Sweet Sixteen For Carlisle In FA Cup Draw

The FA Cup

First up for the Cumbrians is the first round step of defeating the Shrimps at Brunton Park on Saturday afternoon though, but not only is the competition a good chance to progress to the third round for a potential payday but there is also the opportunity to stick £45,000 in the coffers on the way.

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 :


First Round Proper Winners - £18,000
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


In the Second Round Proper the draw is NOT regionalised so if the Blues win through tomorrow and are given an away day we could find ourselves anywhere from Hartlepool to Yeovil. The draw will be broadcast live on ITV1 at around 3.35pm following the Northwich Victoria v Charlton Athletic tie, and if we can get past Morecambe then Blues fans will be on tenterhooks as we wait for the number SIXTEEN ball to appear and the name of Carlisle United to be read out.

As for the draw itself, well that will be made from Wembley Stadium by two people with connections to Nottingham Forest. The first being former England and City Ground striker Tony Woodcock, who later in his career played for Arsenal and FC Koln, while the second is Forest fan and WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl 'The Cobra' Froch.


The full list of draw numbers is as follows :

1 Gillingham or Southend United
2 Grimsby Town or Bath City
3 Gateshead or Brentford
4 Chesterfield or AFC Bournemouth
5 AFC Telford United or Lincoln City
6 Stockport County or Tooting & Mitcham United
7 Burton Albion or Oxford City
8 Barrow or Eastleigh
9 Oldham Athletic or Leeds United
10 Cambridge United or Ilkeston Town
11 York City or Crewe Alexandra
12 Wycombe Wanderers or Brighton & Hove Albion
13 Hereford United or Sutton United
14 Nuneaton Town or Exeter City
15 Bristol Rovers or Southampton
16 Carlisle United or Morecambe
17 Forest Green Rovers or Mansfield Town
18 Oxford United or Yeovil Town
19 Paulton Rovers or Norwich City
20 Swindon Town or Woking
21 Port Vale or Stevenage Borough
22 Luton Town or Rochdale
23 Bromley or Colchester United
24 Accrington Stanley or Salisbury City
25 Millwall or AFC Wimbledon
26 Stourbridge or Walsall
27 Shrewsbury Town or Staines Town
28 Wealdstone or Rotherham United
29 Torquay United or Cheltenham Town
30 Barnet or Darlington
31 Notts County or Bradford City
32 Huddersfield Town or Dagenham & Redbridge
33 Milton Keynes Dons or Macclesfield Town
34 Rushden & Diamonds or Hinckley United
35 Northwich Victoria or Charlton Athletic
36 Aldershot Town or Bury
37 Wrexham or Lowestoft Town
38 Hartlepool United or Kettering Town
39 Tranmere Rovers or Leyton Orient
40 Northampton Town or Fleetwood Town

games to be played over the weekend of Saturday 28th November