Eight non-league sides go into Monday's draw for the third round of the FA Cup dreaming of playing a Premier League giant.
The 44 teams from the Premier League and Championship enter the competition at this stage, with 69 teams - five will fall in second-round replies - in the draw altogether.
Of the minnows to contest the next round, Blyth Spartans come from the most humble origins, plying their trade in Northern Premier, the seventh tier of English football.
They won a spot in the third-round draw with a surprise 2-1 win over League Two side Hartlepool.
Spartans boss Tom Wade is betting on his team drawing a home fixture against Chelsea in the third round after a psychic fan predicted it.
The Spartans play at Croft Park, a pitch that holds just 4,500 spectators, but Wade said an "old woman" in the car park had foreseen Spartans would play Chelsea in the next round at home.
"She’s been right on four results before the games were played... my assistant thinks I'm crazy, I'm psychic or I might even be speaking to ghosts," Wade said.
Dover Athletic, who play in the Conference Premier division, also earned their place in the third round with a shock 1-0 win over Cheltenham. The victory came in the wake of a form-defining win away to Coventry in the first round.
Conference North side Worcester City must play a second round replay against League One’s Scunthorpe United after a 1-1 draw in their first meeting.
The remaining Conference sides in the draw, who all beat non-league opposition, are Wrexham, Southport and Gateshead. Also in the mix is Aldershot (64), who face a replay against League One Rochdale.
The third-round ties will take place between January 3 and 6.
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Brentford
9 Brighton & Hove Albion
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Rotherham United
34 Sheffield Wednesday
35 Southampton
36 Stoke City
37 Sunderland
38 Swansea City
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Bromwich Albion
42 West Ham United
43 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Oxford United or Tranmere Rovers
46 Bury or Luton Town
47 Wrexham
48 Scunthorpe United or Worcester City
49 Colchester United
50 AFC Wimbledon
51 Accrington Stanley or Yeovil Town
52 Blyth Spartans
53 Chesterfield
54 Southport
55 Gateshead
56 Doncaster Rovers
57 Preston North End
58 Barnsley Or Chester
59 Bradford City
60 Sheffield United
61 Dover Athletic
62 Cambridge United or Mansfield Town
63 Bristol City
64 Aldershot Town or Rochdale
Sky Sports News HQ will be with Blyth Spartans and Dover Athletic as they watch the draw for the third round, from 7pm.
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