Mansfield Town ball number as they hope for glamour tie in FA Cup third round draw tonight
Mansfield Town will be hoping for an FA Cup tie against one of the sport's big guns tonight when the third round draw takes place.
Stags booked their place in the hat on Saturday with a penalties win at Accrington Stanley after a 2-2 second round draw with young keeper Owen Mason the hero with three spot kick saves in the shoot-out.
Tonight see teams from the Championship and Premier League join the world's oldest football cup competition and Mansfield are ball number 56 in the draw, which will take place live on TNT Sports Sports 1 and is scheduled to start at 6.40pm with Joe Cole and Peter Crouch drawing the balls out of the hat.
Stags have already had a taste of the big time this season with a Carabao Cup tie in front of a huge crowd away at Premier League Everton and will be hoping for more of the same tonight.
All fixtures in the third round are expected to be played over the weekend of Saturday, 10th January.
Boss Nigel Clough said: “We have our focus on Bolton, but there is excitement here and I think there will be for the supporters as well.
“I just hope we get a reward for every single one of them that went up to Accrington in the pouring rain on Saturday.
“That reward could be a nice home draw or it could be a big one away.
“We just want something that keeps the excitement buzzing.
“When you get to the third round it keeps everything bubbling over Christmas.
“As much as you have the five or six league game, which are incredibly important, supporters can always have that one eye on the 10th January weekend if we have a nice cup game coming up. It's something to look forward to.
“I know it was only a two-game run in the Carabao Cup, but it was a good one.
“To beat your local rivals and then to go to Everton's new ground and put on a good performance and only be beaten 2-0, everyone had a great day out.
“It would be lovely if we could have another one of those.”
Draw ball numbers.
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Derby County
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. Hull City
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. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Sheffield United
34. Sheffield Wednesday
35. Southampton
36. Stoke City
37. Sunderland
38. Swansea City
39. Tottenham Hotspur
40. Watford
41. West Bromwich Albion
42. West Ham United
43. Wolverhampton Wanderers
44. Wrexham
45. Slough Town or Macclesfield
46. Grimsby Town
47. Sutton United or Shrewsbury Town
48. Swindon Town
49. Weston Super Mare
50. Barnsley
51. Boreham Wood or Newport County
52. MK Dons
53. Wigan Athletic
54. Fleetwood Town
55. Salford City
56. Mansfield Town
57. Cambridge United
58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion
59. Blackpool or Carlisle United
60. Gateshead or Walsall
61. Exeter City
62. Cheltenham Town
63. Chesterfield or Doncaster Rovers
64. Port Vale