FA Cup draw LIVE: 3rd round fixtures as Manchester City face Chelsea and holders Liverpool face Wolves
The ties are set as Premier League sides enter the competition, which still has four non-league teams
The 2022/23 FA Cup third round draw is complete with 64 teams learning their fate with the matches set to be played during the first full weekend of 2023.
Manchester City meet Chelsea in the biggest tie of the round, while holders Liverpool welcome fellow Premier League side Wolves.
But the non-league sides remain alive and hopeful of a fourth-round berth, including Boreham Wood, who take on Accrington. Wrexham will have hopes and dreams of upsetting Coventry to conjure up another story for Netflix to capture.
While Chesterfield host West Brom, who will need to be on it to avoid another upset. FA Cup specialists Arsenal will travel to Oxford, while Sheffield Wednesday will hope to upset Newcastle at Hillsborough.
Recap the full third round draw and reaction below:
FA Cup Third Round Draw
Look out for these numbers coming up:
2 Arsenal
12 Chelsea
21 Liverpool
23 Manchester City
39 Tottenham
46 Wrexham
57 Boreham Wood
FA Cup Third Round Draw
Mark Wright and Rachel Brown-Finnis will conduct the draw at Anfield.
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FA Cup Third Round Draw
Accrington manager John Coleman: “It’s hard work, to keep the club afloat. I’m most proud of, came in 1999, we’ve never gone into admin.
“Hard work by lots of people. It’s saved us from that. We hold our head high and do it the right way.
“We wouldn’t be where we are now without [the FA Cup], certainly not a League One team.
“Liverpool played Man United and 10 times watched us. It has enabled us to go full time.”
FA Cup Third Round Draw
Chesterfield’s Jeff King on his goal in the last round: “I’ve hit a few shots from crazy places, I’d like to say I meant it.
“I did mean it. They all count, it was important and now I’m excited to see who we get.
“My uncle played in the FA Cup. I haven’t spoken to him recently but he’s watched me a few times.”
FA Cup Third Round Draw
Boreham Wood manager Luke Garrard: “Hopefully we get a big boy away from home.
“The work that’s gone on at the club off last year’s run is fantastic.
“For me, it’s part of my life, it’s galvanised the community as well.”
FA Cup Third Round Draw
Former Liverpool defender Mark Wright will assist with the draw coming up shortly, which of course takes place at Anfield, the home of the holders.
FA Cup Third Round Draw
“He’s like Bill Shankley, we’re grateful he’s come here, he’s brought fantastic memories,” says former Liverpool striker John Aldridge on Jurgen Klopp. “He’s won every one now.
“The FA Cup used to be bigger than the league.
“To get to the final and win the famous trophy with the club I supported as a kid, it was very special indeed.”
FA Cup Third Round Draw
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Non-league sides Wrexham, Chesterfield, Boreham Wood and Dagenham & Redbridge will be eyeing up a Premier League trip.
FA Cup third round draw: Chesterfield star hoping for Manchester United
Armando Dobra is hoping Chesterfield draw Manchester United in the third round.
Dobra struck on the stroke of half-time and the National League side earned a famous win over League Two hosts AFC Wimbledon.
“I support Manchester United, so United away would be good,” Dobra told BBC Radio Sheffield.
“It was a really really good performance. We dominated from the first minute to the end.”
Joey Barton: FA Cup exit was ‘lowest moment of his career’
Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton says defeat and exit in the second round of the FA Cup was the “lowest moment of his career”.
Rovers went down at home to Boreham Wood, with the National League side’s goalkeeper not called on to make a save until the 82nd minute.
“Some of them are fortunate to be professional footballers on that show,” Barton told BBC Radio Bristol.
“That’s the lowest point of my career as a player, that’s the lowest point of my career as a coach.”
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