**The draw for the 2025-26 FA Youth Cup third round proper has been made, as clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship join the competition at this stage.**
There will be 32 ties at this stage, scheduled to take place by Saturday 13 December 2025 with extra time and penalties to decide games which end all square after 90 minutes.
Current Youth Cup holders Aston Villa will be on the road as they begin their defence, when they play either Grimsby Town or Doncaster Rovers which is one of a number of second round proper ties still be played.
For the 2025-26 season, eligible players in matches involving NLS clubs, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007 and before 1 September 2010.
Meanwhile, in matches involving only clubs from the Premier League and/or the EFL, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007.
[SEE THE LATEST FA YOUTH CUP RESULTS]( https://www.thefa.com/competitions/youth-football/fa-youth-cup/results )
[SEE THE NEXT FA YOUTH CUP FIXTURES]( https://www.thefa.com/competitions/youth-football/fa-youth-cup/fixtures )
**The 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