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Aidan McCartney & Tom Leach

FA Cup draw date and time confirmed as Nottingham Forest enter competition

The FA Cup third round sees Premier League and Championship clubs, including Nottingham Forest, enter the competition with non-league and EFL sides looking for a potential money-spinning tie.

It has been confirmed that the draw will take place on Monday, December 2 at 7pm with live TV coverage on BBC Two.

Mark Chapman will be hosting the draw with the balls being picked by former Man City defender Micah Richards and Arsenal legend Tony Adams.

The third round is scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, January 4 with fixtures taking place between Friday and Monday.

Matches will be broadcast by the BBC and BT Sport across the weekend.

The FA Cup second round is taking place during the weekend with lowest ranked side Chichester City facing Tranmere Rovers while one of Kingstonian and AFC Fylde will be in the third round draw.

And it's famous unseeded and open draw means that the Red could find themselves facing anybody, including the liked of Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and, in what would be a repeat of the Carabao Cup draw from earlier this season, Derby County.

The second round draw in full:

Blackpool v Maidstone United

Portsmouth v Altrincham

Shrewsbury v Mansfield Town

Coventry City v Ipswich

Kingstonian v AFC Fylde

Tranmere v Chichester City

Walsall v Oxford United

Exeter City v Hartlepool United

Eastleigh v Crewe Alexandra

Forest Green Rovers v Carlisle United

Solihull Moors v Rotherham United

Gillingham v Doncaster

Rochdale v Boston United

Peterborough United v Dover Athletic

Oldham Athletic v Burton Albion

Maldon & Tiptree v Newport

Crawley Town v Fleetwood Town

Cheltenham v Port Vale

Northampton Town v Notts County

Bristol Rovers v Plymouth Argyle

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