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FA Cup third round draw start time and TV channel as Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs discover opponents

The FA Cup heats up this evening when the Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition for the first time this season.

Over the course of the weekend, four London clubs have managed to qualify for the third round. The pick of the results came for Bromley as they knocked out Solihull Moors 2-1 to qualify for the third round for the very first time.

Non-league Dagenham and Redbridge pulled off an upset on TV as they beat League Two's AFC Wimbledon to progress to the third round. Charlton Athletic secured comfortable passage with a 4-0 win at League Two high-flyers Walsall, while Leyton Orient survived a scare to beat National League Oldham Athletic 2-1 with goalkeeper Josh Keeley equalising in the 99th minute for the O's.

Those four teams will be dreaming of facing one of the big boys in the next round, with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur among the clubs waiting in the hat in the third round. Ahead of tonight's draw, football.london has taken a look at how you can follow it.

When is the draw?

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup will take place today (Monday, December 2). Coverage of the draw shall start at 7pm.

How can I watch it?

The draw will be shown live on BBC Two and will also be available to watch on YouTube and the BBC iPlayer. Alternatively, you can follow the draw with a focus on all the remaining London clubs on our live blog.

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What are the ball numbers?

The ball numbers for the third round are as follows:

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

24. Middlesbrough

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

When is the third round?

Matches in the third round of the FA Cup will take place between Friday, January 10, and Monday, January 13. As such, Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient's League One trips to Bolton Wanderers and Birmingham City, respectively, will be rearranged for another date.

As will Bromley's League Two clash with Bradford City at Hayes Lane and Dagenham and Redbridge's National League encounter with Forest Green Rovers.

Will there be replays?

For the first time, replays have been scrapped in the FA Cup from the first round stage onwards. Instead, matches that finish level after 90 minutes will go to extra-time and ultimately penalties to decide a winner.

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