Portsmouth incentive for cup replay

An injury-ravished Pompey reached the Fourth Round for the first time since 1998 on Saturday thanks to a last minute winner from Yakubu Ayegbeni against Second Division Blackpool.

Manager Harry Redknapp said: "I had to change the team three times between 10.30 and kick-off.

"I ended up going into the boot room and finding two kids - Anthony Pulis and Warren Hunt - having a cup of tea.

"I then needed another so I found Shaun Cooper, who was having a meat pie when I told him I was on the bench."

The dubious incentive was handed to the Iron in this afternoon's draw, which again saw a disappointing lack of of possible upsets - with eight of the Premiership clubs paired against each other.

The most interesting of those four games will be at Anfield where Liverpool will host Newcastle, Arsenal will host Middlesbrough in another tie which will generate little interest from the neutral fan.

Apart from Scunthorpe or Barnsley's trip to Portsmouth the only other guaranteed games between Premiership clubs are Manchester United's visit to Northampton or Rotherham and Birmingham City playing Wimbledon or Stoke.

If Chelsea overcome Watford in their replay they will travel to Southend or Scarborough, while Telford's reward for beating Crewe at Gresty Road is the visit of Millwall.

Fourth Round ties will be played across the final weekend in January.

The draw in full:

Man City or Leicester v Tottenham Hotspur
Swansea v Preston or Reading
Northampton or Rotherham v Man Utd
Kidderminster or Wolves v West Ham United
Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Coventry v Accrington Stanley or Colchester
Ipswich v Sunderland
Luton v Tranmere or Bolton Wanderers
Liverpool v Newcastle
Burnley v Gillingham
Nottm Forest v Sheff Utd
Portsmouth v Scunthorpe or Barnsley
Everton v Fulham
Telford v Millwall
Southend or Scaborough v Watford or Chelsea
Birmingham v Wimbledon or Stoke