Milton Keynes Dons will host local rivals Northampton Town in the Area Quarter-Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
The Dons were handed the tasty-looking home tie against the Cobblers in Saturday morning's draw, which took place on Sky Sports' cult football show Soccer AM.
Just 22 miles separate the Dons and their rivals from just up the M1 and the third round clash, to take place the week commencing 9th November, is sure to attract a big crowd at stadiummk.
Details of the fixture including date, kick-off time and ticket prices are to be confirmed in the coming days and mkdons.com will bring you news of this as soon as it is available.
The Dons have an excellent record over the Cobblers in recent years - recording 1-0 wins both at stadiummk and Sixfields last season before strolling to a 3-0 pre-season win in the New City last summer.
Elsewhere in the southern half of the draw, League 1 giants Southampton and Charlton will go head-to-head at St Mary's while Norwich will travel to Swindon.
Draw in full:
Northern Section
Leeds United v Grimsby Town
Accrington Stanley/Shrewsbury Town v Bury
Bradford City v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Carlisle United
Southern Section
MK Dons v Northampton Town
Leyton Orient v Hereford United
Swindon Town v Norwich City
Southampton v Charlton Athletic
Ties to take place week commencing 9th November 2009.
