The Blades have met Colchester in the FA Cup on three occasions, winning two and drawing one giving United an unbeaten record.
Cup History against United:
- 28/01/1989 Blades 3-3 Colchester (round 4)
- 31/01/1989 Colchester 0-2 Blades (round 4 replay)
- 15/02/2004 Blades 1-0 Colchester (round 5)
The last time the Blades played the U's was during the 2003-04 season, the Blades won 1-0 with Paul Peschisolido scoring the winner in a dire game (view report). The Blades eventually went out at Sunderland (1-0) in the Quarter-Finals.
With our City rivals Wednesday being drawn at home it means that one of the two clubs will inevitably will play on the Sunday with the other being the day before. Therefore ties will be played on the 7 (or) 8 January 2006.
| :: Full Round Draw :: | ||
| West Bromwhich Albion | v | Reading |
| Fulham | v | Leyton Orient |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | v | Coventry City |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | v | Plymouth Argyle |
| Port Vale or Bristol Rovers | v | Boston United or Doncaster Rovers |
| Sheffield Wednesday | v | Charlton Athletic |
| Torquay United | v | Birmingham City |
| Manchester City | v | Scunthorpe United |
| Newcastle United | v | Mansfield Town |
| Luton Town | v | Liverpool |
| Preston North End | v | Crewe Alexandra |
| Stoke City | v | Tamworth |
| Derby County | v | Burnley |
| Southampton | v | Milton Keynes Dons |
| Blackburn Rovers | v | Queens Park Rangers |
| Arsenal | v | Cardiff City |
| Stockport County | v | Oldham Athletic or Brentford |
| Norwich City | v | West Ham United |
| Ipswich Town | v | Portsmouth |
| Wigan Athletic | v | Leeds United |
| Sunderland | v | Woking or Northwich Victoria |
| Chelsea | v | Huddersfield Town |
| Cheltenham Town or Oxford United | v | Chester City |
| Leicester City | v | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Watford | v | Bolton Wanderers |
| Sheffield United | v | Colchester United |
| Nuneaton Borough or Histon | v | Middlesbrough |
| Hull City | v | Aston Villa |
| Barnsley or Bradford City | v | Walsall |
| Burton Albion or Burscough | v | Manchester United |
| Crystal Palace | v | Stevenage Borough or Northampton Town |
| Millwall | v | Everton |