Once upon a time the draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was a highly anticipated event, but for the modern armchair football fan it is not very important, but for some of us it still is.

Saints will play Alfreton Town or Walsall at St Mary's

Full Draw is

Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers

Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham or Yeovil Town

Arsenal v Liverpool

Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion

Norwich City v Crewe or Bristol Rovers

West Ham v Bristol City

Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley

Fulham v Rotherham United

West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot or Stockport County

Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall

AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate v Ipswich Town

Peterborough United v Leeds United

Millwall v Leicester CIty

Watford v Chesterfield/Leyton Orient

Sunderland v Newcastle United

Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City

Crystal Palace v Everton

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool or Forest Green Rovers

Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Manchester City v Huddersfield Town

Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United

Gillingham v Sheffield United

Swansea City v Morecambe

Chelsea v Preston North End

QPR v Bournemouth

Coventry City v Oxford United

Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United

Maidstone United v Stevenage or Port Vale

Newport County or Barnet v Eastleigh or Reading

Hull City v Birmingham City

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mushinexile added 13:22 - Dec 3 Last year we would have been in trouble but I quite fancy Walsall as it is a home tie.
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underweststand added 13:58 - Dec 3 Also a chance to see any promising Academy lads getting a team debut, and maybe starts for the likes of Mara and Edozie, just as long as we don't lose the balance in the team when playing against a lower league side populated by ex-pros and tough giants with big feet. Memories of Grimsby and Gillingham are still too fresh in the mind.
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DellBoyWally added 14:53 - Dec 3 Agree this is a chance for some of the "back-up" players and youngsters. Aribo and Mara didn't look out of place yesterday. Ryan Frazer should get a start. Tyler Dibling too. I saw an article by one Kelan Sarson for FootballFanCast that Dynel Simeu could soon replace "an ageing Bednarek"!! He's 27 for goodness sake! Mind you, the same Kelan Sarson suggested RM should drop Stuey Armstrong for the Cardiff game as being a week link!!

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DellBoyWally added 15:09 - Dec 3 Or even WEAK!
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Bowlercow added 16:18 - Dec 3 When do we lose players to the ACN ? And more importantly who
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