Liverpool FC Forum

[Leonmc0708]

At 4pm on Sunday afternoon, the big boys enter this season's FA Cup as the draw for the Third Round takes place at Soho Square in London.

Gary Pallister and Tony Cascarino, opponents in the 1994 FA Cup final when two Eric Cantona penalties helped Manchester United to a 4-0 win over Chelsea, will make the draw to see who will take on who when the competition resumes after Christmas.

The draw will be live on BBC1 following the Hinckley United v Brentford 2nd Round match as well as Sky Sports and BBC Radio Five Live. You'll also be able to watch and listen live online with TheFA.com.

With 64 balls going into the pot, 32 ties will be selected. Cup holders Manchester United, who beat Millwall 3-0 in Cardiff last May, are number 23 in the draw, while the Lions are 25. Arsenal and Chelsea, currently fighting it out at the top of the Premiership are balls 1 and 10 respectively.

Ball number 56 will certainly see a team from outside the top six divisions mix with the country's elite. Isthmian Premier rivals Slough Town and Yeading are both vying for the place.

Across the pyramid, two Southern League sides will be aimng to make it through as Histon take on Yeovil Town for a place in the draw as number 58 and Bath City's tie with Peterborough will decide who will be ball 63. A potential money-spinning tie against a Premiership giant could be in store.

This is it - the big boys are here. The Third Round of The FA Cup sees the top two divisions of English football come in, as teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship enter the draw. Those 44 clubs are numbered first alphabetically and the remaining 20 clubs follow on in their match number order from the last round.

The Numbers. The Teams.
1 ARSENAL

2 ASTON VILLA

3 BIRMINGHAM CITY

4 BLACKBURN ROVERS

5 BOLTON WANDERERS

6 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

7 BURNLEY

8 CARDIFF CITY

9 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

10 CHELSEA

11 COVENTRY CITY

12 CREWE ALEXANDRA

13 CRYSTAL PALACE

14 DERBY COUNTY

15 EVERTON

16 FULHAM

17 GILLINGHAM

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 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

30 PORTSMOUTH

31 PRESTON NORTH END

32 QUEENS PARK RANGERS

33 READING

34 ROTHERHAM UNITED

35 SHEFFIELD UNITED

36 SOUTHAMPTON

37 STOKE CITY

38 SUNDERLAND

39 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

40 WATFORD

41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

42 WEST HAM UNITED

43 WIGAN ATHLETIC

44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

45 NORTHAMPTON TOWN

46 CHESTER CITY

47 STOCKPORT COUNTY OR SWANSEA CITY

48 BLACKPOOL

49 COLCHESTER UNITED

50 AFC BOURNEMOUTH

51 HINCKLEY UNITED OR BRENTFORD

52 CAMBRIDGE CITY OR MILTON KEYNES DONS

53 SWINDON TOWN OR NOTTS COUNTY

54 HULL CITY

55 LUTON TOWN

56 YEADING

57 SCUNTHORPE UNITED OR WREXHAM

58 YEOVIL TOWN

59 ROCHDALE

60 HARTLEPOOL UNITED

61 OLDHAM ATHLETIC

62 BOSTON UNITED

63 PETERBOROUGH UNITED

64 EXETER CITY


56 versus 21 anyone ?

[the great one]

I want yeovil

[LFC #1]

48 for me, then TJAMES can tell us once and for all.

[the great one]

wouldn't mind having a crack at 23 or 15

[LFC #1]

too ealry for that though me thinks.

[the great one]

yeh maybe but u have to play the best to progress so where better than everton or united

[bigmick]

Couple of walk-over home draws will do the trick for me. No point in playing anyone any good till the quarters.

[The_Rock]

Hope we get chelsea at home. If we beat them, then most likely if we play to our potential in the other rounds, we would be able to win the FA cup. If we lose, then we lose, as chelsea will win it. They are awesome this season. Duff & Robben on the flanks and their defence.

Who needs a condom if you have a defence like that