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REACTION: Chesterfield travel to Chelsea in third round of FA Cup


Chesterfield will travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup.


The Spireites secured their passage to this round by beating Salford City 2-0 on Sunday night.


Former Arsenal players and FA Cup winners Faye White and David Seaman drew the tie live on ITV4 before the Boreham Wood vs St Albans City second round tie.


Chelsea are of course the reigning European Champions after beating Manchester City in the final by one goal to nil in Porto this May.


The same day, the North Derbyshire outfit secured their place in the National League play-offs with a 2-1 win away at FC Halifax Town.


The Premier League side currently sit 3rd in the table, are through to the knockout stages of the Champions League and are through to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.


Tuchel's side host the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Kai Havertz, N'Golo Kante - with the latter and fellow midfielder Jorginho both finishing in the top five of the 2021 Ballon d'Or.


Whether these players play is yet to be seen as Chelsea host Liverpool and travel to Manchester City - their two immediate title rivals - either side of the Chesterfield game.


It will still be a great spectacle as the Spireites will travel in numbers to the Capital on the 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th January 2022.


The two sides are no strangers to each other as they have contested seven meetings with the Spireites even claiming one win - the first time Chelsea ever lost at Stamford Bridge.


The last meeting was 51 years ago in an FA Cup fifth round replay at Stamford Bridge, which the hosts won 3-0 in front of a crowd of almost 60,000.

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