Town will be ball number 48 in Monday’s FA Cup round three draw if they’re still in the competition following Sunday afternoon’s second-round tie against Coventry City at St Andrew’s (KO 2pm).

The draw for round three takes place at the Etihad Stadium at 7pm live on BBC Two and the iPlayer when former Arsenal captain Tony Adams and ex-Manchester City defender Micah Richards will be pulling the balls from the bowl.

Third round ties will take place over the weekend of January 4th. If Town are involved then their League One game at home to Fleetwood will be postponed.

The last time Town weren't involved in round three of the FA Cup, which they won for the only time in 1978, was in the 1955/56 season when they were defeated 3-1 away by Peterborough United at the first-round stage.

The Blues won their first FA Cup tie in nearly 10 years at the 16th attempt in round one when Alan Judge's last-gasp goal saw them to a 1-0 replay victory over Lincoln at Sincil Bank.

FA Cup Third Round Draw
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham City
6 Blackburn Rovers
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 Leeds United
21 Leicester City
22 Liverpool
23 Luton Town
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
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 Blackpool or Maidstone United
46 Portsmouth or Altincham
47 Shrewsbury Town or Mansfield Town
48 Coventry City or Ipswich Town
49 Kingstonian or AFC Fylde
50 Tranmere Rovers or Chichester City
51 Walsall or Oxford United
52 Exeter City or Hartlepool United
53 Eastleigh or Crewe Alexandra
54 Forest Green Rovers or Carlisle United
55 Solihull Moors or Rotherham United
56 Gillingham or Doncaster Rovers
57 Rochdale or Boston United
58 Peterborough United or Dover Athletic
59 Oldham Athletic or Burton Albion
60 Maldon & Tiptree or Newport County
61 Crawley Town or Fleetwood Town
62 Cheltenham Town or Port Vale
63 Northampton Town or Notts County
64 Bristol Rovers or Plymouth Argyle

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