Liverpool to host Everton in FA Cup third-round as Brighton draw rivals Crystal Palace

So we will have two Merseyside derbies in the space of a month, then. Liverpool will host Everton at Anfield in their third round opener and there will also be a tasty derby at the AMEX Stadium where Brighton and Crystal Palace will clash for the second time this season.

Pretty cushy draws for Manchester United and Manchester City while holders Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest.

FA Cup third-round draw in full:

Ipswich Town vs Sheffield United
Watford vs Bristol City
Birmingham City vs Burton Albion
Liverpool vs Everton
Brighton vs Crystal Palace
Aston Villa vs Woking or Peterborough
Bournemouth vs AFC Fylde or Wigan
Coventry vs Stoke
Newport County vs Leeds United
Bolton vs Huddersfield
Port Vale or Yeovil vs Bradford City
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal
Brentford vs Notts County
QPR vs MK Dons
Manchester United vs Derby
Forest Green or Exeter vs West Brom
Doncaster vs Slough Town or Rochdale
Tottenham vs AFC Wimbledon
Middlesbrough vs Sunderland
Fleetwood Town or Hereford vs Leicester City
Blackburn or Crewe vs Hull City
Cardiff City vs Mansfield Town
Manchester City vs Burnley
Shrewsbury vs West Ham
Wolves vs Swansea
Stevenage vs Reading
Newcastle vs Luton Town
Millwall vs Barnsley
Fulham vs Southampton
Wycombe vs Preston
Norwich City vs Chelsea
Gillingham or Carlisle vs Sheffield Wednesday

Norwich City vs Chelsea

Wycombe vs Preston

Fulham vs Southampton

Millwall vs Barnsley

Newcastle vs Luton Town

Stevenage vs Reading

Wolves vs Swansea

Shrewsbury vs West Ham

Manchester City vs Burnley

Cardiff City vs Mansfield Town

Blackburn or Crewe vs Hull City

Fleetwood Town or Hereford vs Leicester City

Middlesbrough vs Sunderland

Tottenham vs AFC Wimbledon

Doncaster vs Slough Town or Rochdale

Forest Green or Exeter vs West Brom

Manchester United vs Derby

QPR vs MK Dons

Brentford vs Notts County

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal

Port Vale or Yeovil vs Bradford CIty

Bolton vs Huddersfield

Newport County vs Leeds United

Coventry vs Stoke

Bourneouth vs Fyle or Wigan

Aston Villa vs Woking or Peterborough

Brighton vs Crystal Palace

Liverpool vs Everton

Birmingham City vs Burton Albion

Watford vs Bristol City

Ipswich Town vs Sheffield United

THE BALLS ARE OUT OF THE BAG. We are ready to go.

Any minute now, we promise.

We were promised a 7:10 start so we should be ready to roll any minute now.

While we count down to the draw itself, what were some of your best memories of last season's competition?

For us, it has to be Sutton United's memorable cup run which produced this moment of pure schoolyard magic from Sutton's Jamie Collins as he tried to halt Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's run down the wing by throwing a fake headbutt. Trying to scare one of those fancy-dan Premier League footballers with a moment of pure non-league aggro is what the magic of the cup is all about.

Non-league AFC Fylde, Hereford and Woking all forced second-round replays over the weekend.

The former will have to find a way back 2013 champions Wigan Athletic when they tangle in their replay on Tuesday, while Hereford will have home advantage when they welcome Fleetwood Town to Edgar Street. Woking meanwhile travel to the ABAX Stadium hoping cause a shock and send League One Peterborough United on their way.

Third round fixtures are scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 of January – although expect one or two to be shifted out to Friday 5 January and Monday 8 January by the time the New Year rolls around.

Here are the numbers of look out for this evening, then.

1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
2 ARSENAL
3 ASTON VILLA
4 BARNSLEY
5 BIRMINGHAM CITY
6 BOLTON WANDERERS
7 BRENTFORD
8 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
9 BRISTOL CITY
10 BURNLEY
11 BURTON ALBION
12 CARDIFF CITY
13 CHELSEA
14 CRYSTAL PALACE
15 DERBY COUNTY
16 EVERTON
17 FULHAM
18 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
19 HULL CITY
20 IPSWICH TOWN
21 LEEDS UNITED
22 LEICESTER CITY
23 LIVERPOOL
24 MANCHESTER CITY
25 MANCHESTER UNITED
26 MIDDLESBROUGH
27 MILLWALL
28 NEWCASTLE UNITED
29 NORWICH CITY
30 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
31 PRESTON NORTH END
32 QUEENS PARK RANGERS
33 READING
34 SHEFFIELD UNITED
35 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
36 SOUTHAMPTON
37 STOKE CITY
38 SUNDERLAND
39 SWANSEA CITY
40 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
41 WATFORD
42 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
43 WEST HAM UNITED
44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
45 WOKING OR PETERBOROUGH UNITED
46 MILTON KEYNES DONS
47 NEWPORT COUNTY
48 WYCOMBE WANDERERS
49 PORT VALE OR YEOVIL TOWN
50 SHREWSBURY TOWN
51 DONCASTER ROVERS
52 SLOUGH TOWN OR ROCHDALE
53 AFC WIMBLEDON
54 STEVENAGE
55 MANSFIELD TOWN
56 LUTON TOWN
57 BRADFORD CITY
58 BLACKBURN ROVERS OR CREWE ALEXANDRA
59 AFC FYLDE OR WIGAN ATHLETIC
60 GILLINGHAM OR CARLISLE UNITED
61 NOTTS COUNTY
62 FOREST GREEN ROVERS OR EXETER CITY
63 FLEETWOOD TOWN OR HEREFORD
64 COVENTRY CITY

166 days before the 2018 final at Wembley and the third round draw for the FA Cup is upon us. At this stage of the competition, everyone from Manchester City to Luton Town is in within the same chance of winning the famous old trophy – with four non-league sides still hoping to cause a stir.

The draw at this stage last year was a bit of a let-down – with most of the Premier Leaguer big boys all kept away from the sides lower down the echelons of English football looking to spark their own magic run with a good old fashioned giant killing.
Let's hope a for a few this time around.