23/24 FA Youth Cup Third Round draw revealed – Premier League and Championship clubs join

The 23/24 FA Youth Cup Third Round draw has been revealed as Premier League and Championship clubs join at this stage of the competition.

At this stage of the competition, any of the 32 ties that end level after 90 minutes will go to extra time and if the score is still level, will be decided from a penalty shootout.

In the 2023-24 season, players who are eligible to take part must have reached the age of 15 years by midnight on 31 August of the current season and not reached the age of 18 years as at midnight on 31 August of the current season. So for this season, a player must have been born on or after 1 September 2005 and before 1 September 2008.

All ties are to be played by Saturday 16 December 2023, with kick-off 7pm unless mutually agreed otherwise.

FA YOUTH CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW

1 Harrogate Town v Brighton & Hove Albion
2 Sheffield United v Cheltenham Town or Dorking Wanderers
3 Cardiff City v Fulham
4 Luton Town v Swindon Town
5 Everton v Leighton Town or Stockport County
6 Sheffield Wednesday v Hemel Hempstead Town or Exeter City
7 Burton Albion or Chester-Le-Street United v Aston Villa
8 Morecambe or Fleetwood Town v Liverpool
9 Reading or Forest Green Rovers v Rotherham United
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Queens Park Rangers
11 Burnley v Birmingham City
12 West Ham United v Southampton
13 Plymouth Argyle v Crystal Palace
14 Grimsby Town v Nottingham Forest
15 Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur
16 Leicester City v Chelsea
17 Barnsley or Bradford City v Lincoln City or Walsall
18 Arsenal v Crewe Alexandra
19 West Bromwich Albion v AFC Bournemouth
20 Huddersfield Town v Erith & Belvedere or Charlton Athletic
21 AFC Wimbledon or Stevenage v Blackburn Rovers
22 Sunderland v Middlesbrough
23 Watford v Manchester City
24 Newcastle United v Leyton Orient or Tring Athletic
25 Ipswich Town v Swansea City
26 Norwich City v Leeds United
27 Millwall v Barking
28 Bristol City v Stoke City
29 AFC Fylde or Accrington Stanley v Hull City
30 Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers or Derby County
31 Preston North End v Coventry City
32 Gillingham or Eastleigh v Oxford United or Sutton United

AGE GROUP BRACKETS

Only those players are eligible to take part who have reached the age of 15 years by midnight on 31

August of the current season and not reached the age of 18 years as at midnight on 31 August of the current season. (For season 2023-2024, a player must have been born on or after 1 September 2005
and before 1 September 2008).

Competition Proper – Ties to be played by the closing date:-
Second Round Proper Saturday 25 November 2023
Third Round Proper Saturday 16 December 2023
Fourth Round Proper Saturday 20 January 2024
Fifth Round Proper Saturday 10 February 2024
Sixth Round Proper Saturday 9 March 2024
Semi Final Saturday 6 April 2024
Final Saturday 4 May 2024

FA YOUTH CUP SECOND ROUND RESULTS

15 Nov 2023 South Shields (6) 1–5 Grimsby Town (4) – 378
15 Nov 2023 Swindon Town (4) 5–0 Wimborne Town (8) – 370
15 Nov 2023 Barking (9) 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons (4) – 263
16 Nov 2023 Northampton Town (3) 1–2 Harrogate Town (4) – 448
16 Nov 2023 Crewe Alexandra (4) 3–0 Boldmere St Michaels (8) – 324
17 Nov 2023 AFC Fylde (5) v Accrington Stanley (4)
17 Nov 2023 Oxford United (3) v Sutton United (4)
17 Nov 2023 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) v Exeter City (3)
20 Nov 2023 Lincoln City (3) v Walsall (4)
21 Nov 2023 Cheltenham Town (3) v Dorking Wanderers (5)
22 Nov 2023 Burton Albion (3) v Chester-Le-Street United (10)
22 Nov 2023 Morecambe (4) v Fleetwood Town (3)
23 Nov 2023 AFC Wimbledon (4) v Stevenage (3)
23 Nov 2023 Gillingham (4) v Eastleigh (5)
23 Nov 2023 Leighton Town (8) v Stockport County (4)
23 Nov 2023 Erith & Belvedere (8) v Charlton Athletic (3)
24 Nov 2023 Barnsley (3) v Bradford City (4)
24 Nov 2023 Reading (3) v Forest Green Rovers (4)
27 Nov 2023 Bolton Wanderers (3) v Derby County (3)
28 Nov 2023 Leyton Orient (3) v Tring Athletic (9)

FA YOUTH CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW

30 Nov 2023 Doncaster Rovers (4) 0–1 AFC Fylde (5)
30 Nov 2023 Thame United (8) 3–6 Forest Green Rovers (4)
31 Nov 2023 Carlisle United (3) 1–5 Barnsley (3)
31 Nov 2023 Bolton Wanderers (3) 2–0 Blackpool (3)
31 Nov 2023 Shrewsbury Town (3) 0–3 Grimsby Town (4)
31 Nov 2023 Notts County (4) 0–3 Lincoln City (3)
31 Nov 2023 Colchester United (4) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p) Sutton United (4)
31 Oct 2023 Leyton Orient (3) 2–1 AFC Sudbury (7)
31 Oct 2023 Eastleigh (5) 2–1 Portsmouth (3)
31 Oct 2023 Bristol Rovers (3) 1–2 Cheltenham Town (3)
31 Oct 2023 AFC Wimbledon (4) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cambridge United (3)
31 Oct 2023 Bury Town (8) 1–4 Charlton Athletic (3)
31 Oct 2023 Oxford City (5) 1–4 Reading (3)
1 Nov 2023 Morecambe (4) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Wrexham (4)
1 Nov 2023 Salford City (4) 0–3 Accrington Stanley (4)
1 Nov 2023 Bradford City (4) 2–0 Tranmere Rovers (4)
1 Nov 2023 Burton Albion (3) 2–1 Port Vale (3)
1 Nov 2023 Oxford United (3) 3–0 Bridgwater United (9)
1 Nov 2023 Chester-Le-Street United (10) 2–0 Guiseley (7)
1 Nov 2023 Stourbridge (7) 0–3 Milton Keynes Dons (4)
1 Nov 2023 Ware (8) 1–2 Gillingham (4) Ware
1 Nov 2023 Aldershot Town (5) 0–1 Swindon Town (4)
2 Nov 2023 Crewe Alexandra (4) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Peterborough United (3)
2 Nov 2023 Dorking Wanderers (5) 2–1 Worthing (6)
2 Nov 2023 Lancaster City (7) 2–3 South Shields (6)
2 Nov 2023 Mickleover (7) 0–2 Northampton Town (3)
3 Nov 2023 Wigan Athletic (3) 0–2 Fleetwood Town (3)
3 Nov 2023 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 4–0 Takeley (9)
4 Nov 2023 Rochdale (5) 1–2 Harrogate Town (4)
4 Nov 2023 Walton & Hersham (7) 0–3 Erith & Belvedere (8)
6 Nov 2023 Reading City (9) 3–5 (a.e.t.) Exeter City (3)
6 Nov 2023 Kingstonian (7) 0–1 Barking (9)
7 Nov 2023 Burgess Hill Town (8) 1–5 Stevenage (3)
8 Nov 2023 Stockport County (4) 3–0 Farsley Celtic (6)
8 Nov 2023 Newport County (4) 2–4 Wimborne Town (8)
8 Nov 2023 Tring Athletic (9) 4–0 Berkhamsted (7)
9 Nov 2023 Chesterfield (5) 1–2 (a.e.t.) Boldmere St Michaels (8)
9 Nov 2023 Leighton Town (8) 1–0 Solihull Moors (5)
9 Nov 2023 Chasetown (8) 2–6 Walsall (4)
10 Nov 2023 Mansfield Town (4) 0–2 Derby County (3)

You can see the qualifying results by clicking HERE.