Date, Time, TV, Live Stream, Ball Numbers for 2025/26

The remaining 32 teams in the 2025/26 FA Cup will find out their fate in the fourth round when the draw is made between two previous winners of the competition.

Steven Gerrard and Joe Cole will decide ties as a host of Premier League clubs aim to take a step closer to this season’s final.

Liverpool legend Gerrard triumphed with Liverpool in 2001 and 2006, while Cole won the trophy as a Chelsea midfielder in 2007 and 2010.

101GreatGoals.com has the details on the 2025/26 FA Cup fourth round draw, including date, time and how to watch it.

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When will the 2025/26 FA Cup fourth round draw take place?

The draw will take place at Anfield on Monday January 12 before the Reds host Third Division Barnsley in the final match of this season’s third round.

Presenter Darren Fletcher will host alongside Rangers and Scotland Hall of Famer Ally McCoist, who was part of a Sunderland team beaten 3-0 at home by Liverpool in the 1981/82 fourth round.

2025/26 FA Cup Fourth Round Draw: What time does it start?

The draw is expected to begin around 6:35 p.m. GMT (1:35 p.m. ET / 10:35 a.m. PT) in a live broadcast starting five minutes in advance in the UK.

FA Cup fourth round draw: TV channel, live stream online

The draw will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1, the Discovery Plus app and the TNT Sports YouTube channel.

FA Cup fourth round ball numbers

This is what the ball numbers looked like before the start of the third round.

1. Wolves or Shrewsbury Town
2. Doncaster Rovers or Southampton
3. Tottenham or Aston Villa
4. Port Vale or Fleetwood Town
5. Preston North End or Wigan Athletic
6. Ipswich Town or Blackpool
7. Wrexham or Nottingham Forest
8. Charlton Athletic or Chelsea
9. Manchester City or Exeter City
10. West Ham United or Queens Park Rangers
11. Sheffield Wednesday or Brentford
12. Fulham or Middlesbrough
13. Everton or Sunderland
14. Liverpool or Barnsley
15. Burnley or Millwall
16. Norwich City or Walsall
17. Portsmouth or Arsenal
18. Derby County or Leeds United
19. Swansea City or West Bromwich Albion
20. Salford City or Swindon Town
21. Boreham Wood or Burton Albion
22. Town of Grimsby or Weston-Super-Mare
23. Hull City or Blackburn Rovers
24. Newcastle United or Bournemouth
25. Milton Keynes Dons or Oxford United
26. Cheltenham Town or Leicester City
27. Cambridge United or Birmingham City
28. Bristol City or Watford
29. Stoke City or Coventry City
30. Macclesfield or Crystal Palace
31. Manchester United or Brighton & Hove Albion
32. Sheffield United or Mansfield Town

When will the 2025/26 FA Cup fourth round take place?

The meetings will take place around the weekend of Saturday February 14, 2026.

FA Cup Third Round TV matches 2025/26: schedule and kick-off times

Friday January 9, 2026

All matches start at 7:30 p.m. GMT (2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT).

MK Dons v Oxford United (7:30 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Port Vale v Fleetwood Town (7:30 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic (7:30 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Wrexham v Forest (7:30 p.m., TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Saturday January 10

All matches start at 3:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT), unless otherwise noted.

Cheltenham Town v Leicester City (12:15 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Everton v Sunderland (12:15 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Macclesfield v Palace (12:15 p.m., BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Wolves v Shrewsbury Town (12.15pm, Discovery Plus)

Boreham Wood v Burton Albion

Burnley v Millwall

Doncaster Rovers v Southampton

Fulham v Middlesbrough

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

Manchester City v Exeter City

Newcastle v Bournemouth

Salford City v Swindon Town

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

Stoke City v Coventry City

Bristol City v Watford (5:45 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Cambridge United v Birmingham City (5:45 p.m., Discovery Plus)

Grimsby Town v Weston Super Mare (5.45pm, Discovery Plus)

Tottenham v Aston Villa (5.45pm, BBC One, BBC iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Charlton Athletic v Chelsea (8:00 p.m., TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Sunday January 11

All matches start at 2:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT), unless otherwise noted.

Derby v Leeds (12:00 p.m., BBC One, BBC iPlayer, TNT Sports 2 and Discovery Plus)

Portsmouth v Arsenal (2 p.m., TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Hull City v Blackburn Rovers (Discovery Plus)

Norwich City v Walsall (Discovery Plus)

Sheffield United v Mansfield Town (Discovery Plus)

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion (Discovery Plus)

West Ham v Queens Park Rangers (Discovery Plus)

Manchester United against Brighton & Hove Albion (4:30 p.m., TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

Monday January 12

Liverpool v Barnsley (7:45 p.m., TNT Sports 1 and Discovery Plus)

FA Cup 2025/26 Live Stream Online: BBC, TNT Sports

In the UK, fans can stream the action via the BBC Sport website and the BBC iPlayer app, available on a wide variety of devices for on-the-go viewing.

Games on TNT Sports can be streamed through the Discovery Plus app. TNT Sports costs £29.99 per month via Discovery+, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a huge range of devices including smart TVs and games consoles.

FA Cup third round: full table 2025/26

The draw for the third round took place on Monday 8 December, before Brackley Town hosted Burton Albion in the final tie of the second round.

• Wolves v Shrewsbury Town
• Doncaster Rovers v Southampton
• Tottenham v Aston Villa
• Port Vale v Fleetwood Town
• Preston North End v Wigan Athletic
• Ipswich Town v Blackpool
• Wrexham v Nottingham Forest
• Charlton Athletic vs Chelsea
• Manchester City v Exeter City
• West Ham v Queens Park Rangers
• Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
• Fulham v Middlesbrough
• Everton v Sunderland
• Liverpool v Barnsley
• Burnley v Millwall
• Norwich City v Walsall
• Portsmouth vs Arsenal
• Derby County v Leeds United
• Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
• Salford City v Swindon Town
• Boreham Wood v Burton Albion
• Grimsby Town v Weston Super Mare
• Hull City v Blackburn Rovers
• Newcastle v Bournemouth
• MK Dons v Oxford United
• Cheltenham Town v Leicester City
• Cambridge United v Birmingham City
• Bristol City v Watford
• Stoke City v Coventry City
• Macclesfield v Crystal Palace
• Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion
• Sheffield United v Mansfield Town

FA Cup 2025/26 dates and schedule

The remaining tour dates of this season take place on the following weekends.

Third round: Saturday January 10, 2026

Fourth round: Saturday February 14, 2026

Fifth round: Saturday March 7, 2026

Quarter-finals: Saturday April 4, 2026

Semi-finals: Saturday April 25, 2026

Final: Saturday May 16, 2026

FA Cup: full list of winners by year

• 2025: Crystal Palace
• 2024: Manchester United
• 2023: Manchester City
• 2022: Liverpool
• 2021: Leicester City
• 2020: Arsenal
• 2019: Man City
• 2018: Chelsea
• 2017: Arsenal
• 2016: Man United
• 2015: Arsenal
• 2014: Arsenal
• 2013: Wigan Athletic
• 2012: Chelsea
• 2011: Man City
• 2010: Chelsea
• 2009: Chelsea
• 2008: Portsmouth
• 2007: Chelsea
• 2006: Liverpool
• 2005: Arsenal
• 2004: Man United
• 2003: Arsenal
• 2002: Arsenal
• 2001: Liverpool
• 2000: Chelsea
• 1999: Man United
• 1998: Arsenal
• 1997: Chelsea
• 1996: Man United
• 1995: Everton
• 1994: Man United
• 1993: Arsenal
• 1992: Liverpool
• 1991: Tottenham
• 1990: Man United
• 1989: Liverpool
• 1988: Wimbledon
• 1987: Coventry City
• 1986: Liverpool
• 1985: Man United
• 1984: Everton
• 1983: Man United
• 1982: Tottenham
• 1981: Tottenham
• 1980: West Ham
• 1979: Arsenal
• 1978: Ipswich Town
• 1977: Man United
• 1976: Southampton
• 1975: West Ham
• 1974: Liverpool
• 1973: Sunderland
• 1972: Leeds United
• 1971: Arsenal
• 1970: Chelsea
• 1969: Man City
• 1968: West Brom
• 1967: Tottenham
• 1966: Everton
• 1965: Liverpool
• 1964: West Ham
• 1963: Manchester United
• 1962: Tottenham
• 1961: Tottenham
• 1960: Wolves
• 1959: Nottingham Forest
• 1958: Wanderers of Bolton
• 1957: Aston Villa
• 1956: Man City
• 1955: Newcastle
• 1954: West Brom
• 1953: Blackpool
• 1952: Newcastle
• 1951: Newcastle
• 1950: Arsenal
• 1949: Wolves
• 1948: Man United
• 1947: Charlton Athletics
• 1946: Derby County
• 1939: Portsmouth
• 1938: Preston
• 1937: Sunderland
• 1936: Arsenal
• 1935: Sheffield Wednesday
• 1934: Man City
• 1933: Everton
• 1932: Newcastle
• 1931: West Brom
• 1930: Arsenal
• 1929: Bolton
• 1928: Blackburn
• 1927: City of Cardiff
• 1926: Bolton
• 1925: Sheffield United
• 1924: Newcastle
• 1923: Bolton
• 1922: Huddersfield town
• 1921: Tottenham
• 1920: Aston Villa
• 1916-1919: No competition organized
• 1915: Sheffield United
• 1914: Burnley
• 1913: Aston Villa
• 1912: Barnsley
• 1911: Bradford City
• 1910: Newcastle
• 1909: Man United
• 1908: Wolves
• 1907: Wednesday at Sheffield
• 1906: Everton
• 1905: Aston Villa
• 1904: Manchester City
• 1903: Bury
• 1902: Sheffield United
• 1901: Tottenham
• 1900: Bury
• 1899: Sheffield United
• 1898: Nottingham Forest
• 1897: Aston Villa
• 1896: Wednesday at Sheffield
• 1895: Aston Villa
• 1894: Notts County
• 1893: Wolves
• 1892: West Brom
• 1891: Blackburn
• 1890: Blackburn
• 1889: Preston
• 1888: West Brom
• 1887: Aston Villa
• 1886: Blackburn
• 1885: Blackburn
• 1884: Blackburn
• 1883: Blackburn Olympics
• 1882: Old Etonians
• 1881: Old Carthusian
• 1880: Clapham Rovers
• 1879: Old Etonians
• 1878: Vagabonds
• 1877: Vagabonds
• 1876: Vagabonds
• 1875: Royal engineers
• 1874: University of Oxford
• 1873: Vagabonds
• 1872: Vagabonds