The draw for the third round of the FA Cup will be televised live on BBC1 and Sky Sports at approx 3.15pm on Sunday. Although Walsall are of course not in the draw, but it is still an event which captires the imagination of all football fans, whether their team is still involved ot not.
Boxing stars Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton and Amir Khan will be the men given the job of conducting the draw.
With the Second Round still to play, we are only sure of what numbers the 'big boys' will be. One thing is for sure, there will be at least one non-league side still left in the draw come Sunday. Premiership and Championship team's numbers.
1 ARSENAL
2 ASTON VILLA
3 BARNSLEY
4 BIRMINGHAM CITY
5 BLACKBURN ROVERS
6 BOLTON WANDERERS
7 BURNLEY
8 CARDIFF CITY
9 CHARLTON ATHLETIC
10 CHELSEA
11 COLCHESTER UNITED
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 LUTON TOWN
23 MANCHESTER CITY
24 MANCHESTER UNITED
25 MIDDLESBROUGH
26 NEWCASTLE UNITED
27 NORWICH CITY
28 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
29 PORTSMOUTH
30 PRESTON NORTH END
31 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
32 READING
33 SHEFFIELD UNITED
34 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
35 SOUTHAMPTON
36 SOUTHEND UNITED
37 STOKE CITY
38 SUNDERLAND
39 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
40 WATFORD
41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
42 WEST HAM UNITED
43 WIGAN ATHLETIC
44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Ties will be played on the weekend of 5/6/7 January 2007, and any scheduled league games on that weekend would have to be moved in the event of either team winning through to round 3 of the FA Cup. If Macclesfield progress our league fixture with them will be re-arranged to a later date.