Liverpool U18s will get their 2014-15 FA Youth Cup campaign underway with a fixture against Bradford City at Langtree Park on Monday December 15.

The third-round clash against the young Bantams will kick-off at 7pm GMT in St Helens.

Neil Critchley's Reds were quarter-finalists in the competition last year; however, they were eliminated by Reading on penalties at the Madejski Stadium.

The game finished 4-4 after a pulsating 120 minutes of football, before the Royals held their nerve to clinch a dramatic 5-4 victory in the shootout.

This season, Critchley's team will seek to add a fourth Youth Cup triumph to Liverpool's honours list after the club won the competition in 1996, 2006 and 2007.