After defeating Blue Square Bet Premier outfit Ebbsfleet United 4-2 at home yesterday at the first stage of the competition, Carlisle, as ball number 40 and in their sixth Brunton Park cup game of the season, now face Bournemouth at home in the second round draw of the FA Cup, which was made this afternoon, with the Blues and the Cherries being pulled out of the goldfish bowl by Cyrille Regis and John Wark respectively at Wembley Stadium.
United won't be going into the game, which will be played over the weekend of Saturday 1st December and carries a winning prize fee of £27,000, 100% full of confidence though having been thumped 4-2 at home to Bournemouth just last week. The only previous FA Cup tie between the two sides meanwhile having been played in Dorset as Carlisle lost a second round tie 2-1 at Dean Court in the 2004-05 season.
Elsewhere in the draw, we are assured of non-league representation in the third round of the competition thanks to a couple of ties, with one in particular being Harrogate Town at home to Hastings United, while the results of replays could see Milton Keynes Dons at home to AFC Wimbledon. As far as potentially televised ties goes there aren't many standouts and so Carlisle v Bournemouth could be in with a chance.
FA Cup Second Round Draw in full
Preston North End v Gillingham
Bury v Southend United
Sheffield United v Port Vale
Carlisle United v AFC Bournemouth
Crewe Alexandra v Burton Albion or Altrincham
Northampton Town or Bradford City v Brentford
Luton Town or Nuneaton Town v Dorchester Town or Plymouth Argyle
Alfreton Town v Gloucester City or Leyton Orient
Oldham Athletic v Doncaster Rovers
Braintree Town or Tranmere Rovers v Chesterfield
Rotherham United v Notts County
Cheltenham Town v Hereford United
Guiseley or Barrow v Macclesfield Town
Accrington Stanley v Oxford United
Lincoln City or Walsall v Mansfield Town or Slough Town
Harrogate Town v Hastings United
Coventry City v Morecambe or Rochdale
Cambridge City or Milton Keynes Dons v York City or AFC Wimbledon
Crawley Town v Chelmsford City
Fleetwood Town v Aldershot Town
*ties to be played on weekend of Saturday 1st December