Home draw for Clarets
Last updated : 27 August 2005 By Tony Scholes
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Since beating Bury at Gigg Lane at the start of last season’s competition it is our eighth consecutive home draw in the two major cup competitions and we have been paired with the Tykes for the first time ever in this cup.
In fact cup ties are not common place between the two clubs and the only occasion we have met in any such competition was way back in the 1910/11 season when we beat them 2-0 at home in the 2nd round of the FA Cup, with our goals coming from Jonathan Morley and Benjamin Green.
Barnsley won through to this tie courtesy of a victory at Deepdale last Tuesday night when, after drawing 1-1 after extra time in front of a crowd of 3,137, they went on to win the penalty shoot out 5-4.
With the Clarets seeded we were almost guaranteed a draw against a side from one of the two lower divisions although we could have been paired with Coventry, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday or Watford.
The game is expected to be played on Tuesday 20th September and the full draw is as follows:
Watford v Wolves
Wycombe v Aston Villa
Wigan v Bournemouth
Charlton v Hartlepool
Fulham v Lincoln
Yeovil v Millwall
Doncaster v Man City
Blackburn v Huddersfield
Leicester v Blackpool
Rotherham v Leeds
Norwich v Northampton
Scunthorpe v Birmingham
Sheffield Wed v West Ham
Burnley v Barnsley
Grimsby v Tottenham
Cardiff v Macclesfield
Mansfield v Southampton
West Brom v Bradford City
Gillingham v Portsmouth
Crystal Palace v Coventry
Barnet v Plymouth
Shrewsbury v Sheffield Utd
Sunderland v Cheltenham
Reading v Luton