The third round sees the eight sides involved in Europe join the 24 sides who will make it through the second round.
Other than Charlton / Preston the other 31 teams are as follows:
| Aldershot or Carlisle |
| Arsenal |
| Aston Villa |
| Birmingham |
| Blackburn |
| Bolton |
| Brighton |
| Burnley |
| Cardiff |
| Chelsea |
| Crystal Palace or Wigan |
| Everton |
| Fulham |
| Leeds |
| Leicester |
| Leyton Orient or Bristol Rovers |
| Liverpool |
| Manchester City |
| Manchester Utd |
| Middlesbrough |
| Millwall |
| MK Dons |
| Nottm Forest |
| Rochdale |
| Scunthorpe or Newcastle |
| Shrewsbury |
| Stoke |
| Swindon or Southampton |
| Tottenham |
| West Brom |
| Wolves |
