Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw Number Confirmed

FA Cup

Following our 1-0 victory against Bristol Rovers, the Valiants will feature in Monday night's Third Round draw. 

We will be represented by ball number 64 in the draw, which will see teams from the Championship and Premier League join the world's oldest football cup competition. 

The draw will take place live on TNT Sports Sports 1 and is scheduled to start at 6:40 with Joe Cole and Peter Crouch drawing the balls out of the hat. 

All fixtures in the third round are expected to be played the weekend of Saturday 10th January 2026. 

A full list of confirmed draw numbers are 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. Slough Town or Macclesfield

46. Grimsby Town

47. Sutton United or Shrewsbury Town 

48. Swindon Town

49. Weston Super Mare

50. Barnsley

51. Boreham Wood or Newport County

52. MK Dons

53. Wigan Athletic

54. Fleetwood Town

55. Salford City

56. Mansfield Town

57. Cambridge United

58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion

59. Blackpool or Carlisle United

60. Gateshead or Walsall

61. Exeter City 

62. Cheltenham Town

63. Chesterfield or Doncaster Rovers

64. Port Vale