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Town Number 13 in Cup Draw - Ipswich Town News

Town have been handed the dubious honour of ball number 13 in Saturday's draw for the third round of the Carling Cup. The draw takes place live on Sky's Soccer Saturday from 12 noon.

The Blues are in the third round for the first time since the 2001/02 season when the lost 4-1 at Newcastle, Darren Bent netting his first senior goal for Town.

Numbers

1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Blackburn Rovers
4 Brighton and Hove Albion/Manchester City
5 Burnley
6 Cardiff City
7 Chelsea
8 Crewe Alexandra
9 Derby County
10 Everton
11 Fulham
12 Hartlepool United
13 Ipswich Town
14 Leeds United
15 Liverpool
16 Manchester United
17 Middlesbrough
18 Newcastle United
19 Northampton Town
20 Portsmouth
21 Queens Park Rangers
22 Reading
23 Rotherham United
24 Sheffield United
25 Southampton
26 Stoke City
27 Sunderland
28 Swansea City
29 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Watford
31 West Ham United
32 Wigan Athletic

Third round ties take place during the week commencing September 22nd.

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