When is FA Cup draw? Start time, ball numbers, TV channel, live stream for third round today

Time for Premier League and Championship clubs to join the competition

The FA Cup third round draw is coming up today as fans across the country gear up for what remains one of the annual highlights on the English football calendar.

Despite many attempting to continually downplay the significance of the world’s oldest club competition in the modern game, year after year it continues to prove that reports over its demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Nowhere is that clearer than in the third round, where Premier League and Championship clubs all join the party to create some true David vs Goliath ties and inevitable thrilling upsets that will live long in the memory.

This season should be no different, with 38 teams fighting it out across 19 total games in the second round this weekend in the hope of landing a truly plum tie thereafter. There is still one more to come too after the draw.

The ‘magic of the cup’ has already been on show with sixth-tier Weston-super-Mare reaching the third round for the first time in their history. They are joined by fellow non-league side Macclesfield .

The FA Cup third round draw takes place today on Monday December 8, 2025.

Proceedings will be held ahead of the final second round meeting between National League side Brackley Town and third-tier Burton Albion at St James Park, with a start time of approximately 6:40pm GMT.

Joe Cole and Peter Crouch will be drawing the teams.

TV channel: In the UK, coverage of the draw is available live before Brackley vs Burton, live on TNT Sports 1.

Live stream: You can also follow along online via the Discovery+ app and website with a subscription, as well as on the TNT Sports YouTube channel.

Live blog: Follow the draw as it happens on Monday evening with Standard Sport’s live blog.

1. AFC Bournemouth

2. Arsenal

3. Aston Villa

4. Birmingham City

5. Blackburn Rovers

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. Millwall

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 Super Mare

50. Barnsley

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 or Burton Albion

59. Blackpool

60. Walsall

61. Exeter City

62. Cheltenham Town

63. Doncaster Rovers

64. Port Vale

Third round matches are scheduled to be held across the weekend of January 10-11, 2026.