Saturday, November 29, 2008

Teams await Cup third round draw

FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW
Date: Sunday, 30 November Time: 1415 GMT
Coverage: Live on ITV, BBC Radio Five Live & BBC Sport website
FA Cup


Eastwood Town, Forest Green, Barrow and Blyth Spartans will all be seeking a plumb tie when the FA Cup third round draw takes place at 1415 GMT on Sunday.

The non-league sides will all be in the hat when the teams from the Premier League and Championship enter the fray.

Eastwood pulled off arguably the biggest shock of the second round with a win over League Two leaders Wycombe.

Barrow beat Brentford, Forest Green saw off Rochdale and Blyth Spartans earned a replay with Bournemouth.

Torquay are the other non-league side in the third round draw, after they beat fellow Conference side Oxford to earn their place in the hat.

Amongst the most keenly anticipated numbers to be drawn will be one (Arsenal), 12 (Chelsea), 21 (Liverpool), 22 (Manchester City) 23 (Manchester United) and 29 (Cup holders Portsmouth).


FA Cup third round draw numbers

1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Bristol City
9 Burnley
10 Cardiff City
11 Charlton Athletic
12 Chelsea
13 Coventry City
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Liverpool
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Newcastle United
26 Norwich City
27 Nottingham Forest
28 Plymouth Argyle
29 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
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 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Chesterfield or Droylsden
46 Peterborough United or Tranmere Rovers
47 Eastwood Town
48 Notts County or Kettering Town
49 Leicester City
50 Barrow
51 Leyton Orient
52 Southend United
53 Forest Green Rovers
54 Histon or Leeds United
55 Scunthorpe United
56 Torquay United
57 Hartlepool United
58 Morecambe or Cheltenham Town
59 Gillingham or Stockport County
60 Millwall
61 Carlisle United or Crewe Alexandra
62 AFC Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans
63 Kidderminster Harriers
64 Macclesfield Town

Ties will be played on the weekend of 3-4 January

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