Ball 53 for Bulls

Hereford United have been given Ball number 53 should they reach the draw for the Third Round of the FA Cup.

This from The FA:

The Draw will be made at Soho Square on Sunday 4 December at 3pm and it will be covered live on the BBC, Sky Sports and Radio Five Live.

The numbers of the balls are in for The Third Round draw - the most eagerly anticipated of the competition.

The Third Round, the stage where the Premiership clubs come into The FA Cup, is always the source of much excitement and listening to David Davies announcing a potential banana skin for a top side from Soho Square is part of the romance of The Third Round.

The full list of numbers is below:

1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Birmingham City
4 Blackburn Rovers
5 Bolton Wanderers
6 Brighton & Hove Albion
7 Burnley
8 Cardiff City
9 Charlton Athletic
10 Chelsea
11 Coventry City
12 Crewe Alexandra
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 Luton Town
23 Manchester City
24 Manchester United
25 Middlesbrough
26 Millwall
27 Newcastle United
28 Norwich City
29 Plymouth Argyle
30 Portsmouth
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Bromwich Albion
42 West Ham United
43 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Walsall or Yeovil Town
46 Woking or Northwich Victoria
47 Burton Albion or Burscough
48 Aldershot Town or Scunthorpe United
49 Shrewsbury Town or Colchester United
50 Hartlepool United or Tamworth
51 Cheltenham Town or Oxford United
52 Mansfield Town or Grays Athletic
53 Hereford United or Stockport County
54 Stevenage Borough or Northampton Town
55 Port Vale or Bristol Rovers
56 Boston United or Doncaster Rovers
57 Rushden & Diamonds or Leyton Orient
58 Nuneaton Borough or Histon
59 Oldham Athletic or Brentford
60 Southend United or Milton Keynes Dons
61 Worcester City or Huddersfield Town
62 Torquay United or Notts County
63 Barnsley or Bradford City
64 Chester City or Nottingham Forest

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