When is the FA Cup second round draw?

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The FA Cup second round draw will take place on Monday, 3 November before the first round tie between Tamworth and Leyton Orient.

The draw is expected to commence at around 18:45 GMT.

Forty teams will feature in the second round of the competition, made up of the winners of the first round ties.

No additional sides enter the draw at this stage, with the 44 Premier League and Championship teams joining in January in the third round.

Matches in the second round will take place around the weekend of 6-7 December.

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Crystal Palace are the current FA Cup holders

1. Weston Super Mare or Aldershot Town

2. Salford City or Lincoln City

3. Luton Town or Forest Green Rovers

4. Gainsborough Trinity or Accrington Stanley

5. Colchester United or Milton Keynes Dons

6. Tranmere Rovers or Stockport County

7. Wigan Athletic or Hemel Hempstead Town

8. Newport County or Gillingham

9. Cheltenham Town or Bradford City

10. Barnsley or York City

11. Reading or Carlisle United

12. Bromley or Bristol Rovers

13. Peterborough United or Cardiff City

14. Oldham Athletic or Northampton Town

15. Crewe Alexandra or Doncaster Rovers

16. Tamworth or Leyton Orient

17. Stevenage or Chesterfield

18. Boreham Wood or Crawley Town

19. Sutton United or AFC Telford United

20. Bolton Wanderers or Huddersfield Town

21. Chelmsford City or Braintree Town

22. Spennymoor Town or Barrow

23. Wycombe Wanderers or Plymouth Argyle

24. FC Halifax Town or Exeter City

25. Slough Town or Altrincham

26. Wealdstone or Southend United

27. Rotherham United or Swindon Town

28. Grimsby Town or Ebbsfleet United

29. Buxton or Chatham Town

30. Burton Albion or St Albans City

31. Brackley Town or Notts County

32. Blackpool or Scunthorpe United

33. Cambridge United or Chester

34. AFC Wimbledon or Gateshead

35. Mansfield Town or Harrogate Town

36. Macclesfield or AFC Totton

37. South Shields or Shrewsbury Town

38. Fleetwood Town or Barnet

39. Port Vale or Maldon & Tiptree

40. Eastleigh or Walsall

What is the FA Cup prize money?

  • First round winners - £47,750

  • First round losers - £15,800

  • Second round winners - £79,500

  • Second round losers - £21,200

  • Third round winners - £121,500

  • Third round losers - £26,500

  • Fourth round winners - £127,000

  • Fifth round winners - £238,500

  • Quarter-final winners - £477,000

  • Semi-final winners - £1,060,000

  • Semi-final losers - £530,000

  • Final runners-up - £1,060,000

  • Final winners - £2,120,000

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