The most recent was in December 1999, at a time when Derby were still a Premiership club under the management of Jim Smith, whilst the Clarets were battling near the top of the 2nd Division.
Despite the fact that Derby were struggling, nobody gave us a chance, but we went there and won it 1-0 with Andy Cooke heading home a Gordon Armstrong cross in the second half. It was our very first win against a Premiership side and a massive
Eight seasons earlier we had been paired with them in the same round and after a 2-2 draw at the Turf, and an abandoned game at the Baseball Ground, we finally played it on 4th round day. We were beaten 2-0, deserved nothing better than that, but the game will always be remembered for the incredible support from the away end that day which forced Jimmy Mullen and his players to come back out long after the final whistle to take a final bow.
There have been three other meetings between the sides in the FA Cup with the Clarets winning two of them and
Last season saw us drawn at home in all three rounds so it was probably no surprise this time that it was former Sunderland goalkeeper Jim Montgomery who drew out or number for an away tie.
The full draw is:
West Bromwich Albion v
Fulham v Leyton Orient
Brighton & Hove Albion v
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale or Bristol Rovers v Boston United or Doncaster Rovers
Torquay United v
Newcastle United v
Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra
Stoke City v
Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers
Arsenal v
Wigan Athletic v Leeds United
Sunderland v Woking v Northwich
Sheffield United v Colchester United
Nuneaton Borough or Histon v
Barnsley or
Burton Albion or Burscough v Manchester United
Millwall v Everton
