FA CUP DRAW: Baggies or Bristol City away for Peterborough United

Posh were the second team to emerge in tonight’s (January 11) draw and the tie will be seen as a huge anti-climax for a club who have reached the fourth round for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

Co-incidentally Posh were knocked out by West Brom on that occasion. The Baggies were a top Championship club back then and eased to a 3-0 win at London Road against Darren Ferguson’s promotion-chasing League Two team.

If West Brom win their third round replay in Bristol next week (January 19) it will be the third time in eight years that Posh have faced them in an FA Cup tie. West Brom were in the Premier League when they beat League One Posh 2-0 in the 2008-09 season in a third round replay at London Road. Posh had gained a creditable 1-1 draw at The Hawthorns thanks to a late Craig Mackail-Smith equaliser.

Posh have only ever met Bristol City once in the FA Cup, in a third round tie in 1982, which City won 1-0 at London Road.

Posh haven’t reached the fifth round of the FA Cup since the 1985-86 season when John Wile’s struggling Fourth Division side lost 1-0 in a replay against Second Division Brighton at the Goldstone Ground. Dean Saunders scored the only goal of that game. The teams had drawn 2-2 in the first tie at London Road.

The tie will take place on the weekend of 30/31 January. Posh were due to meet Oldham in a League One match on January 30.

Local rivals Northampton Town were handed a potentially great draw. They will host reigning Premier Division champions Chelsea if they can win at MK Dons in a third round replay next week.

Full draw: West Brom or Bristol City v Peterborough United, Eastleigh or Bolton v Leeds United, Arsenal v Burnley, Derby County v Manchester United, Huddersfield Town or Reading v Walsall, Exeter City or Liverpool v West Ham,

Wycombe Wanderers or Aston Villa v Manchester City, Shrewsbury Town v Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest v Watford, Carlisle United or Yeovil v Everton, Crystal Palace v Stoke City, Oxford United v Newport County or Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town or Portsmouth v Bournemouth, Colchester United v Tottenham or Leicester City, Bury or Bradford City v Hull City, Northampton Town or MK Dons v Chelsea.