Manchester City will begin our 2025/26 FA Youth Cup campaign with a third-round clash at home to Fulham.

City are four times FA Youth winners and reached the final of last season’s tournament before losing out 3-1 to Aston Villa in the showpiece.

Oliver Reiss’s side currently sit top in the Premier League Under-18 North table having won eight of our nine games to date.

Meanwhile, Fulham are 10th in Premier League Under-18 South with four wins from eight matches and four defeats.

All ties are scheduled to be completed by Saturday, 13 December.

A date and kick-off time will be confirmed as soon as possible so stay close to mancity.com for full fixture details.   

FULL THIRD ROUND DRAW 

1 Oxford United v Wigan Athletic or Walsall
2 Needham Market or Southend United v Swindon Town or Dorking Wanderers
3 Newcastle United v Portsmouth
4 Crewe Alexandra or FC Halifax Town v Barnet or Colchester United
5 Barnsley or Mansfield Town v Arsenal
6 Rotherham United or Fleetwood Town v Blackpool or Aylestone Park
7 Bristol City v Leeds United
8 Sunderland v Nottingham Forest
9 Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion
10 West Bromwich Albion v AFC Bournemouth
11 Millwall v Everton
12 Tranmere Rovers or Bolton Wanderers v Leicester City
13 Blackburn Rovers v Southampton
14 Manchester City v Fulham
15 Manchester United v Peterborough United
16 Coventry City v Birmingham City
17 Wrexham v Northampton Town or Port Vale
18 Reading v Middlesbrough
19 Queens Park Rangers v Oxford City or Walton & Hersham
20 Norwich City v Stoke City
21 Hull City v Swansea City
22 Crystal Palace v Bradford City or York City
23 Watford v Plymouth Argyle or Milton Keynes Dons
24 Tiverton Town or Cambridge United v Derby County
25 Wycombe Wanderers or Bromley v Sheffield Wednesday
26 Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers
27 Grimsby Town or Doncaster Rovers v Aston Villa
28 Sheffield United v Ipswich Town
29 Gillingham or Forest Green Rovers v Stevenage
30 Brentford v Chelsea
31 Preston North End v West Ham United
32 Liverpool v Charlton Athletic