That’s the draw for the FA Cup third round. The ties will be held on 6-9 January. Bye!
The draw in full:
Ipswich Town v Lincoln City
Barrow v Rochdale
Manchester United v Reading
Hull City v Swansea City
Sunderland v Burnley
QPR v Blackburn Rovers
Millwall v AFC Bournemouth
West Ham v Manchester City
Brighton v Charlton or MK Dons
Blackpool v Barnsley
Wigan v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham v Newcastle United
Chelsea v Notts County or Peterborough United
Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday
West Brom v Derby County
Everton v Leicester City
Liverpool v Newport County of Plymouth Argyle
Wycombe Wanderers v Stourbridge or Northampton Town
Watford v Burton Albion
Preston North End v Arsenal
Cardiff City v Fulham
Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cambridge v Leeds United
Bristol City v Shrewsbury or Fleetwood
Huddersfield Town v Port Vale
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Brentford v Halifax or Eastleigh
Bolton Wanderers v Crystal Palace
Norwich City v Southampton
Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon
Accrington Stanley v Luton Town
Rotherham United v Oxford or Macclesfield Town
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Rotherham v Oxford/Macclesfield
Accrington Stanley v Luton Town
Sutton United v AFC Wimbledon
Norwich v Southampton
Bolton v Crystal Palace
Brentford v Halifax/Eastleigh
Tottenham v Aston Villa
Huddersfield v Port Vale
Bristol City v Shrewsbury/Fleetwood
Cambridge v Leeds
Stoke City v Wolves
Cardiff City v Fulham
Preston North End v Arsenal
Watford v Burton Albion
Wycombe Wanderers v Stourbridge/Northampton
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Liverpool v Newport County/Plymouth
Everton v Leicester
West Brom v Derby
Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea v Notts County/Peterborough
Birmingham v Newcastle
Wigan v Nottingham Forest
Blackpool v Barnsley
Brighton v MK Dons/Charlton
West Ham v Manchester City
Millwall v Bournemouth
QPR v Blackburn
Sunderland v Burnley
Hull City v Swansea City
Manchester United v Reading
Barrow v Rochdale
Ipswich Town v Lincoln City or Oldham
The balls are out of the bag...
It’s time for the draw... hold on to your hats.
Here are the numbers:
1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
2 ARSENAL
3 ASTON VILLA
4 BARNSLEY
5 BIRMINGHAM CITY
6 BLACKBURN ROVERS
7 BRENTFORD
8 BRIGHTON
9 BRISTOL CITY
10 BURNLEY
11 BURTON ALBION
12 CARDIFF CITY
13 CHELSEA
14 CRYSTAL PALACE
15 DERBY COUNTY
16 EVERTON
17 FULHAM
18 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
19 HULL CITY
20 IPSWICH TOWN
21 LEEDS UNITED
22 LEICESTER CITY
23 LIVERPOOL
24 MANCHESTER CITY
25 MANCHESTER UNITED
26 MIDDLESBROUGH
27 NEWCASTLE UNITED
28 NORWICH CITY
29 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
30 PRESTON NORTH END
31 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
32 READING
33 ROTHERHAM UNITED
34 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
35 SOUTHAMPTON
36 STOKE CITY
37 SUNDERLAND
38 SWANSEA CITY
39 TOTTENHAM
40 WATFORD
41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
42 WEST HAM UNITED
43 WIGAN ATHLETIC
44 WOLVES
45 AFC WIMBLEDON
46 WYCOMBE WANDERERS
47 MILLWALL
48 MACCLESFIELD TOWN OR OXFORD UNITED
49 BOLTON WANDERERS
50 BLACKPOOL
51 STOURBRIDGE OR NORTHAMPTON TOWN
52 NOTTS COUNTY OR PETERBOROUGH UNITED
53 CAMBRIDGE UNITED
54 PORT VALE
55 BARROW
56 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
57 LINCOLN CITY OR OLDHAM ATHLETIC
58 LUTON TOWN
59 SUTTON UNITED
60 EASTLEIGH OR FC HALIFAX TOWN
61 SHREWSBURY TOWN OR FLEETWOOD TOWN
62 CHARLTON ATHLETIC OR MILTON KEYNES DONS
63 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE OR NEWPORT COUNTY
64 ROCHDALE
“I’d have the romantic dinner *before* the draw, with a post-meal drink (or two) as the balls came out of the bag/pot/whatever,” says Derrick Cameron. “No-one’s going to fancy a nice meal if you get a boring away tie/team from hell.”
Seeing as there’s nothing more romantic than the FA Cup, how would you partner react if you arranged a candlelit dinner to celebrate tonight’s draw?
Ian Wright and Steven Gerrard will be doing the honours tonight. I don’t want to hear about that Gerrard goal 10 years ago.
Preamble
Hello. It’s Christmas!!! Well, not quite, but it sort of is because it’s time for the draw for the third round of the FA Cup. Don’t pretend you’re not excited. Don’t pretend you don’t agree it should be overseen by a disgruntled FA employee dressed as Father Christmas. You agree. Else you hate Christmas, IN WHICH CASE I’LL DRIVE YOU TO THE AIRPORT MYSELF.
The draw begins at: 7pm GMT.
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