Swansea City await FA Cup fate

The Swans will this evening find out who they will face in the third round of the FA Cup when the draw is made at around 7pm on BBC 2 and BBC iPlayer.

The third round draw was traditionally one of the most eagerly looked at dates in the calendar but in recent seasons the thoughts of the fans have changed slightly with many believing that the competition has been devalued through a series of events that have weighted it towards the “bigger” teams in the competition, taking away some of the romanticism that has been associated with the competition in the past.

That said many fans will be watching with interest this evening the draw and making their plans for the weekend of 10-13 January when the ties will take place – all thirty two ties taking place in a four day period.

Only two non-league sides have made the third round of the competition this season – Dagenham and Redbridge and Tamworth joining sixty-two clubs from the top four divisions for the draw that will take place at Old Trafford, home of last year’s winners Manchester United.

The Swans will be ball number 39 in the draw with the full list of balls below

1. AFC Bournemouth

2 Arsenal

3 Aston Villa

4 Blackburn Rovers

5 Brentford

6 Brighton & Hove Albion

7 Bristol City

8 Burnley

9 Cardiff City

10 Chelsea

11 Coventry City

12 Crystal Palace

13 Derby County

14 Everton

15 Fulham

16 Hull City

17 Ipswich Town

18 Leeds United

19 Leicester City

20 Liverpool

21 Luton Town

22 Manchester City

23 Manchester United

24 Middlesbrough

25 Millwall

26 Newcastle United

27 Norwich City

28 Nottingham Forest

29 Oxford United

30 Plymouth argyle

31 Portsmouth

32 Preston North End

33 Queens Park Rangers

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 Salford City

46 Charlton Athletic

47 Exeter City

48 Leyton Orient

49 Bristol Rovers

50 Dagenham & Redbridge

51 Accrington Stanley

52 Lincoln City

53 Tamworth

54 Birmingham City

55 Mansfield Town

56 Peterborough United

57 Stockport County

58 Wycombe Wanderers

59 Morecambe

60 Bromley

61 Doncaster Rovers

62 Reading

63 Harrogate Town

64 Wigan Athletic