FA Cup draw live: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Co find out third-round fixtures

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Jack Rosser @JackRosser_4 December 2017

The FA Cup third round draw is a staple of the English footballing calendar, as the top sides in the country are thrown into the hat with those from the lower reaches.

The draw takes place this evening ahead of Slough Town vs Rochdale, the final second round tie of the weekend.

Slough Town will be joined by another four non-league sides in AFC Flyde, Hereford Town and Woking in watching on eagerly to see if they’re drawn alongside some of the biggest sides in world football.

64 clubs will be drawn from the hat this evening, with holders Arsenal and the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all entering the fray.

Draw Numbers

Number Team
1 Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham City
6 Bolton
7 Brentford
8 Brighton
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Burton Albion
12 Cardiff City
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham 
18 Huddersfield
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester
23 Liverpool
24 Man City
25 Man United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 QPR
33 Reading
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke 
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea
40 Tottenham
41 Watford
42 West Brom
43 West Ham
44 Wolves
45 Woking or Peterborough
46 MK Dons
47 Newport County
48 Wycombe Wanderers
49 Port Vale/Yeovil
50 Shrewsbury Town
51 Doncaster Rovers
52 Slough Town or Rochdale
53 AFC Wimbledon
54 Stevenage
55 Mansfield Town
56 Luton Town
57 Bradford City
58 Blackburn/Crewe
59 AFC Fylde or Wigan
60 Gillingham or Carlisle
61 Notts County
62 Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City
63 Fleetwood Town or Hereford
64 Coventry City

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What happened in the second round?

Crewe fought back from 3-0 down to force an FA Cup second-round replay in a 3-3 draw at nine-man Blackburn.

Rovers raced into a 3-0 lead inside 20 minutes at Ewood Park as Dominic Samuel fired a double, either side of Danny Graham's effort.

Crewe were handed a lifeline before the break when Blackburn's Rekeem Harper was shown a straight red card for his foul on Chris Porter, who picked himself up to convert the subsequent penalty.

Blackburn were reduced to nine men in the 56th minute when Elliott Bennett was sent off for his challenge on Perry Ng and Crewe hit back through headers from Eddie Nolan and Porter in the space of three minutes.

Jimmy Spencer fired a hat-trick as Mansfield won 3-0 against former boss Paul Cox's Guiseley, who also finished the game with nine men.

Spencer headed Mansfield into a first-half lead before Guiseley defender Darren Holden was shown a straight red card for his foul on the striker five minutes before the break.

Guiseley defender Chris M'Boungou was dismissed soon after the restart for his second yellow card and Spencer made it 2-0 a minute later before completing his hat-trick from the penalty spot.

Joe Ward crashed home a late equaliser to earn National League side Woking a replay after a 1-1 home draw against Peterborough.

Chez Isaac's first-half penalty was saved by Posh goalkeeper Jonathan Bond before Ryan Tafazolli edged the visitors into an interval lead, but Ward levelled in the 84th minute.

Coventry ended National League side Boreham Wood's cup adventure with a 3-0 win at the Ricoh Arena.

Duckens Nazon and Marc McNulty put Coventry in control and Jordan Shipley made it 3-0 early in the second period.

Brothers Olly and Elliot Lee were both on target for Luton as the Sky Bet League Two leaders progressed with a 5-0 win at National League side Gateshead.

Olly Lee struck just before the break before Dan Potts' header made it 2-0 and Elliot Lee added a third midway through the second half. Danny Hylton and Luke Berry added stoppage-time goals for the Hatters.

Doncaster cruised through to the third round with a 3-0 home win against local rivals Scunthorpe thanks to Tommy Rowe's double and Liam Mandeville's late effort.

Isthmian League Premier Division side Leatherhead let slip an early lead to lose 3-1 at Wycombe.

Jack Midson's early penalty gave Leatherhead an early lead, but Sam Saunders equalised with a superb free-kick before half-time.

Craig Mackail-Smith fired Wycombe's second and Adebayo Akinfenwa headed a third in time added on after Leatherhead's Sammy Moore was sent off for his second bookable offence.

AFC Wimbledon won an all-League One affair by beating Charlton 3-1 at Kingsmeadow.

Karlan Ahearne-Grant cancelled out Cody McDonald's early opener for Wimbledon, but the home side regained the lead through Lyle Taylor, who added his second from the penalty spot late on.

Joss Labadie struck early in the first half and late in the second as Newport reached the third round with a 2-0 home win against Cambridge.

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Liverpool vs Everton

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Birmingham vs Burton Albion

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Watford vs Bristol City

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Ipswich Town vs Sheffield United

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Here we go!

The draw is about to begin!

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London lookout

The full numbers for the draw are listed above, but if you don't want to sift through them for your London club, here are the numbers to look out for as they come out the hat.

Arsenal - 2

Brentford - 7

Chelsea - 13

Crystal Palace - 14

Fulham - 17

Millwall - 27

QPR - 32

Tottenham - 40

West Ham - 43

AFC Wimbledon - 53

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Record breakers

There's just over half-an-hour to go until the draw begins, so for now why not take in the highlights from last season's final.

Arsenal's win put them ahead of Manchester United with the most FA Cup wins of any side (13) and made Arsene Wenger the most successful manager in the competition's history.

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Hoping for an upset!

Non-league Slough Town are in the third round draw, however, their clash with League One Rochdale will follow proceedings, meaning they'll need an upset to progress.

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Hello and welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of the FA Cup third round draw.

The draw is set to kick-off just after 7pm this evening and you can join me, Jack Rosser, for thorough coverage from around 6pm.

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