You could have scripted this one.
32 teams in a draw, two clubs from South Wales and they get pulled out to face each other at the Liberty in three weeks time.
Swansea and Cardiff will do battle on the pitch in the 3rd Round of the competition with the prize for the winners being a place in the last 16 in November.
The two sides were paired together in today's draw which is reproduced below and the game should (!) be played on September 23 and is hot favourite for live TV coverage.
The full draw reads as follows: –
Arsenal v Sheff Utd
Brighton or Man City v Derby
Burnley v Fulham
Portsmouth v Chelsea
Blackburn v Everton
Rotherham v Southampton
Swansea v Cardiff
Ipswich v Wigan
Stoke v Reading
Leeds v Hartlepool
Watford v West Ham
Man Utd v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Crewe
Aston Villa v QPR
Sunderland v Northampton
Newcastle v Tottenham
This article first appeared on JACKARMY.net.