Friday, 05 December 2003.
The FA Cup Third Round draw, which takes place on Sunday, is one of the most eagerly anticipated moments of the season.
The Third Round sees those clubs who have managed to battle it through the opening stages of the competition earn their chance to draw one of English football's big clubs.
The draw will be made by two England legends. No player has won more caps for the Three Lions than Peter Shilton, who between 1970 and his international retirement in 1990 played for England an amazing 125 times, culminating in reaching the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup.
George Cohen played at right-back in the 1966 World Cup Final and in total won 37 caps for his country. George had more World Cup glory last month when his nephew Ben was part of the England team that won rugby's World Cup.
The draw will take place at FA Headquarters in Soho Square after the Burton Abion v Hartlepool match and is live on BBC1, Sky Sports and BBC Radio Five Live.
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The FA Cup 2003/04 - Third Round Draw Numbers |
1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Birmingham City
4 Blackburn Rovers
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Bradford City
7 Burnley
8 Cardiff City
9 Charlton Athletic
10 Chelsea
11 Coventry City
12 Crewe Alexandra
13 Crystal Palace
14 Derby Country
15 Everton
16 Fulham
17 Gillingham
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 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Reading
32 Rotherham United
33 Sheffield United
34 Southampton
35 Stoke City
36 Sunderland
37 Tottenham Hotspur
38 Walsall
39 Watford
40 West Bromwich Albion
41 West Ham United
42 Wigan Athletic
43 Wimbledon
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Northampton Town or Weston Super Mare
46 Rochdale or Luton Town
47 Colchester United or Aldershot Town
48 Macclesfield Town or Cambridge United
49 Peterborough United or Grimsby Town
50 Bristol City or Barnsley
51 Oldham Athletic or Blackpool
52 Burton Albion or Hartlepool United
53 Gravesend & Northfleet or Notts County
54 Telford United or Brentford
55 Woking or Kidderminster Harriers
56 Hornchurch or Tranmere Rovers
57 AFC Bournemouth or Accrington Stanley
58 Cheltenham Town or Leyton Orient
59 Yeovil Town or Barnet
60 Port Vale or Scarborough
61 Wycombe Wanderers or Mansfield Town
62 Southend United or Lincoln City
63 Scunthorpe United or Sheffield Wednesday
64 Swansea City or Stevenage Borough