Town and Preston Ball Number 30 - Ipswich Town News

Town and Preston will be ball number 30 in this afternoon’s draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup.

This draw is at 2pm live on ITV after the Nottingham Forest and West Ham United tie and is also shown on BT Sport.

The Blues are set for their first FA Cup replay since the 1-0 home victory against Chester City in January 2007 at Deepdale a week on Tuesday.

Fourth round ties will be played on the weekend of January 25th and 26th when the Blues are currently scheduled to face Reading at home in the Championship.

FA Cup Fourth Round

1 Coventry City

2 Yeovil Town

3 Liverpool or Oldham Athletic

4 Nottingham Forest or West Ham United

5 Bristol City or Watford

6 Southend United

7 Hull City

8 Crystal Palace

9 Kidderminster Harriers or Peterborough United

10 Stevenage

11 Stoke City

12 Southampton

13 Cardiff City

14 Rochdale

15 Wigan Athletic or Milton Keynes Dons

16 Charlton Athletic or Oxford United

17 Manchester United or Swansea City

18 Port Vale or Plymouth Argyle

19 Norwich City or Fulham

20 Sheffield United

21 Macclesfield Town or Sheffield Wednesday

22 Sunderland or Carlisle United

23 Bolton Wanderers

24 Blackburn Rovers or Manchester City

25 Everton

26 Brighton & Hove Albion

27 Arsenal

28 Birmingham City or Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town

29 Huddersfield Town

30 Ipswich Town or Preston North End

31 Derby County or Chelsea

32 AFC Bournemouth or Burton Albion

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