WHEN IS THE FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW?
FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW
6.40pm approximately Monday December 8
TNT SPORTS 1 & TNT SPORTS YOUTUBE
Presented by Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist with the draw conducted by Joe Cole and Peter Crouch.
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Derby County
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Manchester City
23. Manchester United
24. Middlesbrough
25. Millwall
26. Newcastle United
27. Norwich City
28. Nottingham Forest
29. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
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33. Sheffield UnitedÂ
34. Sheffield WednesdayÂ
35. SouthamptonÂ
36. Stoke CityÂ
37. SunderlandÂ
38. Swansea CityÂ
39. Tottenham HotspurÂ
40. WatfordÂ
41. West Bromwich AlbionÂ
42. West Ham UnitedÂ
43. Wolverhampton WanderersÂ
44. WrexhamÂ
45. MacclesfieldÂ
46. Grimsby TownÂ
47. Shrewsbury TownÂ
48. Swindon TownÂ
49. Weston Super MareÂ
50. BarnsleyÂ
51. Boreham WoodÂ
52. Milton Keynes Dons
53. Wigan AthleticÂ
54. Fleetwood TownÂ
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57. Cambridge UnitedÂ
58. Brackley Town or Burton AlbionÂ
59. Blackpool
60.Walsall
61. Exeter City
62. Cheltenham TownÂ
63. Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale
PARAMOUNT SNATCH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UK TV RIGHTS FROM TNT AS SKY TAKE EUROPA GAMES
What we know
- Paramount+ win rights to the majority of the Champions League games in the UK for four years from the 2027-28 season.
- Amazon Prime keep their ‘first pick’ Tuesday night game.
- Sky Sports will show the Europa League and Europa Conference League after taking the rights from TNT.
- FREE-TO-AIR highlights remain on the BBC.
TNT Sports has lost its live European football rights to Paramount+ and Sky Sports in a major shake-up.
Paramount+ will take over TNT rights Champions League rights from the start of the 2027-28 season.
Amazon Prime will keep their current rights which gives it the ‘first pick’ Tuesday game in the UK.
And in a further blow to TNT, Sky Sports has snatched its Europa League and Europa Conference League rights. Again the deal will come into force from 2027.
Paramount already hold the Champions League rights in America where they broadcast matches through CBS Sports and Paramount+. Clips of their acclaimed studio coverage – hosted by Kate Abdo and including Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards – regularly gain traction on social media in the UK.
Paramount are the parent company of Channel 5 in the UK which will lead to speculation that they could make some matches free-to-air, although it is in no way guaranteed that would be a strategy they’d pursue. TNT currently make the finals of all three competitions available without a subscription online.
The cheapest UK subscription for Paramount+ is £4.99, although Sky Cinema subscribers get it bundled in their package for free.
Sky are heralding their new Europa deal as meaning they can offer live football every day of the week along with their other rights which include the Premier League, EFL, Scottish football and Women’s Super League.
The BBC has also retained its highlights package. It will continue to produce the Champions League version of Match of the Day and have mini highlights packages on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport.
PREMIER LEAGUE JANUARY SKY SPORTS & TNT TV GAMES
ALL PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PREMIER LEAGUE TV GAMES HERE
SATURDAY JANUARY 17
12.30PM MAN UNITED V MAN CITY PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
5.30PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST V ARSENAL PL (TNT SPORTS 1)
SUNDAY JANUARY 18
2PM WOLVES V NEWCASTLE PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
4.30PM ASTON VILLA V EVERTON PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY JANUARY 19
8PM BRIGHTON V BOURNEMOUTH PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY JANUARY 31
5.30PM CHELSEA V WEST BROM PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
8PM LIVERPOOL V NEWCASTLE PL (TNT SPORTS 1)
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
PREMIER LEAGUE ON SKY SPORTS
2PM
ASTON VILLA V BRENTFORD PL (SKY SPORTS)
MAN UNITED V FULHAM PL (SKY SPORTS)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST V CRYSTAL PALACE PL (SKY SPORTS)
4.30PM
SPURS V MAN CITY PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY FEBRUARY 2
8PM SUNDERLAND V BURNLEY PL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
EFL JANUARY TO MARCH SKY SPORTS GAMES
FRIDAY JANUARY 9
8PM SWINDON V NEWPORT EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY JANUARY 10
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
TBC
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
LUTON V STEVENAGE
STOCKPORT V HUDDERSFIELD
BRISTOL ROVERS V WALSALL
GILLINGHAM V MK DONS
FRIDAY JANUARY 16
8PM WEST BROM V MIDDLESBROUGH EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY JANUARY 17
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
COVENTRY V LEICESTER
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
IPSWICH V BLACKBURN
WATFORD V MILLWALL
BRADFORD V CARDIFF
WIGAN V BOLTON
CHESTERFIELD V BROMLEY
TRANMERE V WALSALL
5.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
SWANSEA V BIRMINGHAM
TUESDAY JANUARY 20
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
WREXHAM V LEICESTER
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
STOKE V MIDDLESBROUGH
THURSDAY JANUARY 22
8PM LINCOLN CITY V BURTON EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
FRIDAY JANUARY 23
8PM DERBY V WEST BROM EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY JANUARY 24
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
MILLWALL V CHARLTON
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
MIDDLESBROUGH V PRESTON
CARDIFF V STOCKPORT
PLYMOUTH V LUTON
BARNET V OLDHAM
NOTTS COUNTY V CREWE
SUNDAY JANUARY 25
12NOON PORTSMOUTH V SOUTHAMPTON EFL (SKY SPORTS+)
MONDAY JANUARY 26
8PM NORWICH V COVENTRY EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
TUESDAY JANUARY 27
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
DONCASTER V LEYTON ORIENT
FRIDAY JANUARY 30
8PM BRISTOL CITY V DERBY EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY JANUARY 31
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
STOKE V SOUTHAMPTON
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
LEICESTER V CHARLTON
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY V WREXHAM
WIMBLEDON V BOLTON
BRADFORD V DONCASTER
BRISTOL ROVERS V NEWPORT
GRIMSBY V MK DONS
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5
8PM ACCRINGTON STANLEY V SALFORD EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6
8PM CHARLTON V QPR EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
DERBY V IPSWICH
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
NORWICH V BLACKBURN
SOUTHAMPTON V WATFORD
LUTON V BRADFORD
PORT VALE V BURTON
CRAWLEY V CREWE
SWINDON V OLDHAM
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8
12NOON SWANSEA V SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY FEBRUARY 9
8PM SHEFFIELD UNITED V MIDDLESBROUGH EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13
8PM BRISTOL CITY V WREXHAM EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
BIRMINGHAM V WEST BROM
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
CHARLTON V STOKE
OXFORD UNITED V NORWICH
STEVENAGE V HUDDERSFIELD
READING V WYCOMBE
BARNET V CHELTENHAM
SALFORD V WALSALL
MONDAY FEBRUARY 16
8PM COVENTRY V MIDDLESBROUGH EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT & ITV4)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
BLACKPOOL V MANSFIELD
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20
8PM BLACKBURN V PRESTON EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
WEST BROM V COVENTRY
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
HULL V QPR
STOKE V LEICESTER
PLYMOUTH V CARDIFF
WYCOMBE V STEVENAGE
FLEETWOOD V BARROW
SWINDON V CREWE
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22
12NOON SHEFFIELD UNITED V SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY FEBRUARY 23
8PM WALSALL V MK DONS EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
SOUTHAMPTON V QPR
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
7.45PM SKY SPORTS+
ALL EFL GAMES
8PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
STOKE V OXFORD UNITED
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27
8PM BRISTOL CITY V WATFORD EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28
EFL ON SKY SPORTS
12.30PM SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT
LEICESTER V NORWICH
12.30PM SKY SPORTS+
DERBY V BLACKBURN
PORTSMOUTH V HULL
LEYTON ORIENT V BARNSLEY
NORTHAMPTON V PETERBOROUGH
CAMBRIDGE V MK DONS
SHREWSBURY V WALSALL
MONDAY MARCH 2
8PM BIRMINGHAM V MIDDLESBROUGH EFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)