The FA Cup trophy before the FA Cup semi final match at Wembley Stadium.
The FA Cup third round draw will take place on Monday.
Newcastle United have a league cup quarter-final on the horizon as they bid to move a significant step closer to Wembley by reaching the last-four of the Carabao Cup. Not long after that clash with Brentford attention will soon start turning to the beginning of another shot at winning the FA Cup, with the third round to get underway in January.
This century has not brought much to talk about in the FA Cup for Newcastle in terms of reaching the final after successive final appearances closed out the last century, could this campaign be different?
The road to Wembley starts with the third round, which is all set to take place. We've got the details you need of when the draw is and how to follow it.
When is the draw?
The third round draw will take place on Monday night live on BBC Two with host Kelly Somers guiding viewers through the draw and she will be no doubt be joined by a couple of ex-players. Unusually, there is no game on Monday night, with the final outing of the second round being live on ITV yesterday afternoon. Which should mean we can get straight into the draw.
Who will be in it?
All 20 winners from round two will be in the draw, joining all 20 Premier League clubs and all 24 teams from the Championship, including of course, Leeds, who will be hoping for a home draw.
How can we watch it?
The draw will be live on the BBC, as well as via the iPlayer. ChronicleLive will have live coverage of the draw from 7pm on Monday evening, too, so you can follow it with us right here.
When will the games take place?
In a slight change to previous seasons, the third round will take place over the weekend of January 11th and 12th. It's likely there will be a Friday night game, and potentially one on Monday, January 13, too. As has been well-documented, there will be no replays, so games will be decided on the day, with extra-time and penalties if needed.
The ball numbers
Newcastle United will be ball number 26 in the draw. Here is a list of all the ball numbers
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
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