Town will definitely be in the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup regardless of what happens at Chelsea on Sunday with the balls due to be taken from the velvet bag late in the first half of their third round tie.

The fourth round draw is set to take place at around 3.35pm on Sunday after the Manchester United-Liverpool tie which is being screened live on TV. ITV1 and FATV will broadcast the draw which is being held at Wembley. Town and Chelsea will be ball number 23.

Despite the ongoing speculation, Roy Keane appears likely to be in charge of the Blues for the game, with his pre-match press conference scheduled for Friday. However, bookmaker Paddy Power has stopped taking bets on the identity of the next Town manager after former Wigan, Bradford, Sheffield Wednesday and Derby boss Paul Jewell was backed down from 20/1 to 6/5.

FA Cup Fourth Round
1 Burnley or Port Vale
2 Coventry City or Crystal Palace
3 Bristol City or Sheffield Wednesday
4 Fulham or Peterborough United
5 Doncaster Rovers or Wolverhampton Wanderers
6 Brighton & Hove Albion or Portsmouth
7 Huddersfield Town or Dover Athletic
8 Crawley Town or Derby County
9 West Ham United or Barnsley
10 Reading or West Bromwich Albion
11 Arsenal or Leeds United
12 Sheffield United or Aston Villa
13 Leicester City or Manchester City
14 Bolton Wanderers or York City
15 Blackburn Rovers or Queens Park Rangers
16 Swansea City or Colchester United
17 Wycombe Wanderers or Hereford United or Lincoln City
18 Stevenage or Newcastle United
19 Burton Albion or Middlesbrough
20 Millwall or Birmingham City
21 Southampton or Blackpool
22 Watford or Hartlepool United
23 Chelsea or Ipswich Town
24 Sunderland or Notts County
25 Scunthorpe United or Everton
26 Manchester United or Liverpool
27 Hull City or Wigan Athletic
28 Stoke City or Cardiff City
29 Tottenham Hotspur or Charlton Athletic
30 Preston North End or Nottingham Forest
31 Norwich City or Leyton Orient
32 Torquay United or Carlisle United

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TractorMan added 15:18 - Jan 6 If it's true, Jewell was a fantastic manager at Wigan, playing good attacking football before being stitched up at Derby. May be the steady ship we need with someone like Howe or O'Driscoll maybe one for the future?
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dirtydingusmagee added 15:26 - Jan 6 well at least looks like light at end of tunnel ,Keane going.I would have liked Chris Hughton to come in ,but lets see ,knowing our luck [and Keanes] we will beat Chelsea and he will be given a new contract .
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textbackup added 15:27 - Jan 6 What an absolutly pathetic story! thanks for letting us know we'll be in the draw as its half time.... that just about sums ipswich town fans up IMO, and if i was keane i wouldnt have even joined let alone stay while the divvys here moan!
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dirtydingusmagee added 15:42 - Jan 6 well at least your avatar is nice !textbackup
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itfc1981 added 15:43 - Jan 6 now then, now then, shouldnt dis Phil my man! Norwich away that would be funny as there is no chance of us getting that far!
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Keaneish added 15:56 - Jan 6 I like Paul Jewell but not my first choice. At least with a man like Jewell you get a sense the players really enjoy playing for him.
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paristractor added 16:02 - Jan 6 paul jewell you are having a laugh fat prune's useless
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Ipswich24 added 16:08 - Jan 6 O driscoll is coming to town!
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Dissblue added 16:09 - Jan 6 Got any real news?
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itfc1981 added 16:13 - Jan 6 yes we know Ipswich24, on 22nd Jan.
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osborne1nil added 16:14 - Jan 6 He may have been seen being interviewed (if at all) but I am sure if M.E. is looking he would have more than 1 person he would be speaking to. I had heard that he was personal friends with Curbishley but if this is true or not I don't know. Any change has got to be for the better but Jewell would not have been my first choice either.
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BlooooCD added 16:15 - Jan 6 I thought Jewel had to move on as he got caught spanking a mistress?!?! Beats getting caught with the monkey! ha ha! Sorry sad sense of humour I know.. He apparently had to move on to keep his wife..
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fifeblue added 16:19 - Jan 6 If we can't beat Chelsea then there's no hope for us.
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TheBarmyBlue added 16:29 - Jan 6 ^^^Yes, because every bottom half championship team regularly beat chelsea.
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nitroblue1970 added 17:12 - Jan 6 in the next round draw, we really are clutching at straws now arent we!....Please not Jewell, hes not right for this club, we made a mistake with keane lets put it right! ..with the right FOOTBALL man!
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dirtydingusmagee added 17:20 - Jan 6 could be Alan Carr ,not Curbishley, thats only a rumour dont get your hopes up !i got that from a site called Wicked Leeks, Taffy who runs it knows his onions .
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Mark added 17:40 - Jan 6 Keane still being here takes the shine off any potential result for Ipswich, as it could help keep him in a job for longer. In 3.5 weeks the transfer window slams shut, so can we please bring in a new manager ASAP?!
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whoppit added 18:40 - Jan 6 The only balls on show should be Marcus growing a pair and giving our witless leader the well deserved boot. Didn't I say the same a year ago but I got shot down then !!!!
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Suffolk_n_Good added 21:22 - Jan 6 If true, I would certainly welcome Jewell, (but then I would welcome anyone at the moment!!) whoever takes the reigns next (sooner or later) I believe we should give him 100% backing, I would still have liked Curbishley if poss, but at last, light at the end of a very, very, very, long tunnel!!
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blueblood66 added 22:53 - Jan 6 Jewel?? no thanks! Failed at Sheffield Wednesday, Derby..curbs it has to be!!
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Back_The_Boss added 06:35 - Jan 7 Well I hope it is Jewell!
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