Town are number 19 in the FA Cup third round draw, which takes place this Sunday at 3.55pm after the live TV game between Kettering Town and Leeds United on ITV1.

The draw will be carried out by Olympic rower Sir Steven Redgrave and Kelly Smith of the England women’s side, who are both ambassadors for England's 2018 World Cup bid. Third round ties take place on the weekend of January 2nd.

Meanwhile, Town refused Brentford permission to play on-loan defender Pim Balkestein in their 1-0 victory over Walsall. Striker Kevin Lisbie was in the Colchester side which won 1-0 at Hereford, while Jack Ainsley's Rushden are already out. The defender is still to make an appearance for his loan club.

Elsewhere, the Town squad and manager Roy Keane were at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to watch the rugby union international between Wales and Australia on Saturday evening ahead of Sunday's game against Cardiff City.

FA Cup Third Round Draw
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 Chelsea
12 Coventry City
13 Crystal Palace
14 Derby County
15 Doncaster Rovers
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Hull City
19 Ipswich Town
20 Leicester City
21 Liverpool
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Newcastle United
26 Nottingham Forest
27 Peterborough United
28 Plymouth Argyle
29 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Scunthorpe United
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
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 Lincoln City
46 Southampton
47 Colchester United
48 Tranmere Rovers or Aldershot Town
49 Kettering Town or Leeds United
50 Gillingham
51 Swindon Town
52 Brighton & Hove Albion
53 Rotherham United or Luton Town
54 Milton Keynes Dons
55 Brentford
56 Carlisle United
57 Accrington Stanley or Barnet
58 Oxford United or Barrow
59 Notts County
60 Stockport County or Torquay United
61 York City
62 Forest Green Rovers
63 Huddersfield Town
64 Staines Town or Millwall

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gtd added 14:09 - Nov 27 I just looked for Norwich under the 'N' section but forgot they have to play all those other small clubs before they can qualify.
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Wussinwhiteboots added 14:36 - Nov 27 Hope we are drawn at home to No.9, perhaps we could score a few and through to the 4th round!!
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superblueflude added 14:44 - Nov 27 I bet pourtsmouth again
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ITFCspud added 15:12 - Nov 27 Sunderland Away plss :) or liverpool
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Bluearmy added 15:24 - Nov 27 nah Arsenal away
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Dale added 15:39 - Nov 27 Home to number 62 please
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Redmond added 15:46 - Nov 27 Number 56 away please ;) show them scummers how to play football
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saturday_superhouse added 15:52 - Nov 27 I'm not sure I'd want to play Norwich right now..
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superblueflude added 15:58 - Nov 27 How about qpr at home
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Wussinwhiteboots added 16:04 - Nov 27 No.9 was previously missed off due to poor cutting and pasting by the editor. Now my earlier comment seems to indicate, I feel we could easily beat Burnley, nothing is further from the truth!
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elburro3 added 16:13 - Nov 27 I hate number 19. All Keanes fault. Keane Out.
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tractorboybig added 16:22 - Nov 27 even the non league clubs will fancy there chance against us at the moment, any away draw and we are out. ( hope its not norwich)
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Back_The_Boss added 16:58 - Nov 27 Hope we can avoid the big 4/5 teams so we have a chance of progression
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Dowson added 17:11 - Nov 27 the last 2 teams to beat us in the fa cup have ended up beating us! so they must fell happy if they draw us portsmouth in 2008 chelsea in 2009 ? in 2010
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SitfcB added 17:13 - Nov 27 the last 2 teams to beat us in the fa cup have ended up beating us! Do you mean win the cup?? lol
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Blueknight85 added 22:31 - Nov 27 europe here we come
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Tractorboi4eva added 09:22 - Nov 28 a draw with someone in the championship or the premiership please. because if we win that then that will give us a huge morale boost. also this gives us a chance to find out what is our best striking partnership...without runnjng the risk of dropping points. Whatever team we draw, i just hope that it is a home draw that we get. If we are going to draw a team in a lower league than us then a home draw against norwich would be good for the fans and the players morale because it is the only chance we have to play them this season.

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Tractor_Boy_Paddy added 21:21 - Nov 28 would anybody like to see huddersfield down hear just to see rhodes in action ??
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the_egg added 22:01 - Nov 28 1, 11 or 23 away then we can concentrate on staying up.
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Johnny_Boy added 22:29 - Nov 28 Brighton please
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ITFC4EVER added 09:59 - Nov 29 64 please and hope staines win. we can play our youngsters against them.
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Aussieblue added 13:34 - Nov 29 For all the people who need Glasses out there, NORWICH are NOT in the 3rd round, they got knocked out by Carlise, jesssss !
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