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

Town are ball number 20 in this afternoon’s FA Cup third round draw (ITV1/TheFA.com from 2.40pm). Former Tottenham captain Ledley King and ex-Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba will conduct the draw.

The third round ties will take place on the weekend of 5th and 6th January 2013.

FA Cup Third Round

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 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
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 QPR
33 Reading
34 Sheffield Wednesday
35 Southampton
36 Stoke City
37 Swansea City
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Brom
42 West Ham
43 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolves
45 Preston NE
46 Bury or Southend
47 Sheffield United
48 AFC Bournemouth
49 Burton Albion
50 Bradford City or Brentford
51 Luton Town
53 Alfreton Town or Leyton Orient
53 Oldham Athletic
54 Tranmere Rovers
55 Rotherham United or Notts County
56 Cheltenham Town or Hereford United
57 Barrow or Macclesfield Town
58 Accrington or Oxford
59 Lincoln or Mansfield
60 Harrogate Town or Hastings United
61 Coventry City
62 MK Dons or AFC Wimbledon
63 Crawley Town
64 Aldershot Town

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