32 is the magic number

It is, and always has been, the most exciting time of the season for me – the draw for the third round of the FA cup. Unfortunatly as soon as our ball is drawn, any excitement is quickly distinguised when we draw a Preston or a Cardiff away!


This year, once again, I am hoping for a plum away trip to one of our local rivals that we haven’t met in a few years. Swindon perhaps, if they come through their tie wih Wrexham, Oxford if they can defeat Barrow or maybe even Staines Town if they can cause an upset over Millwall. But the tie that I want this, and every, year is Aldershot away. For this to happen though the Shots must overcome Tranmere on Saturday – here’s hoping!


See the full list if numbers for the draw so you can keep an eye out for who you want!



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