LUFC Leeds or Kettering will be ball 49

The most exciting domestic cup draw in the world takes place this weekend and Leeds will be hoping to be in it if they can get past the potential banana skin at Kettering Town.

The FA Cup 3rd Round draw sponsored by E.ON takes place this Sunday on ITV1 after the completion of the second round tie between Kettering Town and Leeds at around 3.55pm.

The third round draw sees all the lower league and non-league sides hoping to earn a glamour tie against some of the Premiership heavyweights.

There will definitely be at least three non-league sides in the draw this season.

Another seven non-league sides will be hoping to beat Football League opposition and earn their place in the draw.

Two ambassadors for England`s 2018 World cup bid, Sir Steven Redgrave and Kelly Smith, will make the draw.

1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Bristol City
9 Burnley
10 Cardiff City
11 Chelsea
12 Coventry City
13 Crystal Palace
14 Derby County
15 Doncaster Rovers
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Hull City
19 Ipswich Town
20 Leicester City
21 Liverpool
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Newcastle United
26 Nottingham Forest
27 Peterborough United
28 Plymouth Argyle
29 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Scunthorpe United
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
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 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Northwich Victoria or Lincoln City
46 Northampton Town or Southampton
47 Hereford United or Colchester United
48 Tranmere Rovers or Aldershot Town
49 Kettering Town or Leeds United
50 Gillingham or Burton Albion
51 Wrexham or Swindon Town
52 Brighton & Hove Albion or Rushden & Diamonds
53 Rotherham United or Luton Town
54 Milton Keynes Dons or Exeter City
55 Brentford or Walsall
56 Carlisle United or Norwich City
57 Accrington Stanley or Barnet
58 Oxford United or Barrow
59 AFC Bournemouth or Notts County
60 Stockport County or Torquay United
61 Cambridge United or York City
62 Bath City or Forest Green Rovers
63 Port Vale or Huddersfield Town
64 Staines Town or Millwall


The third round ties will take place over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd January.


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