Town will be ball number 17 in Monday evening’s draw for the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.

The draw will take place at Old Trafford and broadcast live on BBC Two and the iPlayer, as well as the FA Cup’s official social media channels, from 7pm.

Kelly Somers is presenting, while Mark Hughes and Dion Dublin will be in charge of picking out the balls.

Town, who won the competition for the only time in 1978, go into the hat for the first time this season along with all the other Premier League and Championship clubs.

Asked about what he was after from the draw at Thursday’s press conference, manager Kieran McKenna said the competition won’t come into his thoughts for some while yet.

“A home tie against a lower-ranked team, that’ll be easy!” he smiled ruefully, reflecting on last season’s third-round exit to National League South Maidstone, who are already out of this year’s competition.

“I’ve not thought about it, to be honest. The full focus is up until Fulham, which is the break of these Christmas fixtures and we chunk that period down like we do.

“After that, there’s no break but there’s the FA Cup, which can be like a break at times because it gives you a break from the league period.

“So, once we get past Fulham we’ll look forward to the FA Cup and try and do our best in it. But until then I don’t think we’re going to give it too many thoughts.”

Third round ties will be played over the weekend of Saturday 11th January.


FA Cup Third Round

1. AFC Bournemouth

2. Arsenal

3. Aston Villa

4. Blackburn Rovers

5. Brentford

6. Brighton & Hove Albion

7. Bristol City

8. Burnley

9. Cardiff City

10. Chelsea

11. Coventry City

12. Crystal Palace

13. Derby County

14. Everton

15. Fulham

16. Hull City

17. Ipswich Town

18. Leeds United

19. Leicester City

20. Liverpool

21. Luton Town

22. Manchester City

23. Manchester United

24. Middlesbrough

25. Millwall

26. Newcastle United

27. Norwich City

28. Nottingham Forest

29. Oxford United

30. Plymouth Argyle

31. Portsmouth

32. Preston North End

33. Queens Park Rangers

34. Sheffield 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. Salford City
46. Charlton Athletic
47. Exeter City
48. Leyton Orient
49. Bristol Rovers
50. Dagenham & Redbridge
51. Accrington Stanley
52. Lincoln City
53. Tamworth
54. Birmingham City
55. Mansfield Town
56. Peterborough United
57. Stockport County
58. Wycombe Wanderers
59. Morecambe
60. Bromley
61. Doncaster Rovers
62. Reading
63. Harrogate Town
64. Wigan Athletic

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Gforce added 11:21 - Dec 1 Number 27 at home please. Something random, if given the choice, what would you choose...winning the FA Cup and getting relegated or staying up this season??
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Miaow added 12:14 - Dec 1 The Ed Sheeran effect...
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slade1 added 12:14 - Dec 1 Easy, Staying up.
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BlueWax added 13:14 - Dec 1 Def staying up GForce....Next 2 home games are huge, hope Omari and Morsy get through without another booking. Delap is going to need help as soon as poss. I think we will beat Newcastle at home in a few weeks but really worried b4 that. I genuinely think we have been amazing so far and am as proud as ever to be a town fan. Love the f a cup but prem footy is the ultimate, even accounting for fewer games and VAR.

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grinch added 15:30 - Dec 1 @bluewax i would like to see the team with philips not morsy in midfield he slows are play and players always looking to him when philips plays we attack far quicker whichbis reqiired in this league. Morsy wont be dropped so a booking or injury will be only way he wont play he also recently cannot play box to box which is needed and on Sat he had numerous chances to shoot and didnt he is resmebling jordan henderson and it would be interesting to see us without him

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Oldschoolnumber9 added 16:53 - Dec 1 I personally think the Fa cup is hugely undervalued. Football at its core is about winning trophies. Staying up would be amazing, but we won’t sing about it in 50 years. An fa cup win is what all prem teams should aspire to.
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BlueWax added 17:06 - Dec 1 Fair comment Grinch and that's the beauty of opinions in football. I just feel Morsy is immense as a leader, breaks up play superbly and rarely loses possession.
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BlueWax added 17:09 - Dec 1 I predict 4 pts from next 2 home games, draw at Wolves...beat tge toon which will give us 17 pts at Xmas. Nothing from rest of festive period. 33 pts will keep us up. Everton will be in drop zone by Xmas for sure.
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BlueSkies added 09:23 - Dec 2 Spot on Oldschool. FA Cup win everyday. What's the point in staying up and having continuous mediocre seasons and eventually ending up getting relegated anyway?
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TractorCam added 14:05 - Dec 2 Easy, winning the FA Cup.
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Carberry added 14:43 - Dec 2 I wonder how many of those who say 'staying up' were there at Wembley in '78. It was a day never to be forgotten, memories of which will stay with fans for the rest of their lives. Even though it doesn't have the same kudos, it has to be winning that trophy.
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jas1972 added 15:51 - Dec 2 I was at Wembley in 1978 and at Amsterdam in 1981. Having been through the leagues down to level 3 over the years since then I can say without hesitation that I would rather stay up than win the FA Cup. I wouldn't mind both, though.
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SickParrot added 18:28 - Dec 2 My only hope for the FA Cup is to avoid another embarrasing defeat to a non league, League 1 or League 2 team and injuries to Davis, Hutchinson and Delap. The best third round draw for me would be a big Premier League team at home. Of course, a good run in the cup would be great for team confidence and for us fans but I won't get my hopes up!
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