FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW: Liverpool to face Everton at Anfield as Manchester City draw Burnley
* The fixtures for the third round of the FA Cup draw have now been decided
* Liverpool have been drawn to face local rivals Everton at Anfield
* Arsenal will make an away trip to go up against Nottingham Forrest
* Jose Mourinho's Manchester United will host Derby County at Old Trafford
A Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton was the pick of an exciting FA Cup third-round draw.
The Stanley Park rivals meet at Anfield on Sunday in the Premier League and that will again be the venue when they face each other over the first weekend of January.
Not since 1932 have they been drawn together at this stage of the competition, when Liverpool were 2-1 winners at Goodison Park.
More recently they met in the semi-final of 2012 when second-half goals from Liverpool's Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll reversed Nikica Jelavic's opener.
There remains a chance that this will be the first third round without a non-League team since 1925, but that did not detract from an intriguing draw.
Seventh-tier Hereford — the phoenix club formed in 2014 following the demise of old FA Cup giantkillers Hereford United — must first negotiate a home replay against League One Fleetwood Town if they are to entertain top-flight Leicester City.
Fellow non-League clubs Woking and AFC Flyde must also overcome replays if they are to earn trips to Aston Villa and Bournemouth respectively.
Elsewhere, there was the romance of another phoenix club, AFC Wimbledon, returning to Wembley to face Spurs, 30 years on from Wimbledon's victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup final.
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THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW
Ipswich Town v Sheffield United
Watford v Bristol City
Birmingham City v Burton Albion
Liverpool v Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Woking or Peterborough United
Bournemouth v AFC Fylde or Wigan
Coventry City v Stoke City
Newport County v Leeds United
Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Port Vale v Bradford City
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Brentford v Notts County
Queens Park Rangers v MK Dons
Manchester United v Derby County
Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City v West Bromwich Albion
Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale
Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Wimbledon
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Fleetwood or Hereford v Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers or Crewe Alexandra v Hull City
Cardiff City v Mansfield Town
Manchester City v Burnley
Shrewsbury Town v West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Swansea City
Stevenage v Reading
Newcastle United v Luton Town
Millwall v Barnsley
Fulham v Southampton
Wycombe Wanderers v Preston North End
Norwich City v Chelsea
Gillingham or Carlisle United v Sheffield Wednesday
Ties will take place from 5-7 January 2018
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Of the Premier League's other top-six clubs, leaders Manchester City host Burnley, Chelsea are away at Norwich City, Manchester United face Derby County at Old Trafford and Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest.
Former Forest midfielder Jermaine Jenas — drawing the away teams alongside Glenn Hoddle — apologised after handing them such a difficult tie.
There is also the renewal of the fierce rivalry between Brighton and Crystal Palace — who played out a goalless draw in the league last week — while North-East adversaries Middlesbrough and Sunderland clash at the Riverside Stadium.
There is, however, a danger that Premier League clubs could play weakened teams in the third round.
A full round of top-flight fixtures takes place in the midweek before the cup, and this on the back of the busy festive programme. Indeed, Spurs play West Ham on Thursday, January 4 and Arsenal host Chelsea just 24 hours earlier.
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