All the latest from St James’ Park, 8pm BST kick-offFollow all the third-round ties on our live scores page
1 min Peep peep! City kick off from left to right as we watch. Looks like their shape is 4-3-3 with Grealish and Bobb playing wide.
“Never mind mouth-moistening ties, Rob!” weeps Justin Kavanagh. “The very first one on your list has just induced dreadful flashbacks to the 1977 League Cup final between Villa and Everton, that went on forever (well three games). As a young footie fan, I suffered through all these on the telly and (I think) one on the radio. And if memory serves, the ref even called the two captains together at one point to remind them to, you know, play a bit as the country was watching on. My mouth has now gone dry just thinking about it. By the end of it all, I couldn’t even care who won or lost. I was a soccer cynic. The horror. The horror.”
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