When is the FA Cup first-round draw?

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ByTasnim Chowdhury

BBC Sport journalist

The 2025-26 FA Cup first-round draw takes place on Monday, 13 October from 18:30 BST.

It will be held before Worthing face Robbie Savage's Forest Green Rovers in the fourth round of qualifying.

All 48 teams from League One and Two will join the 32 non-league teams who have progressed from the qualifying rounds.

Premier League and Championship teams enter the FA Cup in the third round.

Fixtures from the first round will take place around the weekend of Saturday, 1 November.

Farnham Town and Sutton United play live on Saturday, 11 October at 12:30pm BST on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website for a place in Monday's draw.

What are the ball numbers?

The ball numbers for the first-round draw are listed below.

1. Accrington Stanley

2. AFC Wimbledon

3. Barnet

4. Barnsley

5. Barrow

6. Blackpool

7. Bolton Wanderers

8. Bradford City

9. Bristol Rovers

10. Bromley

11. Burton Albion

12. Cambridge United

13. Cardiff City

14. Cheltenham Town

15. Chesterfield

16. Colchester United

17. Crawley Town

18. Crewe Alexandra

19. Doncaster Rovers

20. Exeter City

21. Fleetwood Town

22. Gillingham

23. Grimsby Town

24. Harrogate Town

25. Huddersfield Town

26. Leyton Orient

27. Lincoln City

28. Luton Town

29. Mansfield Town

30. Milton Keynes Dons

31. Newport County

32. Northampton Town

33. Notts County

34. Oldham Athletic

35. Peterborough United

36. Plymouth Argyle

37. Port Vale

38. Reading

39. Rotherham United

40. Salford City

41. Shrewsbury Town

42. Stevenage

43. Stockport County

44. Swindon

45. Tranmere Rovers

46. Walsall

47. Wigan Athletic

48. Wycombe Wanderers

49. Darlington or AFC Telford United

50. Macclesfield or Stamford

51. Gainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United

52. Carlisle United or Boston United

53. Rochdale or York City

54. Runcorn Linnets or Buxton

55. Morecambe or Chester

56. South Shields or Spalding United

57. Tamworth or Hyde United

58. Scunthorpe United or King's Lynn Town

59. Aveley or Gateshead

60. Spennymoor Town or Billericay Town

61. Southport or FC Halifax Town

62. Altrincham or Harborough Town

63. Worthing or Forest Green Rovers

64. Maldon & Tiptree or Flackwell Heath

65. Woking or Brackley Town

66. Wealdstone or Whitstable Town

67. Slough Town or Enfield Town

68. Eastbourne Borough or Boreham Wood

69. Hampton & Richmond Borough or Eastleigh

70. Southend United or Folkestone Invicta

71. Ebbsfleet United or Solihull Moors

72. Braintree Town or Farnborough

73. Tonbridge Angels or Chatham Town

74. Weston Super Mare or Needham Market

75. Hemel Hempstead Town or Yeovil Town

76. Banbury United or St Albans City

77. Chelmsford City or Chippenham Town

78. AFC Totton or Truro City

79. Dorking Wanderers or Aldershot Town

80. Farnham Town or Sutton United

What are the FA Cup round dates?

First Round: Saturday, 1 November

Second Round: Saturday, 6 December

Third Round: Saturday, 10 January

Fourth Round: Saturday, 14 February

Fifth Round: Saturday, 7 March

Quarter-final: Saturday, 4 April

Semi-final: Saturday, 25 April

Final: Saturday, 16 May

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