The FA Cup third round draw will take place tonight (Monday 8 December 2025).
An official announcement from the FA on Friday with full details.
The ball numbers have been allocated and Newcastle United are number 26 for tonight’s FA Cup third round.
All but one of the FA Cup second round matches have already been played this weekend.
The exception is Brackley Town v Burton Albion, which will be played tonight, after the FA Cup third round draw, which starts at around 6.40pm.
Tonight the Premier League and Championship clubs are taking part and we now know the 65 clubs participating in the third round draw, all 65 clubs and ball numbers listed below.
The FA official announcement – December 5, 2025:
The draw for the third round of the Emirates FA Cup will take place on Monday, December 8, live on TNT Sports, with clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship taking part in the competition.
Pre-match coverage of the final second round match between Brackley Town and Burton Albion starts at 6.30pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+. The draw is scheduled for approximately 6:40 PM GMT and will also be streamed live on TNT Sports’ YouTube channel.
Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist will present the reporting, with the draw made by Joe Cole and Peter Crouch.
The third round will be played around the weekend of Saturday, January 10, 2026.
The ball numbers for the third round draw are listed below, with the updated list of clubs following the weekend action:
1.AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Robbers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11.Chelsea
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. Manchester City
23.Manchester United
24. Middlesbrough
25. Mill wall
26. Newcastle United
27. Norwich City
28. Nottingham Forest
29. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Sheffield United
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. Wolverhampton Wanderers
44. Wrexham
45. Macclesfield
46. Grimsby Town
47. Shrewsbury town
48. Swindon town
49. Weston Supermare
50. Barnley
51. Boreham wood
52. Milton Keynes Dons
53. Wigan Athletic
54. Fleetwood Town
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57.Cambridge United
58. Brackley Town of Burton Albion
59. Blackpool
60. Walsall
61. Exeter city
62. Cheltenham Town
63. Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale
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