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The Cumbrians, ahead of their delayed second round tie at home to Crewe Alexandra on Wednesday night, will be hoping to make the third round of the competition for the first time since the 2000-01 season when they were given a dream tie. A repeat of that draw when over 15,000 packed into Brunton Park to see a Sylvian Wiltord goal clinch a 1-0 victory for Arsenal would be very nice.
Not only is Wednesday's second round tie against the Railwaymen a good chance to progress to the third round on the first weekend in January for a potential payday but there is also the opportunity to stick another £30,000 in the coffers on the way. The prize fund breaking down thus :
First Round Proper Winners - £20,000
Second Round Proper Winners - £30,000
Third Round Proper Winners - £75,000
Fourth Round Proper Winners - £100,000
Fifth Round Proper Winners - £200,000
Sixth Round Proper Winners - £400,000
Semi-Final Losers - £500,000
Semi-Final Winners - £1,000,000
Final Loser - £1,000,000
Final Winner - £2,000,000
The draw will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Cumbria, the FA website and ITV at 2.15pm and Blues fans will be on tenterhooks as we wait for the number SIXTY-ONE ball to appear and the names of Carlisle United or Crewe Alexandra to be read out.
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 Charlton Athletic
12 Chelsea
13 Coventry City
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Liverpool
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Newcastle United
26 Norwich City
27 Nottingham Forest
28 Plymouth Argyle
29 Portsmouth
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Sheffield 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 Chesterfield or Droylsden
46 Peterborough United or Tranmere Rovers
47 Eastwood Town
48 Notts County or Kettering Town
49 Leicester City
50 Barrow
51 Leyton Orient
52 Southend United
53 Forest Green Rovers
54 Histon
55 Scunthorpe United
56 Torquay United
57 Hartlepool United
58 Morecambe or Cheltenham Town
59 Gillingham or Stockport County
60 Millwall
61Carlisle United or Crewe Alexandra
62 AFC Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans
63 Kidderminster Harriers
64 Macclesfield Town