The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON

Third Round Proper Draw

Sunday 3 December 2006

The draw for the Third Round of The FA Cup, sponsored by E.ON, will be made on Sunday 3 December at Soho Square at around 3.15pm.

The balls will be drawn shortly after the live Second Round televised game between Salisbury City and Nottingham Forest on BBC1.

The draw will be made by two current boxing heroes - Ricky Hatton, a world champion at two different weights, and Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan, with Sir Trevor Brooking, The FA Director of Football Development, conducting proceedings. Hatton is a Manchester City fan while Khan supports Bolton Wanderers.

There are 64 numbered balls providing 32 ties with the Premiership and Championship clubs numbered in alphabetical order, with Arsenal as number one and Wolverhampton Wanderers as number 44.

Swindon Town or Morecambe have been handed ball number 61.

For the Fourth Round draw, the teams will be numbered according to their position in the draw in the Third Round.

Here are the numbers:

-1 ARSENAL

-2 ASTON VILLA

-3 BARNSLEY

-4 BIRMINGHAM CITY

-5 BLACKBURN ROVERS

-6 BOLTON WANDERERS

-7 BURNLEY

-8 CARDIFF CITY

-9 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

-10 CHELSEA

-11 COLCHESTER UNITED

-12 COVENTRY CITY

-13 CRYSTAL PALACE

-14 DERBY COUNTY

-15 EVERTON

-16 FULHAM

-17 HULL CITY

-18 IPSWICH TOWN

-19 LEEDS UNITED

-20 LEICESTER CITY

-21 LIVERPOOL

-22 LUTON TOWN

-23 MANCHESTER CITY

-24 MANCHESTER UNITED

-25 MIDDLESBROUGH

-26 NEWCASTLE UNITED

-27 NORWICH CITY

-28 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

-29 PORTSMOUTH

-30 PRESTON NORTH END

-31 QUEENS PARK RANGERS

-32 READING

-33 SHEFFIELD UNITED

-34 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

-35 SOUTHAMPTON

-36 SOUTHEND UNITED

-37 STOKE CITY

-38 SUNDERLAND

-39 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

-40 WATFORD

-41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

-42 WEST HAM UNITED

-43 WIGAN ATHLETIC

-44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

-45 MILTON KEYNES DONS OR BLACKPOOL

-46 SCUNTHORPE UNITED OR WREXHAM

-47 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALB OR STAFFORD RANGERS

-48 BRISTOL CITY OR GILLINGHAM

-49 HEREFORD UNITED OR PORT VALE

-50 MACCLESFIELD TOWN OR HARTLEPOOL UNITED

-51 STOCKPORT COUNTY OR WYCOMBE WANDERERS

-52 BURY OR CHESTER CITY

-53 BARNET OR NORTHAMPTON TOWN

-54 TRANMERE ROVERS OR PETERBOROUGH UNITED

-55 KINGS LYNN OR OLDHAM ATHLETIC

-56 DARLINGTON OR SWANSEA CITY

-57 SALISBURY CITY OR NOTTINGHAM FOREST

-58 TORQUAY UNITED OR LEYTON ORIENT

-59 BRISTOL ROVERS OR AFC BOURNEMOUTH

-60 BRADFORD CITY OR MILLWALL

-61 SWINDON TOWN OR MORECAMBE

-62 MANSFIELD TOWN OR DONCASTER ROVERS

-63 ALDERSHOT TOWN OR BASINGSTOKE TOWN

-64 RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS OR TAMWORTH

Reproduced with permission from Swindon Town Football Club

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