2024-25 FA Cup, 3rd Round Proper: location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances
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By Bill Turianski on 6 January 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2024-25 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.
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The FA Cup is the oldest football tournament in the world. The 2024-25 FA Cup is the 144th edition of the tournament. The FA Cup Third Round is when the teams from the top 2 divisions in England – the Premier League, and the EFL Championship – join the competition. The 20 Premier League teams and the 24 Championship teams join 20 other lower-leagues teams.
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Below: The 20 lower-leagues teams still in the competition…
-Twelve 3rd-division teams [who play in the EFL League One]: Birmingham City, Bristol Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United, Reading, Stockport County, Wigan Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers.
-Six 4th-division teams [who play in the EFL League Two]: Accrington Stanley, Bromley, Doncaster Rovers, Harrogate Town, Morecambe, Salford City.
-Two 5th-division teams [who play in the non-League National League]: Dagenham & Redbridge, Tamworth.
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (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…
-Soccerway.com (current average attendances for the 1st, 2nd 3rd, and 4th divisions).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division).
