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Manchester United are set to face League Two opponents Newport County within the upcoming fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
United superior to the following stage of the competitors after beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 on the DW Stadium earlier this month.
Targets from Portuguese duo Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes ensured Wigan didn’t spring up any surprises on the Crimson Devils.
The FA Cup draw occurred earlier than the sport and it emerged that Erik ten Hag’s males would face both Newport County or Eastleigh.
The primary match between the 2 sides led to a 1-1 stalemate and so a replay was obligatory.
The second recreation which was performed on Tuesday evening noticed Newport beat Eastleigh 3-1. Targets from Aaron Wildig, James Clarke and Will Evans have been sufficient to sink Eastleigh.
United have confirmed by way of the club’s official website that they are going to journey to Rodney Parade on Sunday 28 January to conflict in opposition to the Exiles.
The affair will kick off at 16:30 GMT and will probably be broadcast reside on BBC One and BBC iPlayer within the UK.
It’ll be the primary time ever within the membership’s wealthy historical past to come back up in opposition to Newport in a aggressive fixture. The United Reserves performed them in a pleasant again in 2004.
Graham Coughlan’s facet are nonetheless not utterly new to the FA Cup and its magic. The Exiles reached the fifth spherical through the 2018/19 marketing campaign after beating Leicester Metropolis and Middlesbrough.
They have been solely stopped of their tracks by Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis.
Apparently, Coughlan is a boyhood United fan. He informed reporters earlier than the replay at Eastleigh, “I truly shed a number of tears once we obtained beat within the 1979 FA Cup ultimate [by Arsenal].”
“I used to be solely a bit of nipper and my dad would inform me. I needed to wait till ’83 for the replay in opposition to Brighton to see United raise a trophy for the primary time.”
“Then ’85 and the Norman Whiteside aim in opposition to Everton. All these reminiscences, the cup runs and the success they’ve had. That was rising up as a child.”
Little doubt Coughlan will probably be dreaming about doing the unthinkable by beating United.
