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FA Cup Draw Looming
Written by Newcastle Utd
Newcastle United will be in the draw for the third round of the FA Cup with Budweiser, which takes place this weekend
By Dan King - Newcastle United Club Reporter
The draw for the third round of the FA Cup with Budweiser will be made this weekend as Newcastle come into the reckoning.
United are ball number 28 for the draw, which will be made on Sunday and televised live on ITV1 at approximately 2.40pm.
Last season, the Magpies beat Blackburn at this stage thanks to Hatem Ben Arfa's sensational solo goal and a last-minute winner from Jonas Gutierrez, but were dumped out by Brighton in the fourth round.
And the previous year, Stevenage pulled off a shock with a 3-1 win at the Lamex Stadium.
Ties will be played on 5th and 6th January, 2013.
The full list of numbers is:
1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Brighton and 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 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Peterborough United
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
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 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Preston North End or Gillingham
46 Bury or Southend United
47 Sheffield United or Port Vale
48 Carlisle United or AFC Bournemouth
49 Crewe Alexandra or Burton Albion
50 Bradford City or Brentford
51 Luton Town or Dorchester Town
52 Alfreton Town or Leyton Orient
53 Oldham Athletic or Doncaster Rovers
54 Tranmere Rovers or Chesterfield
55 Rotherham United or Notts County
56 Cheltenham Town or Hereford United
57 Barrow or Macclesfield Town
58 Accrington Stanley or Oxford United
59 Lincoln City or Mansfield Town
60 Harrogate Town or Hastings United
61 Coventry City or Morecambe
62 Milton Keynes Dons or AFC Wimbledon
63 Crawley Town or Chelmsford City
64 Fleetwood Town or Aldershot Town