United and Saints handed ball number 17
WEB-BER-LEY...??
By Chris,
January 4 2009
The draw for the fourth round of the F.A Cup takes place at 3.25pm on Sunday afternoon. The draw takes place just over half-an-hour before Manchester United’s tie against Southampton kicks-off at the St.Mary’s Stadium. United and Saints fans should keep their eye on ball number 17.
United will join the Scousers, Kettering Town, Hartlepool United and a host of other clubs in the hat for Sunday's draw.
The outcome of the draw, however, will be meaningless for the club unless United can knock Southampton out of the competition and march on into the fourth round.
The full list of ball numbers for the draw is listed below:
1 - Portsmouth or Bristol City
2 - Fulham
3 - Liverpool
4 - Birmingham City or Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 - West Ham United
6 - Middlesbrough
7 - Hull City or Newcastle United
8 - Hartlepool United
9 - Chelsea or Southend United
10 - Nottingham Forest
11 - Cardiff City
12 - Ipswich Town
13 - Charlton Athletic or Norwich City
14 - West Brom or Peterborough United
15 - Torquay United
16 - Leyton Orient or Sheffield United
17 - Southampton or Manchester United
18 - Millwall or Crewe Alexandra
19 - Histon or Swansea City
20 - Derby County
21 - Queens Park Rangers or Burnley
22 - Leicester City or Crystal Palace
23 - Tottenham Hotspur
24 - Cheltenham Town or Doncaster Rovers
25 - Arsenal
26 - Kettering Town
27 - Blyth Spartans or Blackburn Rovers
28 - Everton
29 - Watford
30 - Sunderland
31 - Coventry City
32 - Gillingham or Aston Villa