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Town Ball Number 20 in Today\'s FA Cup Draw - Ipswich Town News

Town have been handed ball number 20 for this afternoon's FA Cup third round draw, which takes place after the second round tie between AFC Totton and Bristol Rovers at around 2.40pm (ITV1/TheFA.com/FATVLive).

Former Chelsea midfielder Gianfranco Zola and ex-Everton and Sheffield United man Li Tie will make the draw with the third round ties to be played on the weekend of 7th and 8th January.

In yesterday's second round, on-loan Blues midfielder Andy Drury was on target for Crawley in their 5-0 demolition of non-league Redbridge.

FA Cup Third Round Draw
1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Chelsea
13 Coventry City
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Peterborough United
32 Portsmouth
33 Queens Park Rangers
34 Reading
35 Southampton
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 Salisbury City or Grimsby Town
46 Stevenage
47 Sheffield United
48 Swindon Town
49 Chelmsford City or Macclesfield Town
50 Gillingham
51 Crawley Town
52 Cheltenham Town
53 Fleetwood Town or Yeovil Town
54 Wrexham
55 Bradford City
56 Shrewsbury Town
57 Dagenham & Redbridge or Walsall
58 Milton Keynes Dons
59 Tamworth
60 Sheffield Wednesday
61 Sutton United or Notts County
62 Southend United or Oldham Athletic
63 Bristol Rovers
64 Charlton Athletic

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