FA Cup third round draw start time and TV channel as Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs discover opponents

The FA Cup heats up this evening when the Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition for the first time this season.

Over the course of the weekend, four London clubs have managed to qualify for the third round. The pick of the results came for Bromley as they knocked out Solihull Moors 2-1 to qualify for the third round for the very first time.

Non-league Dagenham and Redbridge pulled off an upset on TV as they beat League Two's AFC Wimbledon to progress to the third round. Charlton Athletic secured comfortable passage with a 4-0 win at League Two high-flyers Walsall, while Leyton Orient survived a scare to beat National League Oldham Athletic 2-1 with goalkeeper Josh Keeley equalising in the 99th minute for the O's.

Those four teams will be dreaming of facing one of the big boys in the next round, with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur among the clubs waiting in the hat in the third round. Ahead of tonight's draw, football.london has taken a look at how you can follow it.

When is the draw?

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup will take place today (Monday, December 2). Coverage of the draw shall start at 7pm.

How can I watch it?

The draw will be shown live on BBC Two and will also be available to watch on YouTube and the BBC iPlayer. Alternatively, you can follow the draw with a focus on all the remaining London clubs on our live blog.

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What are the ball numbers?

The ball numbers for the third round are as follows:

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

When is the third round?

Matches in the third round of the FA Cup will take place between Friday, January 10, and Monday, January 13. As such, Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient's League One trips to Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham City, respectively, will be rearranged for another date.

As will Bromley's League Two clash with Bradford City at Hayes Lane and Dagenham and Redbridge's National League encounter with Forest Green Rovers.

Will there be replays?

For the first time, replays have been scrapped in the FA Cup from the first round stage onwards. Instead, matches that finish level after 90 minutes will go to extra-time and ultimately penalties to decide a winner.