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Beattie to Carry Out FA Cup Draw - Ipswich Town News

Town legend Kevin Beattie will carry out this Sunday's FA Cup third round draw along with Sammy Nelson, a member of the Arsenal side the Blues beat 1-0 at Wembley in 1978.

The draw will be held at around 3.15pm live on BBC One after the second round tie between Harrogate Railway and Mansfield Town. Town will be ball number 20.

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 Charlton Athletic
12 Chelsea
13 Colchester United
14 Coventry City
15 Crystal Palace
16 Derby County
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leicester City
22 Liverpool
23 Manchester City
24 Manchester United
25 Middlesbrough
26 Newcastle United
27 Norwich City
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 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 Oxford United or Southend United
46 Swindon Town or Forest Green Rovers
47 Oldham Athletic or Crewe Alexandra
48 Northampton Town or Walsall
49 Cambridge United or Weymouth
50 Millwall or AFC Bournemouth
51 Staines Town or Peterborough United
52 Bradford City or Tranmere Rovers
53 Torquay United or Brighton and Hove Albion
54 Notts County or Havant and Waterlooville
55 Dagenham and Redbridge or Kidderminster Harriers
56 Port Vale or Chasetown
57 Bristol Rovers or Rushden and Diamonds
58 Huddersfield Town or Grimsby Town
59 Burton Albion or Barnet
60 Bury or Exeter City
61 Luton Town or Nottingham Forest
62 Horsham or Swansea City
63 Hereford United or Hartlepool United
64 Harrogate Railway or Mansfield Town

Ties will be played on the weekend of January 5th and 6th 2008.

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