THE FA Cup first-round draw takes place tonight - with Colchester United set to discover their opponents.

The U's will be ball number 13 for the draw, which will be screened live on the FA's official Twitter and Facebook channels as well as BT Sport in the UK.

It will be part of BT Sport's live coverage of the fourth round qualifying tie between Bishop's Stortford and St Albans City (kick-off 7.45pm) that evening, the final tie of the round.

The draw will take place before the game, at around 7.10pm.

Colchester will be hoping for a decent run in this season's competition.

Steve Ball will be keeping a close eye on the U's opponents, ahead of presiding over his first FA Cup ties as the club's head coach.

Maldon and Tiptree will also be watching tonight's draw with much anticipation, having reached the first round proper of the competition for the second successive year.

The Jammers beat Haringey Borough 1-0 to advance at the weekend and Wayne Brown's side will be hoping for a plum tie, having seen off Leyton Orient at the first-round proper stage, last season.

Maldon will be ball number 68 in the draw.

The FA Cup first round will take place on the weekend of November 7 and 8.

The prize on offer for first-round winners this season is £22,629.

The ball numbers for tonight's draw are the following:

1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY

2 AFC WIMBLEDON

3 BARROW

4 BLACKPOOL

5 BOLTON WANDERERS

6 BRADFORD CITY

7 BRISTOL ROVERS

8 BURTON ALBION

9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED

10 CARLISLE UNITED

11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

12 CHELTENHAM TOWN

13 COLCHESTER UNITED

14 CRAWLEY TOWN

15 CREWE ALEXANDRA

16 DONCASTER ROVERS

17 EXETER CITY

18 FLEETWOOD TOWN

19 FOREST GREEN ROVERS

20 GILLINGHAM

21 GRIMSBY TOWN

22 HARROGATE TOWN

23 HULL CITY

24 IPSWICH TOWN

25 LEYTON ORIENT

26 LINCOLN CITY

27 MANSFIELD TOWN

28 MILTON KEYNES DONS

29 MORECAMBE

30 NEWPORT COUNTY

31 NORTHAMPTON TOWN

32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC

33 OXFORD UNITED

34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED

35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

36 PORT VALE

37 PORTSMOUTH

38 ROCHDALE

39 SALFORD CITY

40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED

41 SHREWSBURY TOWN

42 SOUTHEND UNITED

43 STEVENAGE

44 SUNDERLAND

45 SWINDON TOWN

46 TRANMERE ROVERS

47 WALSALL

48 WIGAN ATHLETIC

49 DARLINGTON

50 SKELMERSDALE UNITED

51 SOLIHULL MOORS

52 BANBURY UNITED

53 SOUTH SHIELDS

54 HARTLEPOOL UNITED

55 FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER

56 BRACKLEY TOWN

57 KING'S LYNN TOWN

58 CHESTERFIELD

59 AFC FYLDE

60 MARINE

61 CRAY VALLEY (PM)

62 CANVEY ISLAND

63 HAYES & YEADING UNITED

64 BROMLEY

65 TONBRIDGE ANGELS

66 HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH

67 WOKING

68 MALDON & TIPTREE

69 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE

70 BARNET

71 OXFORD CITY

72 EASTBOURNE BOROUGH

73 EASTLEIGH

74 TORQUAY UNITED

75 HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE

76 BOREHAM WOOD

77 YEOVIL TOWN

78 BISHOP'S STORTFORD OR ST ALBANS CITY

79 CONCORD RANGERS

80 CHORLEY