FA Cup third-round draw: Eight non-league teams in hat
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FA Cup third-round draw |
Venue: The Deep aquarium, Hull. Date: Monday, 8 December, 19:00 GMT |
Coverage: Live on BBC Two, HD, Radio 5 live, live text and video online, mobile, the BBC Sport app and Connected TV |
Blyth Spartans and Worcester City will be the lowest-ranked of the eight non-league sides in the hat when the FA Cup third-round draw takes place on Monday.
Five non-league sides are guaranteed a chance of facing opposition from the Premier League in January. The other three teams face second round replays.
Sides definitely through to the third round include Conference clubs Dover, Southport, Gateshead and Wrexham.
Premier League and Championship clubs enter at this stage.
The draw will take place on Monday and will be televised on BBC Two from 19:00 GMT.
Former England striker Alan Shearer, who was a losing FA Cup finalist with Newcastle in 1998 and 1999, will help conduct the draw.
Holders Arsenal are ball number two, with their fellow 11-times winners Manchester United number 25.
Blyth, who kicked off the second round upsets by defeating League Two Hartlepool 2-1 on Friday, will be number 52.
Worcester City, of the Conference North, face a second round replay at home to League One Scunthorpe United after a 1-1 draw on Sunday. The two sides will be number 48.
Dover Athletic beat League Two Cheltenham Town 1-0 away on Sunday thanks to an 83rd-minute goal from captain Connor Essam. The Whites will be number 61.
The remaining Conference sides in the draw, who all beat non-league opposition, are Gateshead (55), Southport (54) and Wrexham (47). They are joined by Aldershot (64), who face a replay against League One Rochdale.
Chester (58) are the final team from the fifth-tier still in the draw after their goalless draw at Barnsley on Sunday.
The third-round ties will take place between 3 and 6 January.
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Full numbers breakdown:
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Brentford
9. Brighton & Hove Albion
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. Ipswich Town
21. Leeds United
22. Leicester City
23. Liverpool
24. Manchester City
25. Manchester United
26. Middlesbrough
27. Millwall
28. Newcastle United
29. Norwich City
30. Nottingham Forest
31. Queens Park Rangers
32. Reading
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield Wednesday
35. Southampton
36. Stoke City
37. Sunderland
38. Swansea City
39. Tottenham Hotspur
40. Watford
41. West Bromwich Albion
42. West Ham United
43. Wigan Athletic
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Oxford United or Tranmere Rovers
46. Bury or Luton Town
47. Wrexham
48. Scunthorpe United or Worcester City
49. Colchester United
50. AFC Wimbledon
51. Accrington Stanley or Yeovil Town
52. Blyth Spartans
53. Chesterfield
54. Southport
55. Gateshead
56. Doncaster Rovers
57. Preston North End
58. Barnsley or Chester
59. Bradford City
60. Sheffield United
61. Dover Athletic
62. Cambridge United or Mansfield Town
63. Bristol City
64. Aldershot Town or Rochdale
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