CARDIFF TO PLAY SHEFF WED “ FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW “

CARDIFF CITY TO PLAY SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AWAY IN THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND




The FA Cup Third Round will take place between Friday 5th January 2024 and Monday 8th January 2024.


FA CUP THIRD ROUND FULL DRAW

AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town

Arsenal v Liverpool

Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United

Brentford v Wolves

Chelsea v Preston North End

Coventry City v Oxford United

Crystal Palace v Everton

Fulham v Rotherham United

Gillingham v Sheffield United

Hull City v Birmingham City

Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

Maidstone United v Stevenage or Port Vale

Manchester City v Huddersfield Town

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

Millwall v Leicester City

Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Norwich City v Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers

Peterborough United v Leeds United

Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United

QPR v AFC Bournemouth

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham or Yeovil Town

Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall

Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion

Sunderland v Newcastle United

Swansea City v Morecambe

Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

Watford v Chesterfield or Leyton Orient

West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot Town or Stockport County

West Ham United v Bristol City

Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

The first two Second Round ties took place on Friday night.

Shrewsbury Town and Wigan Athletic have progressed to the Third Round, winning away at Notts County and York City respectively.

Here are the ball numbers ahead of tomorrow’s draw, with most of the Second Round ties now played.

The draw takes place at around 1pm on ITV.

FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW BALL NUMBERS

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. Cardiff City
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Everton
15. Fulham
16. Huddersfield Town
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. Millwall
27. Newcastle United
28. Norwich City
29. Nottingham Forest
30. Plymouth Argyle
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield United
35. Sheffield Wednesday
36. Southampton
37. Stoke City
38. Sunderland
39. Swansea City
40. Tottenham Hotspur
41. Watford
42. West Bromwich Albion
43. West Ham United
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Maidstone United
46. Morecambe
47. Shrewsbury Town
48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County
50. Alfreton Town or Walsall
51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers
52. Cambridge United
53. Bolton Wanderers
54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town
55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers
56. Peterborough United
57. Eastleigh or Reading
58. Gillingham
59. Stevenage or Port Vale
60. Newport County or Barnet
61. Oxford United
62. Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate

54 please.

Who does everyone else want?

54 please.

Who does everyone else want?

I can't get excited about the draw as much as I used to. Successive city managers have put out virtually reserve teams and we've been done by lower league opposition too many times. Northampton, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, MK Dons, Gillingham and Burton in the last decade have all beaten us in the cups. We get a draw that should mean we progress, buy our tickets and watch the reserves get done. I don't care who we draw, I wont be going. There used to be nothing like 3rd round day and the possibility of a cup run was exciting, but the FA cup has lost it's appeal for managers and owners, pity.

CARDIFF CITY TO PLAY SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AWAY IN THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND

CARDIFF CITY TO PLAY SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AWAY IN THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND

One of those 'ah well' fixtures not likely to overwhelm supporters...

As someone says above, our managers (nee club) haven't taken the cups seriously; at least not since Malky took us to Wembley and it felt like our second home under DJ...!

But on a brighter note, if Erol Bulut takes it seriously, a great chance to progress and (hopefully) go on a cup run or at least bring an exciting game back to the CCS. Our support would love that...!

FA CUP THIRD ROUND FULL DRAW

AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town

Arsenal v Liverpool

Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United

Brentford v Wolves

Chelsea v Preston North End

Coventry City v Oxford United

Crystal Palace v Everton

Fulham v Rotherham United

Gillingham v Sheffield United

Hull City v Birmingham City

Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

Maidstone United v Stevenage or Port Vale

Manchester City v Huddersfield Town

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

Millwall v Leicester City

Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Norwich City v Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers

Peterborough United v Leeds United

Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United

QPR v AFC Bournemouth

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham or Yeovil Town

Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall

Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion

Sunderland v Newcastle United

Swansea City v Morecambe

Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

Watford v Chesterfield or Leyton Orient

West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot Town or Stockport County

West Ham United v Bristol City

Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Sheff Wed v CARDIFF

SWANSEA v Morecambe

Shrewsbury v WREXHAM or Yeovil

NEWPORT or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Unexciting draw.



Although Shrewsbury v Wrexham would be a kind of local derby

54 please.

Who does everyone else want?

I can't get excited about the draw as much as I used to. Successive city managers have put out virtually reserve teams and we've been done by lower league opposition too many times. Northampton, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, MK Dons, Gillingham and Burton in the last decade have all beaten us in the cups. We get a draw that should mean we progress, buy our tickets and watch the reserves get done. I don't care who we draw, I wont be going. There used to be nothing like 3rd round day and the possibility of a cup run was exciting, but the FA cup has lost it's appeal for managers and owners, pity.

Poor draw but despite the FA Cup final being our greatest ever success as a club even though it was 1927, and finalists losing to Portsmouth our Managers never seem to take it seriously as above despite both Cups being winnable with favourable draws!

CARDIFF CITY TO PLAY SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY AWAY IN THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND

One of those 'ah well' fixtures not likely to overwhelm supporters...

As someone says above, our managers (nee club) haven't taken the cups seriously; at least not since Malky took us to Wembley and it felt like our second home under DJ...!

But on a brighter note, if Erol Bulut takes it seriously, a great chance to progress and (hopefully) go on a cup run or at least bring an exciting game back to the CCS. Our support would love that...!

My thoughts exactly, hopefully SW will be concentrating on avoiding relegation and may field a weakened side. Realistically we are unlikely to be involved in a promotion battle (I think next year is more likely) though you never know what the January transfer window might bring. A cup run may give us fans something to enjoy this year.

Sheff Wed v CARDIFF

SWANSEA v Morecambe

Shrewsbury v WREXHAM or Yeovil

NEWPORT or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Unexciting draw.



Although Shrewsbury v Wrexham would be a kind of local derby

Wrexham won today so will play Shrewsbury away next.

Think it’s their biggest rivalry now that Chester have fallen down the leagues.

Would expect it to be on TV, probably on S4C at least.

Arsenal v Liverpool - the pick from that draw .

Arsenal v Liverpool - the pick from that draw .

Sunderland v Newcastle looks good as well.

They’ll probably throw in a boring all PL game like always but the five TV games should be:


Arsenal v Liverpool (two big teams)

Gillingham v Sheffield United (PL away at L2)

Shrewsbury v Wrexham (local derby)

Sunderland v Newcastle (local derby)

Wigan v Man Utd (PL away at L1)

Strongest 11 would be nice. A winnable game and hopefully something more exciting in the next round.