Swans Await Carling Cup Fate
The Swans will find out their Carling Cup fate on Saturday when the 3rd Round draw takes place
England's European representatives will join the competition for the first time this season when the draw takes place at 12pm on Saturday.
Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool are all in along with the likes of FA Cup winners Portsmouth and they join the sides that have battled their way through either one or two games to get to this stage.
The Swans, in the third round for the first time in more than a quarter of a century will be numbered 28 in the draw which encompasses the last 32 of the competition.
The full list of numbers is as follows: -
1. Arsenal
2. Aston Villa
3. Blackburn Rovers
4. Brighton & Hove Albion/Manchester City
5. Burnley
6. Cardiff City
7. Chelsea
8. Crewe Alexandra
9. Derby County
10. Everton
11. Fulham
12. Hartlepool United
13. Ipswich Town
14. Leeds United
15. Liverpool
16. Manchester United
17. Middlesbrough
18. Newcastle United
19. Northampton Town
20. Portsmouth
21. Queens Park Rangers
22. Reading
23. Rotherham United
24. Sheffield United
25. Southampton
26. Stoke City
27. Sunderland
28. Swansea City
29. Tottenham Hotspur
30. Watford
31. West Ham United
32. Wigan Athletic
The draw will be made at 12pm
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