FA Cup 3rd-round draw in full
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Relive all of Sunday's FA Cup action as Blackpool, Boreham Wood, Macclesfield and Walsall make it into the third round.
The draw will take place before the final second round fixture between Brackley Town and Burton Albion on the night of Monday, Dec. 8. Brackley are hoping to join Boreham Wood as one of only two fifth-tier clubs in the third round proper and will have home advantage when they go up against their League One opponents.
We last played the south-coast side in the FA Cup in March 2020 when we won 2-0, en route to lifting the silverware in Mikel Arteta's first season in charge, extending our unbeaten run against Portsmouth in the competition to five games. Portsmouth are currently 22nd in the second tier.
Macclesfield beat 10-man Slough Town in extra time to progress to the third round of the FA Cup for the first time since the club was re-formed. After a goalless first half between the two sixth tier sides,
English FA Cup holder Crystal Palace will travel to sixth-tier Macclesfield in the third round next month after the draw was made Monday. Macclesfield, one of four minor-league clubs still in the FA Cup,