FA Cup draw: Time, date and third round ball numbers as Premier League teams enter

The FA Cup kicks into gear next week with the draw for the third round.

Premier League and Championship teams enter the fray, with Manchester City beginning the defence of the cup won with a 6-0 thrashing of Watford in last season's final.

Chichester City and Maldon & Tiptree remain the lowest-ranked clubs still in the hat ahead of the second-round ties, the Isthmian League residents facing Tranmere away and Newport County at home respectively.

By the close of the third round, 735 qualifying teams would have been whittled down to 32.

Scroll down for everything you need to know on the FA Cup third round draw...

When is the draw?

The draw will take place from 7pm GMT on Monday, December 2.

Former FA Cup winners Tony Adams and Micah Richards will be conducting the draw.

How to follow?

The draw will be shown live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

You can follow all the build-up, action and reaction on Standard Sport's LIVE blog on Monday evening.

Ball numbers

1. ​​AFC Bournemouth

2. Arsenal

3. Aston Villa

4. Barnsley

5. Birmingham City

6. Blackburn Rovers

7. Brentford

8. Brighton & Hove Albion

9. Bristol City

10. Burnley

11. Cardiff City

12. Charlton Athletic

13. Chelsea

14. Crystal Palace

15. Derby County

16. Everton

17. Fulham

18. Huddersfield Town

19. Hull City

20. Leeds United

21. Leicester City

22. Liverpool

23. Luton Town

24. Manchester City

25. Manchester United

26. Middlesbrough

27. Millwall

28. Newcastle United

29. Norwich City

30. Nottingham Forest

31. Preston North End

32. QPR

33. Reading

34. Sheffield United

35. Sheffield Wednesday

36. Southampton

37. Stoke City

38. Swansea City

39. Tottenham

40. Watford

41. West Brom

42. West Ham

43. Wigan Athletic

44. Wolves

45. Blackpool or Maidstone United

46. Portsmouth or Altincham

47. Shrewsbury Town or Mansfield Town

48. Coventry City or Ipswich Town

49. Kingstonian or AFC Fylde

50. Tranmere Rovers or Chichester City

51. Walsall or Oxford United

52. Exeter City or Hartlepool United

53. Eastleigh or Crewe

54. Forest Green Rovers or Carlisle United

55. Solihull Moors or Rotherham United

56. Gillingham or Doncaster Rovers

57. Rochdale or Boston United

58. Peterborough United or Dover Athletic

59. Oldham Athletic or Burton Albion

60. Maldon & Tiptree or Newport County

61. Crawley Town or Fleetwood Town

62. Cheltenham Town or Port Vale

63. Northampton Town or Notts County

64. Bristol Rovers or Plymouth Argyle

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