WHICH CHANNEL IS THE FA CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW ON?
UPDATE: FA CUP FIRST ROUND TV DETAILS HERE
FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW
MONDAY OCTOBER 13
6.40PM TNT SPORTS 1 & TNT SPORTS YOUTUBE HERE
Presented by Becky Ives. The draw will be made by Michail Antonio and Joel Ward.
DRAW NUMBERS
1. Accrington Stanley
2. AFC Wimbledon
3. Barnet
4. Barnsley
5. Barrow
6. Blackpool
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Bradford City
9. Bristol Rovers
10. Bromley
11. Burton Albion
12. Cambridge United
13. Cardiff City
14. Cheltenham Town
15. Chesterfield
16. Colchester United
17. Crawley Town
18. Crewe Alexandra
19. Doncaster Rovers
20. Exeter City
21. Fleetwood Town
22. Gillingham
23. Grimsby Town
24. Harrogate Town
25. Huddersfield Town
26. Leyton Orient
27. Lincoln City
28. Luton Town
29. Mansfield Town
30. Milton Keynes Dons
31. Newport County
32. Northampton Town
33. Notts County
34. Oldham Athletic
35. Peterborough United
36. Plymouth Argyle
37. Port Vale
38. Reading
39. Rotherham United
40. Salford City
41. Shrewsbury Town
42. Stevenage
43. Stockport County
44. Swindon
45. Tranmere Rovers
46. Walsall
47. Wigan Athletic
48. Wycombe Wanderers
49. AFC Telford United
50. Macclesfield
51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United
52. Carlisle United
53. York City
54. Buxton
55. Morecambe or Chester
56. South Shields
57. Tamworth
58. Scunthorpe United
59. Gateshead
60. Spennymoor Town
61. FC Halifax Town
62. Altrincham or Harborough Town
63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers
64. Maldon & Tiptree
65. Woking or Brackley Town
66. Wealdstone
67. Slough Town
68. Boreham Wood
69. Eastleigh
70. Southend United
71. Ebbsfleet United
72. Braintree Town
73. Chatham Town
74. Weston Super Mare
75. Hemel Hempstead Town
76. Banbury United or St Albans City
77. Chelmsford City
78. AFC Totton or Truro City
79. Aldershot Town
80. Farnham Town or Sutton United
All you need to know about the biggest-ever season of LIVE FA Cup TV games
MORE FA Cup matches will be shown on TV this new season than ever before as a new four-year deal kicks in.
The BBC and ITV have shown the competition jointly for the past four seasons with all TV matches free-to-air on their main channels and streaming services.
But from this season, subscription service TNT Sports takes over as the broadcaster for the competition – although it’s struck a deal with the BBC to allow it to show some it its matches free-to-air.
The biggest shake-up is that from the third round weekend onwards, every game not scheduled for 3pm on Saturday will be available to watch live on TNT Sports.
This means there’s likely to be multiple kick-off games with several matches kicking off at the same time being screened simultaneously (similar to some of Sky’s EFL coverage).
In practice, it means a huge number of FA Cup games will be televised – so, for example, in the third round it is likely around 20 of the 32 fixtures could be screened based on previous season kick-off times which have already been staggered to suit international broadcasters.
Although TNT Sports agreed a full deal for all TV rights to the Cup, it has struck a separate deal with BBC Sport meaning the BBC will screen 14 games a season free-to-air. It will show two games from each round through to the quarter-finals and will also screen one semi-final. Under UK legislation the final has to be screened free-to-air as one of the listed sporting events.
The BBC’s games will also be on TNT. Although the BBC will have their own presentation and commentary teams, they will use TNT’s pictures for match coverage.
The BBC will continue to highlight “grassroots” clubs by featuring some early round games live before the first round proper. These usually air at 12.30pm on the BBC iPlayer, BBC red button and the BBC Sport app and online pages. They usually have limited production with often just a single camera and replays.
As part of the deal for the FA Cup, TNT Sports will also screen the FA Community Shield and the FA Youth Cup semi-finals and final.
