How have we missed out on a PL Club at home? If we won, we would have been a different ball number.
Nah, as I pointed out a few posts back and Private Fraser explained more clearly, would have been Hornets.
I'm assured we would have been the same ball number in this round, the number being pre-determined by the R2 tie.
Yes. For this round, the Prem and Championship clubs get Nos 1 to 44 alphabetically and the Round 2 winners then get 45 to 64 in the order their matches fell in the draw for Round 2. So we would have had the number that Woking had.
Maybe this will help clear up any lingering doubts. Here is the list of numbers for the Round 3 Draw:
http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/nov/30/fa-cup-third-round-draw-numbers-301118Prem and Championship teams are Nos 1 to 44 (alphabetically). Round 2 winners then make up Nos 45 to 64 keeping the same order as they were drawn in Round 2. Here is the Round 2 draw:
http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/nov/12/fa-cup-draw-second-round-121118If I remember correctly, it operates differently in other rounds. Being a longstanding Town fan, I tend not to pay much attention to the FA Cup after the 3rd round!