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The Emirates FA Cup third round proper draw will be made on Monday 8 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 6.40pm 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 10 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

Away to Shrewsbury, then they can wheel out Nigel Jemson for some nostalgia

I used to live in Shrewsbury so would love Everton to draw them either home or away.

Wonder what it will take for this to go to general sale rather than before the membership.

I assume that usual big 6 would be membership only.

Shogun wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 5:38 pm Wonder what it will take for this to go to general sale rather than before the membership.

I assume that usual big 6 would be membership only.

I doubt it'll ever go back to that. Unfortunately

Deano Blue Boy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 6:14 pm I doubt it'll ever go back to that. Unfortunately

The Mansfield match was though I think

Shogun wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 6:15 pm The Mansfield match was though I think

Haha my prediction is out the door

Cereal Killer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 5:25 pm Away to Shrewsbury, then they can wheel out Nigel Jemson for some nostalgia

Oh do feck off, first game I took my son to back in 2003, 7 years old. He never went to another game and became a plastic red. Thankfully my daughter saw the light and committed herself to a lifetime of misery.

Mouse wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 6:27 pm Oh do feck off, first game I took my son to back in 2003, 7 years old. He never went to another game and became a plastic red. Thankfully my daughter saw the light and committed herself to a lifetime of misery.

Fucking hell. Thats some trauma.

I hope you're alright.

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