Cardiff are ball No. 11 in the hat for the chance to draw maybe a Man Utd or a Tottenham. Or maybe a Rochdale or one a couple of non league sides who are guaranteed to be there.
This is the most magical draw of the lot and it takes place after the live 2nd round game at approx 2.40pm.
3rd round fixtures take place on the weekend on January 7th. Just a couple of days before City face Crystal Palace in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi final.
The full list of draw numbers are listed below.
1
Arsenal
2
Aston Villa
3
Barnsley
4
Birmingham City
5
Blackburn Rovers
6
Blackpool
7
Bolton Wanderers
8
Brighton & Hove Albion
9
Bristol City
10
Burnley
11
Cardiff City
12
Chelsea
13
Coventry City
14
Crystal Palace
15
Derby County
16
Doncaster Rovers
17
Everton
18
Fulham
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
Peterborough United
32
Portsmouth
33
Queens Park Rangers
34
Reading
35
Southampton
36
Stoke City
37
Sunderland
38
Swansea City
39
Tottenham Hotspur
40
Watford
41
West Bromwich Albion
42
West Ham United
43
Wigan Athletic
44
Wolverhampton Wanderers
45
Salisbury City
or
Grimsby Town
46
Stourbridge
or
Stevenage
47
Sheffield United
or
Torquay United
48
Colchester United
or
Swindon Town
49
Chelmsford City
or
Macclesfield Town
50
Leyton Orient
or
Gillingham
51
Crawley Town
or
Redbridge
52
Luton Town
or
Cheltenham Town
53
Fleetwood Town
or
Yeovil Town
54
Brentford
or
Wrexham
55
Bradford City
or
AFC Wimbledon
56
Shrewsbury Town
or
Rotherham United
57
Dagenham & Redbridge
or
Walsall
58
Barnet
or
Milton Keynes Dons
59
Gateshead
or
Tamworth
60
Sheffield Wednesday
or
Aldershot Town
61
Sutton United
or
Notts County
62
Southend United
or
Oldham Athletic
63
AFC Totton
or
Bristol Rovers
64
Charlton Athletic
or
Carlisle United
Ties to be played on the weekend of 7 and 8 January 2012
Source: FOOTYMAD