THE FA CUP drama continues as the world’s oldest cup competition gets into it’s groove.
With Premier League and Championship clubs joining at the third round stage, 32 successful teams will advance into the draw for the next round.
Man City celebrate winning last season’s FA Cup
When is the FA Cup 4th round draw?
THIS year’s draw will be held on Monday, January 6.
It will take place BEFORE the third round clash between Arsenal and Leeds.
Things are scheduled to get going at 7.35pm.
What TV channel is the FA Cup 4th round draw on and can I live stream it?
YOU can watch the draw live on BBC ONE.
The Beeb are showing Arsenal vs Leeds from the Emirates and will broadcast the draw beforehand.
If you want to stream, you’ve got two options.
The first is the BBC iPlayer, whilst you can also watch the FA’s new Emirates FA Cup Show via their official Twitter account.
Spencer Owen and Jules Breach will host the show, whilst Alex Scott and David O’Leary will do the honours and draw the ties from the hat.
The fourth round will have sixteen ties and is scheduled for the weekend of January 24-27.
Ball numbers
ALL of this year’s third round ties have yet to be completed.
But you can see which number your team will be in the draw should they win their respective tie:
- 1 Leicester City or Wigan Athletic
- 2 Queens Park Rangers or Swansea City
- 3 Fulham or Aston Villa
- 4 Chelsea or Nottingham Forest
- 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United
- 6 Charlton Athletic or West Bromwich Albion
- 7 Rochdale or Newcastle United
- 8 Cardiff City or Carlisle United
- 9 Oxford United or Hartlepool United
- 10 Sheffield United or AFC Fylde
- 11 Southampton or Huddersfield Town
- 12 Liverpool or Everton
- 13 Bristol City or Shrewsbury Town
- 14 AFC Bournemouth or Luton Town
- 15 Brighton & Hove Albion or Sheffield Wednesday
- 16 Bristol Rovers or Coventry City
- 17 Crewe Alexandra or Barnsley
- 18 Manchester City or Port Vale
- 19 Middlesbrough or Tottenham Hotspur
- 20 Reading or Blackpool
- 21 Watford or Tranmere Rovers
- 22 Preston North End or Norwich City
- 23 Millwall or Newport County
- 24 Crystal Palace or Derby County
- 25 Rotherham United or Hull City
- 26 Brentford or Stoke City
- 27 Fleetwood Town or Portsmouth
- 28 Arsenal or Leeds United
- 29 Gillingham or West Ham United
- 30 Burton Albion or Northampton Town
- 31 Burnley or Peterborough United
- 32 Birmingham City or Blackburn Rovers
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
