Town Number 18 - Ipswich Town News
Town are number 18 Sunday afternoon's draw for the third round of the FA Cup. The draw, held at 3pm at the FA's Soho Square headquarters, is live on BBC1, Sky Sports News and Five Live.
The third round matches take place on the weekend of January 3rd and 4th.
The Blues have drawn non-league opposition at this stage of the competition in the last three years, Morecambe were overcome home and away (2001 and 2003) and Dagenham and Redbridge were beaten away in 2002.
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