| FA Cup Round 3 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | Rotherham United | D 3 | Maine Road | 26,029 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Manchester United | 3 | 0 | Chelsea | D 1 | Old Trafford | 38,500 | |
| Coppell, Grimes, Greenhoff J | Lineups | | | | | |
| FA Cup Round 3 Replay | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 4 | Aldershot | 1 | 0 | Sheffield United | D 2 | Recreation Ground | 8,321 | |
| Dungworth (p) | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | Middlesbrough | D 1 | Selhurst Park | 23,119 | |
| Sansom | Lineups | | | | | |
| SL |
Maidstone United |
1 | 2 | Charlton Athletic | D 2 | Athletic Ground | 10,500 | |
| Coupland | Lineups | Campbell, Robinson | | | | |
| D 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 0 | Coventry City | D 1 | The Hawthorns | 36,262 | |
| Batson, Brown AJ 2, Brown A | Lineups | | | | | |
| FA Cup Round 3 Replay 2 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | D 3 | Filbert Street, Leicester | 25,011 | aet |
| Brady, Sunderland | Lineups | Hornsby 2 (1p) | | | | |
