Town will be ball number 19 in this evening’s draw for the third round of the FA Cup.

The draw, which will be carried out by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince, takes place live on BBC1 at 7.30pm. Third round ties will be played between Friday 4th and Monday 7th January.

The Blues’ last victory in the tournament came back in January 2010 when they beat Blackpool 2-1 in the third round at Bloomfield Road during Roy Keane’s time in charge.

Last season Town were beaten 1-0 at home by Sheffield United, their 13th match without a victory in the competition they won for the only time in 1978.

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 Chelsea
13 Crystal Palace
14 Derby County
15 Everton
16 Fulham
17 Huddersfield Town
18 Hull City
19 Ipswich Town
20 Leeds United
21 Leicester City
22 Liverpool
23 Manchester City
24 Manchester United
25 Middlesbrough
26 Millwall
27 Newcastle United
28 Norwich City
29 Nottingham Forest
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Rotherham United
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Swansea City
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Bromwich Albion
42 West Ham United
43 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Guiseley or Fleetwood Town
46 Luton Town
47 Wrexham or Newport County
48 Tranmere Rovers or Southport
49 Barnsley
50 Shrewsbury Town
51 Solihull Moors or Blackpool
52 Grimsby Town
53 Peterborough United or Bradford City
54 Woking
55 Oldham Athletic
56 Lincoln City
57 AFC Wimbledon
58 Oxford United
59 Barnet
60 Portsmouth
61 Walsall or Sunderland
62 Accrington Stanley
63 Doncaster Rovers
64 Gillingham

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Northstandveteran added 18:11 - Dec 3 Yeah, don't think you have to concern yourself too much about winning the cup this year dirty 😂
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algarvefan added 18:23 - Dec 3 Change from the league, maybe a few youngsters may get a game, lets just enjoy it and lose the negativity............difficult I know!
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gosblue added 18:28 - Dec 3 Dirtydingus Wigan were famously relegated from the Prem in 2013 a few days after winning the FA Cup v Man City
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Northstandveteran added 18:28 - Dec 3 This could be the last time we make the 3rd round for a few years....
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midastouch added 19:17 - Dec 3 Swansea away please!
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chepstowblue added 20:19 - Dec 3 An intriguing tie. Should be able to concentrate on the league after this one.Handy to learn the route before our league game there next October also !!
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