Town will definitely be in the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup regardless of what happens at Chelsea on Sunday with the balls due to be taken from the velvet bag late in the first half of their third round tie.
The fourth round draw is set to take place at around 3.35pm on Sunday after the Manchester United-Liverpool tie which is being screened live on TV. ITV1 and FATV will broadcast the draw which is being held at Wembley. Town and Chelsea will be ball number 23.
Despite the ongoing speculation, Roy Keane appears likely to be in charge of the Blues for the game, with his pre-match press conference scheduled for Friday. However, bookmaker Paddy Power has stopped taking bets on the identity of the next Town manager after former Wigan, Bradford, Sheffield Wednesday and Derby boss Paul Jewell was backed down from 20/1 to 6/5.
FA Cup Fourth Round
1 Burnley or Port Vale
2 Coventry City or Crystal Palace
3 Bristol City or Sheffield Wednesday
4 Fulham or Peterborough United
5 Doncaster Rovers or Wolverhampton Wanderers
6 Brighton & Hove Albion or Portsmouth
7 Huddersfield Town or Dover Athletic
8 Crawley Town or Derby County
9 West Ham United or Barnsley
10 Reading or West Bromwich Albion
11 Arsenal or Leeds United
12 Sheffield United or Aston Villa
13 Leicester City or Manchester City
14 Bolton Wanderers or York City
15 Blackburn Rovers or Queens Park Rangers
16 Swansea City or Colchester United
17 Wycombe Wanderers or Hereford United or Lincoln City
18 Stevenage or Newcastle United
19 Burton Albion or Middlesbrough
20 Millwall or Birmingham City
21 Southampton or Blackpool
22 Watford or Hartlepool United
23 Chelsea or Ipswich Town
24 Sunderland or Notts County
25 Scunthorpe United or Everton
26 Manchester United or Liverpool
27 Hull City or Wigan Athletic
28 Stoke City or Cardiff City
29 Tottenham Hotspur or Charlton Athletic
30 Preston North End or Nottingham Forest
31 Norwich City or Leyton Orient
32 Torquay United or Carlisle United