Bitter rivals Leeds and Manchester United were tonight paired together in thethird round of the Carling Cup.
There is no love lost between the Roses outfits, with both clubs havingdecided to reduce the ticket allocation for away fans in their BarclaycardPremiership matches to reduced the risk of trouble.
The first of those comes at Elland Road on October 18, with Sir Alex Fergusonand Peter Reid getting another chance to go head-to-head shortly afterwards inthe third-round Carling Cup tie some 10 days later.
Notts County, currently in administration, will be looking for a much-neededfinancial windfall when they travel to Chelsea.
The Second Division side - the oldest professional football club in the world- dumped Ipswich out in the last round and will be rubbing their hands at thebumper pay-day from a trip to Stamford Bridge.
Blackburn boss Graeme Souness will lock horns with Gerard Houllier again whenhis former club when holders Liverpool come to Ewood Park - the pair havingfallen out after the recent Premiership meeting at Blackburn over a Lucas Neilltackle.
Another all top-flight clash sees Everton take on Charlton at Goodison Park,and Aston Villa host midlands rivals Leicester City.
Southampton travel to Bristol City, while Portsmouth are at Nottingham Forestand Manchester City must go to Loftus Road to take on QPR.
Bolton host Gillingham and Middlesbrough will face a stern examination atearly Division One pacesetters Wigan, who knocked out Fulham in the last round.
Burnley go to Molineux, where Wolves will be looking to get their stutteringseason up and running while Blackpool's reward for knocking Birmingham out inround two is another home tie, this time against First Division Crystal Palace.
The other tie sees Huddersfield, conquerors of Sunderland in round two, travelto managerless Reading.
Below is the draw for the third round of the English League Cup made on Saturday (Roman numerals denote division of non-premier league clubs):
Bristol City (II) v Southampton
Everton v Charlton Athletic
Nottingham Forest (I) v Portsmouth
Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool
Bolton Wanderers v Gillingham (I)
Wigan (I) v Middlesbrough
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley (I)
Blackpool (II) v Crystal Palace (I)
Chelsea v Notts County (II)
Queens Park Rangers (II) v Manchester City
Reading (I) v Huddersfield (III)
Aston Villa v Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham (I)
Arsenal v Rotherham (I)
Newcastle United v West Bromwich (I)
Leeds United v Manchester United
Ties to be played week commencing October 27th.
Report to follow...