Draw tonight at around 6.40pm. I've already seen discussion about it on two different separate threads so lets keep it in one place. Really hope we get an interesting tie for once.
The FA Cup 3rd round draw thread
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Skates at home please. Playing them twice in two weeks would be fun and be a good opportunity for the players to put right that shambles in September.
Other than then an away game at a ground we rarely visit with a decent allocation but not too far up north.
We'll get something incredibly dull though I'm sure.
Other than then an away game at a ground we rarely visit with a decent allocation but not too far up north.
We'll get something incredibly dull though I'm sure.
Wonder if the ceremony will be like FIFA World Cup draw. I wonder if there will be a peace prize award...
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The Emirates FA Cup third round proper draw will be made on Monday 8th December, live on TNT Sports, with clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship set to enter the competition.
Pre-match coverage of the final second round tie between Brackley Town and Burton Albion will start at 6.30pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+.
The draw is scheduled for approximately 6.40 pm GMT and will also be streamed live on the TNT Sports YouTube channel.
Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist will present the coverage, and the draw will be made by Joe Cole and Peter Crouch.
The third round will be played around the weekend of Saturday 10th January 2026.
The ball numbers for the third round draw are listed below:
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Derby County
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Manchester City
23. Manchester United
24. Middlesbrough
25. Millwall
26. Newcastle United
27. Norwich City
28. Nottingham Forest
29. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Sheffield United
34. Sheffield Wednesday
35. Southampton
36. Stoke City
37. Sunderland
38. Swansea City
39. Tottenham Hotspur
40. Watford
41. West Bromwich Albion
42. West Ham United
43. Wolverhampton Wanderers
44. Wrexham
45. Macclesfield
46. Grimsby Town
47. Shrewsbury Town
48. Swindon Town
49. Weston Super Mare
50. Barnsley
51. Boreham Wood
52. Milton Keynes Dons
53. Wigan Athletic
54. Fleetwood Town
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57. Cambridge United
58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion
59. Blackpool
60. Walsall
61. Exeter City
62. Cheltenham Town
63. Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale
The FA.
The Emirates FA Cup third round proper draw will be made on Monday 8th December, live on TNT Sports, with clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship set to enter the competition.
Pre-match coverage of the final second round tie between Brackley Town and Burton Albion will start at 6.30pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+.
The draw is scheduled for approximately 6.40 pm GMT and will also be streamed live on the TNT Sports YouTube channel.
Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist will present the coverage, and the draw will be made by Joe Cole and Peter Crouch.
The third round will be played around the weekend of Saturday 10th January 2026.
The ball numbers for the third round draw are listed below:
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Derby County
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Manchester City
23. Manchester United
24. Middlesbrough
25. Millwall
26. Newcastle United
27. Norwich City
28. Nottingham Forest
29. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Sheffield United
34. Sheffield Wednesday
35. Southampton
36. Stoke City
37. Sunderland
38. Swansea City
39. Tottenham Hotspur
40. Watford
41. West Bromwich Albion
42. West Ham United
43. Wolverhampton Wanderers
44. Wrexham
45. Macclesfield
46. Grimsby Town
47. Shrewsbury Town
48. Swindon Town
49. Weston Super Mare
50. Barnsley
51. Boreham Wood
52. Milton Keynes Dons
53. Wigan Athletic
54. Fleetwood Town
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57. Cambridge United
58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion
59. Blackpool
60. Walsall
61. Exeter City
62. Cheltenham Town
63. Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale
The FA.
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Ideally itll be home to someone crap so we can rest our key players and give minutes to the likes of edozie, archer and robinson to build some form.
Really don't get why people wouldn't want to draw the skates. Surely it's almost always the one you're looking for in cup draws? Playing them twice in a fortnight would be a great opportunity to make up for September.
Also a good chance it wouldn't be bubbled either which is arguably the best reason for wanting to draw them.
Literally the only downside to it would be that the club would rob us blind on the ticket prices if it's at home.
Also a good chance it wouldn't be bubbled either which is arguably the best reason for wanting to draw them.
Literally the only downside to it would be that the club would rob us blind on the ticket prices if it's at home.
Why wouldn't it be bubbled? FA Cup is at the weekend and they'd get a bigger allocation. I'd say it would almost certainly be bubbled.
Well apparently it takes months of planning to do and knowing when the games are 2 months in advance is a bit different to just over 4 weeks notice.
The additional fans if here also adds an extra thing to sort. All of a sudden you need 35 coaches instead of 20 again on short notice.
I'm not saying it definitely wouldn't be but I think there'd be a decent chance.
I think if there were crowd concerns over the existing plans for that game the police would push for a lower away allocation on safety grounds.
They can reuse / adapt the existing plans for a bubble operation from last time (and the one that is already planned if the game is the other way around).
Extra bodies on the ground is a factor of resource availability but they can be found. Same with coaches / drivers / stadium staff etc.
I can't see this game (if the draw drops it) not being in a bubble else the last one would not have been either.
They can reuse / adapt the existing plans for a bubble operation from last time (and the one that is already planned if the game is the other way around).
Extra bodies on the ground is a factor of resource availability but they can be found. Same with coaches / drivers / stadium staff etc.
I can't see this game (if the draw drops it) not being in a bubble else the last one would not have been either.
That would probably be the best draw but I know I won't get a ticket so am being selfish in wanting something with a bigger allocation.
Bring on anyone.
50 years on from our last success, it's written in the stars.
Well the Daily Star.
50 years on from our last success, it's written in the stars.
Well the Daily Star.
