City challenge in FA Cup

West Ham United have been handed a FA Cup third-round tie at home to Manchester City on the weekend of 5-6 January.

The teams, who are due to meet at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday 20 January , played each other at the Boleyn Ground on the opening day of this season. In that 11 August fixture, Sven-Goran Eriksson's men ran out 2-0 winners.

West Ham United, three-time winners of the famous competition in 1964, 1975 and 1980, will also be hoping to surpass the achievement of the 2005/06 run to the final, when they drew 3-3 with Liverpool before losing out on penalties. That memorable occasion was preceded by a March 2006 quarter-final trip to City that saw Dean Ashton score twice in a 2-1 victory. Danny Gabbidon, James Collins and Hayden Mullins also featured.

The only other FA Cup meeting between the two clubs came in the 1997/98 fourth round at Maine Road when goals from Eyal Berkovic and Steve Lomas either side of a Georgi Kinkladze effort ensured victory.  Sir Trevor Brooking, the hero of the 1980 showpiece, conducted Sunday's draw from FA headquarters in central London. The ticket office selling dates are provisionally set to be as follows: