FA Cup third-round draw: Everything you need to know

Draw will take place at 7pm tonight

One of the most highly anticipated events in the football calendar takes place, when teams are draw for the Third Round of the FA Cup.

With the biggest teams entering the competition, non-League and lower league clubs and players will get the chance to face some of the best players in the world at some of the nation's biggest and most impressive stadiums.

64 balls will enter the draw for the 32 fixtures - though there are 10 second-round ties still to be decided - that will take place on the weekend of 3 and 4 January.

The third-round is when Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition and the draw could see the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United face one of up to eight non-League teams, with five of those guaranteed.

Blyth Spartans are the lowest-ranked team guaranteed a place in the competition, playing matches in the seventh-tier of English football, the Northern Premier. Worcester City, who can reach the third round by beating League One Scunthorpe United in a replay, play a level above, in the Conference North.

Blyth Spartans, who play in the seventh-tier, are the lowest ranked team in the draw (Getty Images)

Former England and Newcastle captain Alan Shearer and local Hunberside grassroots volunteer Paul Adamson will pick the names out of a hat at The Deep aquarium in Hull.

The draw can be seen live on TheFA.com and BBC2 from 7pm.

The Third Round draw numbers:

1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
2 ARSENAL
3 ASTON VILLA
4 BIRMINGHAM CITY
5 BLACKBURN ROVERS
6 BLACKPOOL
7 BOLTON WANDERERS
8 BRENTFORD
9 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
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 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
32 READING
33 ROTHERHAM UNITED
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 OXFORD UNITED or TRANMERE ROVERS
46 BURY or LUTON TOWN
47 WREXHAM
48 SCUNTHORPE UNITED or WORCESTER CITY
49 COLCHESTER UNITED
50 AFC WIMBLEDON
51 ACCRINGTON STANLEY or YEOVIL TOWN
52 BLYTH SPARTANS
53 CHESTERFIELD
54 SOUTHPORT
55 GATESHEAD
56 DONCASTER ROVERS
57 PRESTON NORTH END
58 BARNSLEY or CHESTER
59 BRADFORD CITY
60 SHEFFIELD UNITED
61 DOVER ATHLETIC
62 CAMBRIDGE UNITED or MANSFIELD TOWN
63 BRISTOL CITY
64 ALDERSHOT TOWN or ROCHDALE