FA Cup third round draw: Newcastle United, Sunderland & Liverpool find out opponents
The FA Cup third round draw is taking place with Newcastle United, Liverpool, Sunderland and the rest of the Premier League set to find out their opponents.
Newcastle United have been drawn at home to Bournemouth in the FA Cup third round.
The FA Cup third round draw took place live on TNT Sports from 6:40pm on Monday, December 8. The draw was held at St James’ Park, not home of Newcastle but rather the home of non-league side Brackley Town ahead of their FA Cup second round tie against Burton Albion.
The third round is where Newcastle United and 43 other teams from the Premier League and Championship enter the competition, leading to potentially lucrative draws for lower-league teams.
Newcastle United progressed to the last-16 of the FA Cup last season and reached the quarter-final the year before. Despite success in the Carabao Cup, The Magpies’ record in the FA Cup has not been as impressive with disappointing defeats to League One opposition Cambridge United and Sheffield Wednesday under Eddie Howe.
Newcastle were knocked out by Manchester City in the quarter-final in 2024 before being knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion after extra-time in 2025 after Anthony Gordon’s late red card.
FA Cup third round ties will take place across the weekend of 9-13 January 2026.
FA Cup third round draw ball numbers
Newcastle United are ball 26 in the FA Cup third round draw, with the full list of ball numbers found below.
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
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
33. Sheffield 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. Wolverhampton Wanderers
44. Wrexham
45. Macclesfield
46. Grimsby Town
47. Shrewsbury Town
48. Swindon Town
49. Weston Super Mare
50. Barnsley
51. Boreham Wood
52. Milton Keynes Dons
53. Wigan Athletic
54. Fleetwood Town
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57. Cambridge United
58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion
59. Blackpool
60. Walsall
61. Exeter City
62. Cheltenham Town
63. Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale
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FA Cup third round draw in full
FA Cup third round ties will take place across the weekend of 9-13 January 2026, with television announcements made in due course.
The FA Cup third round draw is as follows:
- Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town
- Doncaster Rovers v Southampton
- Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
- Port Vale v Fleetwood Town
- Preston North End v Wigan Athletic
- Ipswich Town v Blackpool
- Wrexham v Nottingham Forest
- Charlton Athletic v Chelsea
- Manchester City v Exeter City
- West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers
- Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
- Fulham v Middlesbrough
- Everton v Sunderland
- Liverpool v Barnsley
- Burnley v Millwall
- Norwich City v Walsall
- Portsmouth v Arsenal
- Derby County v Leeds United
- Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
- Salford City v Swindon Town
- Boreham Wood v Brackley Town or Burton Albion
- Grimsby Town v Weston-Super-Mare
- Hull City v Blackburn Rovers
- Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth
- MK Dons v Oxford United
- Cheltenham Town v Leicester City
- Cambridge United v Birmingham City
- Bristol City v Watford
- Stoke City v Coventry City
- Macclesfield FC v Crystal Palace
- Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Sheffield United v Mansfield