{"id":618638,"date":"2025-12-07T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618638\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:37:29","slug":"fa-cup-third-round-draw-start-time-and-ball-numbers-as-man-utd-liverpool-arsenal-enter-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618638\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup third round draw start time and ball numbers as Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal enter | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FA Cup<\/a> third round draw is a much-anticipated event in the football calendar, with Premier League<\/a> and Championship<\/a> teams entering the fray alongside numerous lower-league clubs hoping for a high-profile match-up. The third round will feature 64 teams, comprising the top two divisions and the 20 second round victors. The FA Cup draw will also include at least two sixth-tier clubs due to a pair of all-non-league matches this weekend.<\/p>\n

Many of the clubs in the third round draw will be hoping to face off against big names like Arsenal<\/a>, Liverpool<\/a> and Manchester United<\/a>, as such high-profile fixtures can significantly boost a team’s finances. Here are all the details you need to know…<\/p>\n

Third round draw start time<\/p>\n

The FA Cup third round draw is set to take place on Monday, December 8, at approximately 6.40pm UK time.<\/p>\n

The draw will be conducted by Peter Crouch and Joe Cole ahead of kick-off between Brackley Town and Burton Albion, the final match of the second round.<\/p>\n

How to watch the third round draw<\/p>\n

The third round draw will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 and will also be available to stream live on the discovery+ app.<\/p>\n

Fans without a TNT Sports subscription can tune into the draw on the TNT Sports YouTube channel. All third round matches will kick off over the weekend starting Saturday, January 10.<\/p>\n

Third round draw ball numbers<\/p>\n

1. AFC Bournemouth<\/p>\n

2. Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Aston Villa<\/p>\n

4. Birmingham City<\/p>\n

5. Blackburn Rovers<\/p>\n

6. Brentford<\/p>\n

7. Brighton and Hove Albion<\/p>\n

8. Bristol City<\/p>\n

9. Burnley<\/p>\n

10. Charlton Athletic<\/p>\n

11. Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n

12. Coventry City<\/p>\n

13. Crystal Palace<\/p>\n

14. Derby County<\/p>\n

15. Everton<\/p>\n

16. Fulham<\/p>\n

17. Hull City<\/p>\n

18. Ipswich Town<\/p>\n

19. Leeds United<\/p>\n

20. Leicester City<\/p>\n

21. Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n

22. Manchester City<\/a><\/p>\n

23. Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n

24. Middlesbrough<\/p>\n

25. Millwall<\/p>\n

26. Newcastle<\/a> United<\/p>\n

27. Norwich City<\/p>\n

28. Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n

29. Oxford United<\/p>\n

30. Portsmouth<\/p>\n

31. Preston North End<\/p>\n

32. Queens Park Rangers<\/p>\n

33. Sheffield United<\/p>\n

34. Sheffield Wednesday<\/p>\n

35. Southampton<\/p>\n

36. Stoke City<\/p>\n

37. Sunderland<\/p>\n

38. Swansea City<\/p>\n

39. Tottenham Hotspur<\/a><\/p>\n

40. Watford<\/p>\n

41. West Bromwich Albion<\/p>\n

42. West Ham United<\/p>\n

43. Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/p>\n

44. Wrexham<\/p>\n

45. Slough Town or Macclesfield<\/p>\n

46. Grimsby Town<\/p>\n

47. Shrewsbury Town<\/p>\n

48. Swindon Town<\/p>\n

49. Weston Super Mare<\/p>\n

50. Barnsley<\/p>\n

51. Boreham Wood or Newport County<\/p>\n

52. Milton Keynes Dons<\/p>\n

53. Wigan Athletic<\/p>\n

54. Fleetwood Town<\/p>\n

55. Salford City<\/p>\n

56. Mansfield Town<\/p>\n

57. Cambridge United<\/p>\n

58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion<\/p>\n

59. Blackpool or Carlisle United<\/p>\n

60. Gateshead or Walsall<\/p>\n

61. Exeter City<\/p>\n

62. Cheltenham Town<\/p>\n

63. Doncaster Rovers<\/p>\n

64. Port Vale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FA Cup third round draw is a much-anticipated event in the football calendar, with Premier League and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,12032,393,97,192677,192674,192676,192673,192675,192671,12031,4884,12902,21139,179,101,192672,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-618638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-efl-championship","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fa-cup","12":"tag-fa-cup-ball-numbers","13":"tag-fa-cup-draw","14":"tag-fa-cup-draw-ball-numbers","15":"tag-fa-cup-fixtures","16":"tag-fa-cup-highlights","17":"tag-fa-cup-third-round","18":"tag-football-section","19":"tag-great-britain","20":"tag-league-one","21":"tag-league-two","22":"tag-liverpool","23":"tag-premier-league","24":"tag-premier-league-teams","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115680211342489472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}