The Blades were scheduled to face Scunthorpe United at Bramall Lane on Saturday, 28th January 2012 but due to the clubs involvement in the fourth round this tie will be moved.
Liverpool were the first team through to the next round; beating Oldham Athletic 4-1 at Anfield whilst the Midlands Derby between Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers ended goalless with an exciting replay at Molineux to be expected.
Locally; Doncaster Rovers were bundled out at the Keepmoat against Nott's County (0-2) whilst Barnsley were defeat by Premiership opposition Swansea City at Oakwell, though they went down fighting - losing 4-2 after taking a one goal lead. Across the City Sheffield Wednesday face West Ham United at Hillsborough today whilst Leeds United travel to Arsenal on Monday. With local ties yet to be decided it leaves only Danny Wilson's Blades as the only Yorkshire side left in the competition.
There were of course the usual shocks with Crawley Town beating Bristol City and Swindon Town humiliating Wigan Athletic at the County Ground, whilst Macclesfield Town earned a 2-2 draw at home to Bolton Wanderers.
The most anticipated tie of the round will be at Eastlands today were Manchester City host rivals Manchester United live on ITV and is quickly followed by Peterborough United vs. Sunderland at London Road were the draw for the fourth round will be made following the conclusion of these two games.
1 Middlesbrough
2 Nottingham Forest or Leicester City
3 Manchester City or Manchester United
4 Dagenham & Redbridge or Millwall
5 Crawley Town
6 Notts County
7 Aston Villa
8 Tottenham Hotspur
9 Sheffield Wednesday or West Ham United
10 Milton Keynes Dons or Queens Park Rangers
11 Hull City
12 Southampton
13 Brighton & Hove Albion or Wrexham
14 Fulham
15 Birmingham City or Wolverhampton Wanderers
16 Norwich City
17 Arsenal or Leeds United
18 Derby County
19 Blackpool
20 Swindon Town
21 Swansea City
22 Macclesfield Town or Bolton Wanderers
23 Newcastle United
24 Everton
25 Sheffield United
26 Liverpool
27 Stoke City
28 Chelsea or Portsmouth
29 Watford
30 Peterborough United or Sunderland
31 West Bromwich Albion
32 Stevenage