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Town Ball Number 20 in FA Cup Draw - Ipswich Town News

Town will be ball number 20 in Monday evening’s draw for the third round of the FA Cup (BBC2 7pm).

The draw, which sees Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition, takes place at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff. Third round ties will be played between Friday 8th and Sunday 11th January.

Meanwhile, Blues winger Cameron Stewart came on as a half-time sub as his loan side Doncaster Rovers secured their place in the hat by beating Cambridge United 3-1 in the second round at the Abbey Stadium this afternoon.

James Alabi’s loan club Grimsby Town are in second round action on Monday evening when they take on Shrewsbury at Blundell Park (BT Sport 2, 7pm, KO 7.45pm).

FA Cup Third Round Draw

1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Bolton Wanderers
7 Brentford
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 Milton Keynes Dons
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
34 Rotherham United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Bradford City
46 Newport County
47 Peterborough United
48 Portsmouth
49 Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town
51 Exeter City
52 Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby Town or Shrewsbury Town
54 Yeovil Town
55 Bury
56 Carlisle United
57 Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United
58 Wycombe Wanderers
59 Colchester United
60 Chesterfield or Walsall
61 Sheffield United
62 Salford City or Hartlepool United
63 Dagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk
64 Oxford United

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