2025-26 FA Cup, 3rd Round (the 64 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances
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By Bill Turianski on the 2nd of January 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2025-26 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.
The FA Cup – the oldest football tournament in the world – begins the 3rd Round of its 145th edition on Friday the 9th of January 2026, with a televised match: Wrexham (2) v Nottingham Forest (1).
The 3 matches to be televised on Saturday the 10th are: phoenix-club Macclesfield (6) v Crystal Palace (1); Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Aston Villa (1); Charlton Athletic (2) v Chelsea (1).
The 3 matches to be televised on Sunday the 11th are: Derby County (2) v Leeds United (1); Portsmouth (2) v Arsenal (1); Manchester United (1) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1).
The sole match on Monday the 12th will also be televised: Liverpool (1) v Barnsley (3).
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank relief map of England (and Wales), by Nilfanion, at File:England relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of West Midlands, by Nilfanion, at File:West Midlands UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-transfermarkt.com/[leagueone] ; transfermarkt.us/[league-two] (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th level).
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