FA Cup 2012/13: 3rd Round Draw Details – Live on ITV Sunday 2nd December
The draw for the third round proper of the FA Cup will take place on Sunday 2nd December live on ITV at approximately 2.40pm. The Milton Keynes v AFC Wimbledon game precedes the draw. The numbered balls will be drawn by Ledley King and Fabrice Muamba at Wembley. Ball number 51 will be of interest to Exeter City fans, as this will be Luton or the conquerors of Plymouth Argyle, Dorchester Town. The third round is when the Championship and Premier League teams join in, but is effectively round 9 for those that have been following it since the extra-preliminary round in August!
The all important ball numbers are:
| 1 | Arsenal | 33 | Reading | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 34 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| 3 | Barnsley | 35 | Southampton | |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 36 | Stoke City | |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | Sunderland | |
| 6 | Blackpool | 38 | Swansea City | |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 39 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 | Watford | |
| 9 | Bristol City | 41 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 10 | Burnley | 42 | West Ham United | |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 43 | Wigan Athletic | |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 44 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| 13 | Chelsea | 45 | Preston North End or Gillingham | |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 46 | Bury or Southend United | |
| 15 | Derby County | 47 | Sheffield United or Port Vale | |
| 16 | Everton | 48 | Carlisle United or AFC Bournemouth | |
| 17 | Fulham | 49 | Crewe Alexandra or Burton Albion | |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 50 | Bradford City or Brentford | |
| 19 | Hull City | 51 | Luton Town or Dorchester Town | |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 52 | Alfreton Town or Leyton Orient | |
| 21 | Leeds United | 53 | Oldham Athletic or Doncaster Rovers | |
| 22 | Leicester City | 54 | Tranmere Rovers or Chesterfield | |
| 23 | Liverpool | 55 | Rotherham United or Notts County | |
| 24 | Manchester City | 56 | Cheltenham Town or Hereford United | |
| 25 | Manchester United | 57 | Barrow or Macclesfield Town | |
| 26 | Middlesbrough | 58 | Accrington Stanley or Oxford United | |
| 27 | Millwall | 59 | Lincoln City or Mansfield Town | |
| 28 | Newcastle United | 60 | Harrogate Town or Hastings United | |
| 29 | Norwich City | 61 | Coventry City v Morecambe | |
| 30 | Nottingham Forest | 62 | Milton Keynes Dons or AFC Wimbledon | |
| 31 | Peterborough United | 63 | Crawley Town or Chelmsford City | |
| 32 | Queens Park Rangers | 64 | Fleetwood Town or Aldershot Town |
The ties will be played on the weekend of 5/6 January 2013.
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