The draw was made at Wembley on Monday evening, with the Magpies - ball 29 - drawn out by former Arsenal Women and England defender Faye White to face the U's, who are currently in 16th position in League One after being promoted from League Two last term.

It will be Newcastle United's 400th FA Cup tie - but their first ever against Cambridge. The two sides have met 16 times in league games over the years, however, with Newcastle winning nine and drawing four of those previous encounters.

The most recent matches between the teams came during Magpies' 1992/93 Division One promotion campaign, where Kevin Keegan's men won 4-1 at St. James' Park in November 1992, with David Kelly hitting a hat-trick and Gavin Peacock also on target, and 3-0 at the Abbey Stadium in April 1993 with goals from Kelly, Andy Cole and Steve Howey.

Cambridge secured their place in the draw after wins over Northampton Town and Exeter City.

Third round matches will be played between Friday, 7th January and Monday, 10th January 2022, with winning clubs receiving £82,000 from the competition prize fund.

Newcastle have won the FA Cup six times - most recently in 1954/55 - and been runners-up on seven occasions.

Last season, United were knocked out in the third round by Arsenal, but they reached the quarter-finals in 2019/20 only to lose 2-0 to Manchester City.

Ticket details for the third round tie will be confirmed on nufc.co.uk in due course.