The FA Cup Thread

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The draw for the 3rd Round of the FA Cup takes place tomorrow, Sunday, December the 8th. This is the stage of the competition where Premier League clubs join the rest, and the numbers for tomorrow afternoon's draw are as follows:



1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham City
6 Blackburn Rovers
7 Blackpool
8 Bolton Wanderers
9 Brighton & Hove Albion
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Huddersfield Town
20 Hull City
21 Ipswich Town
22 Leeds United
23 Leicester City
24 Liverpool
25 Manchester City
26 Manchester United
27 Middlesbrough
28 Millwall
29 Newcastle United
30 Norwich City
31 Nottingham Forest
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
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 Yeovil Town
45 Cambridge United or Sheffield United
46 Preston North End
47 Port Vale
48 Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town
49 Milton Keynes Dons
50 Carlisle United
51 Macclesfield Town
52 Southend United
53 Oldham Athletic or Mansfield Town
54 Rochdale
55 Peterborough United
56 Hartlepool United or Coventry City
57 Kidderminster Harriers
58 Plymouth Argyle
59 Wrexham or Oxford United
60 Fleetwood Town or Burton Albion
61 Grimsby Town
62 Leyton Orient
63 Tamworth or Bristol City
64 Stevenage



Chelsea, obviously, are ball #13. The full FA preview of the weekend's draw can be viewed here. The draw begins at around 4:10pm GMT.



Just as with the 2013/14 Football League Cup Thread and 2013-14 Champions League Thread, this can be used as a master-thread for posting and discussing draws, developments, opposition results, etc. across the competition as a whole.

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http://www.thefa.com/news/the-fa-cup/2013/dec/fa-cup-third-round-draw


Link to watch the draw, live in just under an hour.

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Derby away

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Full Draw:

Barnsley vs. Hartlepool or Coventry
Yeovil Town vs. Leyton Orient
Liverpool vs. Oldham or Mansfield
Nottingham Forest vs. West Ham United
Bristol City vs. Watford
Southend United vs. Millwall
Middlesborough vs. Hull City
West Bromwich Albion vs. Crystal Palace
Kidderminster vs. Peterborough United
Doncaster Rovers vs. Stevenage
Stoke City vs. Leicester City
Southampton vs. Burnley
Newcastle United vs. Cardiff City
Rochdale vs. Leeds United
Wigan Athletic vs. MK Dons
Manchester United vs. Swansea City
Charlton Athletic vs. Wrexham or Oxford United
Port Vale vs. Plymouth Argyle
Norwich City vs. Fulham
Aston Villa vs. Sheffield United
Macclesfield Town vs. Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland vs. Carlisle United
Blackburn Rovers vs. Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers vs. Blackpool
Everton vs. Queens Park Rangers
Brighton vs. Reading
Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Birmingham City vs. Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town
Grimsby Town vs. Huddersfield Town
Derby County vs. Chelsea
Ipswich Town vs. Preston North End
Bornemouth vs. Fleetwood or Burton Albion

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Should be an easy with tbh.

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I don't think so. Derby have been doing brilliantly since Umbrella McClaren took over last month and are rocketing up the Championship (4th now and 5 points from top). That, combined with our persistent woes away from home this season, could make this a potentially tricky one. We're more than able to win it comfortably though mind, and undoubtedly have the quality to do just that if we play to our capability.

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Hence why I said Should

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Arsenal vs Spurs is good too - one of the big sides out already.

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One of our rivals too!

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If you can even call Spurs that

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Chelsea-Derby FA Cup tie among those chosen to be televised live on BT Sport:
http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/football/bt-sport-reveal-third-round-fa-cup-games-S11363857506199

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FT: Arsenal 2-0 Spudz


That's Spurs' season over then

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And the shit from the lane has won F**k all again!

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Oh wait, forgot they're still in the Europa League.....

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They won't win that. My song stands.

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Rafa to knock the sorry lot out on the way to his second winners medal on the spin

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Draw for the 4th Round takes place this afternoon, 2:00pm.


So both sides will actually know who our ball has drawn in the next round BEFORE kick-off

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how did that happen? That is foolish!

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As will the 6 other teams playing after us. It's absurd.

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FA

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West Ham annihilated 5-0 by....Nottingham Forest.

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Anyway, 4th Round draw begins momentarily.

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Chelsea/Derby is ball #31.

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