Third Round Draw:

• Wolves v Shrewsbury Town

• Doncaster Rovers v Southampton

• Tottenham v Aston Villa

• Port Vale v Fleetwood

• 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 v Queens Park Rangers

• Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

• Fulham v Middlesbrough

• Everton v Sunderland

• Liverpool v Barnsley

• Burnley v Millwall

• Norwich v Walsall

• Portsmouth v Arsenal

• Derby County v Leeds United

• Swansea v West Brom

• Salford v Swindon

• Boreham Wood v Burton Albion

• Grimsby v Weston-super-Mare

• Hull City v Blackburn Rovers

• Newcastle United v Bournemouth

• MK Dons v Oxford United

• Cheltenham Town v Leicester City

• Cambridge United v Birmingham City

• Bristol City v Watford

• Stoke City v Coventry

• Macclesfield v Crystal Palace

• Manchester United v Brighton

• Sheffield United v Mansfield Town

Really sorry all, didn't do an thread for this I do apologize.

Odds: (Coral)

Manchester City 9-2f

Arsenal 5-1

Liverpool 5-1

Chelsea 8-1

Newcastle United 11-1

Manchester United 14-1

Aston Villa 16-1

Tottenham Hotspur 18-1

Brighton & Hove Albion 25-1

Crystal Palace 25-1

Nottingham Forest 25-1

Bournemouth 28-1

Brentford 28-1

Everton 33-1

Fulham 33-1

Leeds United 40-1

West Ham United 40-1

Ipswich Town 66-1

Sunderland 66-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers 66-1

Burnley 100-1

Coventry City 100-1

The main live television broadcast selections for the 2025-26 Emirates FA Cup third round have now been confirmed.

Eight ties will be shown live on linear channels between Friday 9 and Monday 12 January 2026, with all eight of these available to watch on TNT Sports, and BBC Sport also showing two of them.

Friday 9 January 2026

Wrexham v Nottingham Forest at 7.30pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

Saturday 10 January 2026

Macclesfield v Crystal Palace at 12.15pm GMT on BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa at 5.45pm GMT on BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+
Charlton Athletic v Chelsea at 8pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

Sunday 11 January 2026

Derby County v Leeds United at 12pm GMT on TNT Sports 2 and discovery+
Portsmouth v Arsenal at 2pm, GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion at 4.30pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

Monday 12 January 2026

Liverpool v Barnsley at 7.45pm GMT on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+

The FA Cup fourth round draw will take place on Monday, January 12

The draw will be held ahead of the third round meeting between Liverpool vs Barnsley at Anfield.

Salford City vs Swindon Town tomorrow is off due to a frozen pitch.

It couldn't happen could it?

One of the biggest shocks ever. Football bloody hell. Well done Macclesfield, 117 places below Crystal Palace in the football pyramid.

Crystal Palace now have the record for the worst ever defence of the FA Cup apart from the year Man U didn't take part

BBC will be happy with that result.

Wow what a shock! No retention of the cup for Crystal Palace although they were very unlikely to win it again anyway.

That's a huge shock. Fully deserved win for Macclesfield who were the better team.

Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of this 'greatest FA Cup shock ever' is that it should be registered by a club which grew out of the ashes of such a famous name in lower league/non-league football.

Congrats to Macclesfield - always love a good underdog upset!

Is this the biggest difference in divisions between two teams in the FA Cup where the minnow won? Unless there was a bigger one at some point in the qualifiers or 1st/2nd rounds can’t imagine there’s many other cases.

12 minutes ago, Brett-Butler said:

Is this the biggest difference in divisions between two teams in the FA Cup where the minnow won? Unless there was a bigger one at some point in the qualifiers or 1st/2nd rounds can’t imagine there’s many other cases.

Yes, it is the biggest gap - 117 places. Therefore, in purely numerical terms, it is the biggest upset ever.

Weston-Super-Mare giving Grimsby a tougher match than Man United did in the other cup, seen it all now.

2 hours ago, Suedehead2 said:

Yes, it is the biggest gap - 117 places. Therefore, in purely numerical terms, it is the biggest upset ever.

Bizarrely, it is 117 years since the holders last lost to a non-league team. The winners on that occasion? A team from Croydon .

7 minutes ago, Suedehead2 said:

Bizarrely, it is 117 years since the holders last lost to a non-league team. The winners on that occasion? A team from Croydon .

Love these kind of freak coincidences!

I didn't think we'd see a bigger shock than Lincoln beating Burnley but I'd say this tops it wow. Wonder what the odds were pre-match!

Only 40 games for United this season! ☹️

Crystal Palace chose to allow Macclesfield to keep all the gate receipts from their match, foregoing the share they were entitled to. Man City were asked by cash-strapped Exeter if they could have more than their designated share. Mega-rich City refused.