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THE FA CUP: Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal were all handed home ties when the Fourth Round draw was made.

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Premiership pacesetters Manchester United, who knocked Aston Villa out of The FA Cup yesterday with a last-gasp effort from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, were handed a home tie with Portsmouth in this afternoon's Fourth Round draw at Soho Square.

Pompey boss Harry Redknapp masterminded United's shock defeat as holders in 1984 when he was in charge at AFC Bournemouth.

The draw was made by Hope Powell and Faye White, Head Coach and Captain respectively of the England Women's Team.

Six Premiership outfits have already ended their interest in this season's competition after the weekend's Third Round ties but six of the seven top-placed sides are still dreaming of a May Final.

Chelsea's eventful tie with Macclesfield drew a bigger crowd to the Bridge than their Champions League match against Barcelona and today's draw sees them at home again, this time to League One Nottingham Forest who had a great win over Premiership strugglers Charlton on Saturday.

Chelsea and Forest have only met twice before in The Cup. Blues won an away Fourth Round replay 3-0 in 1934 and a home Fourth Round match 2-0 in 2000.

Swansea City, who caused the other major upset by winning at Sheffield United, might have hoped for a better draw than Chester or Ipswich away.

There are still 45 teams left from the original entry of 687. With two postponements at the weekend and eleven replays to come, there were only seven clear-cut ties in today's draw.

Amongst those, two teams in the bottom three of the Premiership - West Ham and Watford - meet at Upton Park and Arsenal tackle Bolton, the team who beat them at the same stage last season.

Here is the Fourth Round draw:


Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers
West Ham United v Watford
Bristol City or Coventry City v Hull City or Middlesbrough
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
Chester City or Ipswich Town v Swansea City
Cardiff City or Tottenham Hotspur v Southend United or Barnsley
Barnet or Colchester United v Peterborough United or Plymouth Argyle
Birmingham City or Newcastle United v Reading or Burnley
Derby County v Bristol Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday or Manchester City v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Preston North End
Manchester United v Portsmouth
Blackpool v Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers or Luton Town v Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers or Oldham Athletic v WBA
Leicester City or Fulham v Stoke City