Town will be ball number 20 in the draw for the third round of the FA Cup which takes place from The Deep aquarium in Hull on Monday evening (7pm, BBC Two, Five Live). The Blues will be looking to win a cup tie for the first time under Mick McCarthy’s management.
Town have exited the FA Cup at the third round stage for the last two seasons, at Aston Villa in 2012/13 and after a replay at Preston last season. The Blues have also gone out of the Capital One Cup at the first round stage in the last two years.
On-loan Blues right-back Elliott Hewitt was in FA Cup action for Colchester this afternoon, the Wales U21 international helping the U’s to a 1-0 home victory over Peterborough United with George Moncur - son of one-time Town loanee John - netting the winner in the final minute.
Elsewhere, Paul Taylor came on in the 84th minute as Rotherham drew 0-0 at Cardiff in the Championship yesterday with Anthony Wordsworth again left out of the 18, while Jack Marriott came on as a final minute sub for Woking as the Cards lost 2-1 at Macclesfield in the Vanarama Conference.
Meanwhile, David Beckham was back at the Town academy this morning, posing for photos with fans and players alike.
One of these are a national hero and the other is David Beckham #itfc pic.twitter.com/6XZqnU9JbP– luke (@_Luke_17) December 7, 2014
The former England skipper, whose sons are with Arsenal's youth set-up, was previously at Playford Road in May.
And, Town winger Stephen Hunt has responded to former GAA player and pundit Joe Brolly’s comments earlier in the week in his column in the Irish Sunday Independent.
FA Cup Third Round
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Brentford
9 Brighton & Hove Albion
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 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Rotherham United
34 Sheffield Wednesday
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 Oxford United or Tranmere Rovers
46 Bury or Luton Town
47 Wrexham
48 Scunthorpe United or Worcester City
49 Colchester United
50 AFC Wimbledon
51 Accrington Stanley or Yeovil Town
52 Blyth Spartans
53 Chesterfield
54 Southport
55 Gateshead
56 Doncaster Rovers
57 Preston North End
58 Barnsley or Chester
59 Bradford City
60 Sheffield United
61 Dover Athletic
62 Cambridge United or Mansfield Town
63 Bristol City
64 Aldershot Town or Rochdale