FA Cup Third Round Draw Details

The FA Cup

First up for the Cumbrians is the second round step of defeating the Canaries at Brunton Park on Saturday evening though, but not only is the competition a good chance to progress to the third round for a potential bumper payday but there is also the opportunity with a win to stick another £27,000 in the coffers on the way, although the Blues will earn £67,500 from the broadcast rights alone of the tie against Norwich being shown live on the FA website.

The prize fund, which in these times of recession is down by about 5% to 10% in each "proper" round from last season, breaks down thus :


Second Round Proper Winners - £27,000
Third Round Proper Winners - £67,500
Fourth Round Proper Winners - £90,000
Fifth Round Proper Winners - £180,000
Sixth Round Proper Winners - £360,000
Semi-Final Losers - £450,000
Semi-Final Winners - £900,000
Final Loser - £900,000
Final Winner - £1,800,000


The draw will be broadcast live from Wembley on ITV1 at around 3.55pm on Sunday following the Kettering Town v Leeds United tie, and if we defeat or draw with Norwich then Blues fans will be on tenterhooks as we wait for the number 56 ball to appear and the name of Carlisle United to be read out. As for the draw makers, well the duo this time around are British Olympic legend Sir Steven Redgrave and England Women's star Kelly Smith.


The full list of draw numbers is as follows :

1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Bristol City
9 Burnley
10 Cardiff City
11 Chelsea
12 Coventry City
13 Crystal Palace
14 Derby County
15 Doncaster Rovers
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Hull City
19 Ipswich Town
20 Leicester City
21 Liverpool
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Newcastle United
26 Nottingham Forest
27 Peterborough United
28 Plymouth Argyle
29 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Scunthorpe United
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
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 Northwich Victoria or Lincoln City
46 Northampton Town or Southampton
47 Hereford United or Colchester United
48 Tranmere Rovers or Aldershot Town
49 Kettering Town or Leeds United
50 Gillingham or Burton Albion
51 Wrexham or Swindon Town
52 Brighton & Hove Albion or Rushden & Diamonds
53 Rotherham United or Luton Town
54 Milton Keynes Dons or Exeter City
55 Brentford or Walsall
56 Carlisle United or Norwich City
57 Accrington Stanley or Barnet
58 Oxford United or Barrow
59 AFC Bournemouth or Notts County
60 Stockport County or Torquay United
61 Cambridge United or York City
62 Bath City or Forest Green Rovers
63 Port Vale or Huddersfield Town
64 Staines Town or Millwall

games to be played over the weekend of Saturday 2nd January