the FA Cup.

The teams have met in the FA Cup on two previous occasions, both within the last 10 years on Suffolk soil when the visitors were in the Premier League.

The Blues played Pompey at the third round stage in 2007/08 when the visitors won 1-0 via a David Nugent goal, Liam Trotter having been controversially sent off in the first half.

Pompey also visited Portman Road at the same point in the competition two years prior to that when a Dario Silva goal saw the Hampshire club to another 1-0 victory.

The teams most recently met in the Championship in the 2011/12 campaign when Town won both games 1-0, Keith Andrews netting the goal at home and Michael Chopra at Fratton Park.

Historically, the Blues have won 19 games between the two clubs (18 in the league, one in the League Cup), 11 have been draws (11) and Pompey have won 11 (nine in the league plus the two FA Cup ties).

Blues defender Matt Clarke is currently on loan with Portsmouth but his half-season spell is set to end on January 3rd, prior to the FA Cup third round and even if his time there is extended he wouldn't be able to face his parent club.

The Pompey squad also includes ex-Blues Brian Murphy and Gary Roberts, while former academy striker Caolan Lavery is on loan from Sheffield Wednesday.

Portsmouth beat Macclesfield 2-1 at home in round one and Accrington Stanley 1-0 in the second round, also at Fratton Park.

Third round ties will be played between Friday 8th and Sunday 11th January.

Meanwhile, James Alabi’s loan club Grimsby Town are in second round action on TV this evening when they take on Shrewsbury at Blundell Park (BT Sport 2, KO 7.45pm).

FA Cup Third Round Draw

Watford v Newcastle
WBA v Bristol City
West Ham v Wolves
Salford or Hartlepool v Derby
Exeter v Liverpool
Tottenham v Leicester
Colchester v Charlton
Peterborough v Preston
Northampton v MK Dons
Arsenal v Sunderland
Newport v Blackburn
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Birmingham v Bournemouth
Wycombe v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Oxford v Swansea
Brentford v Chesterfield or Walsall
Bury v Bradford
Manchester United v Sheffield United
Everton v Dagenham or Whitehawk
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Eastleigh v Bolton
Nottingham Forest v QPR
Carlisle v Yeovil
Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe
Doncaster v Stoke
Leeds v Rotherham
Cardiff v Grimsby or Shrewsbury
Huddersfield v Reading
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Norwich v Manchester City
Hull City v Brighton

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Green_Army added 19:20 - Dec 7 Chance to progress!
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Tufty added 19:24 - Dec 7 Interesting will we put out a team of kiddlywinks and hope for the best
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boroughblue added 19:35 - Dec 7 i go to school in Gosport, all my mates support pompey. If we lose i will never hear the end of it. Please don't let me down town. Got a lot riding on this...
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jas0999 added 19:37 - Dec 7 No excuses, any team we put out should be good enough to win this game at home to a division 2 club. Good opportunity to progress, but suspect this won't get too much coverage!
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hector_clifford added 19:38 - Dec 7 I hope we play the first team, to give the fans and competition and opposition the respect they deserve
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itsonlyme added 19:41 - Dec 7 We can only hope that Mick puts out a reasonably strong team, which means not the current back four!
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Dissboyitfc added 19:52 - Dec 7 Would really love mm to give this a real go, a cup run could be really enjoyable...coyb
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martleshamitfc added 19:54 - Dec 7 Portsmouth have large fan base and will bring a good following so at least it should be a good atmosphere, hope MM puts out a decent side as it is a good chance to progress.
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Ipswichbusiness added 19:56 - Dec 7 I understand that the overwhelming priority is promotion, but, please, let's take the Cup seriously this year. A good run could really lift morale.
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StochesStotasBlewe added 19:59 - Dec 7 Lets hope the club price the tie sensibly, get in a decent crowd, cracking atmosphere & put out a reasonably strong starting 11.
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itfc1981 added 20:36 - Dec 7 Time for cup rewenge!
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itfc1981 added 20:38 - Dec 7 Haha Norwich by the way. Wrighty will enjoy that tie.
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truethurstonblue added 21:01 - Dec 7 Went to College in portsmouth.....brother-in-law supports Pompey...but it has to be ITFC all the way COYB!
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Gipeswic added 21:41 - Dec 7 Ray Crawford will be happy!
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Cloddyseedbed added 21:42 - Dec 7 Well we all get excited by the FA cup but unfortunately the manager does not so we all know how it will end!
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Warkys_Tash added 23:16 - Dec 7 Look out for the man in the hat!
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essexbluey added 02:49 - Dec 8 The man with the hat is banned from portman rd. He got on the top of boxes a few seasons ago and did a stupid dad dance.
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Mr_Evans added 06:31 - Dec 8 If we charge £15 a ticket we should hopefully sell out. Can't see it happening though.
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ITFCsince67 added 07:16 - Dec 8 Price this wrong and we might as well play at Ipswich Wanderers
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 08:56 - Dec 8 I think Mick Mills started at Portsmouth
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SamWhiteUK added 09:22 - Dec 8 See ya Nodge!
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VenloITFC added 09:32 - Dec 8 When do they set the date for this game? Plan on going but need to start booking stuff.
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Razor added 11:52 - Dec 8 Memo to Mick-----could we possibly take this seriously this time? Memo to club-----be sensible on prices---£15 should do all over and we may get some sort of atmosphere. Heres hoping!!
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soapy added 12:57 - Dec 8 Didn't Soton price our match at £10 for adults last year? That price would see us sell out or near to for sure. COYB
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terryf added 14:53 - Dec 8 Ray is on a winner with this one, although I suspect his loyalties will be torn towards Pompey as they are his home Town Club. My nephew is a big Pompey fan and he told me that the guy with the top hat works in a Library. This was the season they won promotion and I must admit I found his conducting of the Pompey fans for half an hour very entertaining and the Ipswich fans were joining in at times. We also won the game 3 - 0 with a great goal from Pablo, so a repeat of that scoreline will do nicely.

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