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The teams that do make it through the Fourth Qualifying Round will earn themselves £12,500 for the privilege. That is a tidy sum for any non-league club and a good run in the FA Cup often sets up some of the smaller clubs at that level for a season or two.
The draw for the First Round Proper will be then made from FA headquarters in Soho Square at 1pm on Sunday afternoon and will be hosted on ITV1 by Jim Rosenthal, while the balls will be drawn out by ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown and former Spurs midfielder Ossie Ardiles.
The Cumbrians 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 it a good chance to progress to the Third Round for a potential payday but there is also the opportunity to stick £50,000 in the coffers on the way. The prize fund breaks down thus :
Fourth Round Qualifying Winners - £12,500
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
In the First Round Proper the draw is NOT regionalised so if the Blues are given an away day we could find ourselves anywhere from Hartlepool to Yeovil.
The draw will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Cumbria, the FA website and ITV and Blues fans will be on tenterhooks as we wait for the number TEN ball to appear and the name of Carlisle United to be read out.
The full list of draw numbers is as follows :
1 Accrington Stanley
2 AFC Bournemouth
3 Aldershot Town
4 Barnet
5 Bradford City
6 Brentford
7 Brighton & Hove Albion
8 Bristol Rovers
9 Bury
10 Carlisle United
11 Cheltenham Town
12 Chester City
13 Chesterfield
14 Colchester United
15 Crewe Alexandra
16 Dagenham & Redbridge
17 Darlington
18 Exeter City
19 Gillingham
20 Grimsby Town
21 Hartlepool United
22 Hereford United
23 Huddersfield Town
24 Leeds United
25 Leicester City
26 Leyton Orient
27 Lincoln City
28 Luton Town
29 Macclesfield Town
30 Millwall
31 Milton Keynes Dons
32 Morecambe
33 Northampton Town
34 Notts County
35 Oldham Athletic
36 Peterborough United
37 Port Vale
38 Rochdale
39 Rotherham United
40 Scunthorpe United
41 Shrewsbury Town
42 Southend United
43 Stockport County
44 Swindon Town
45 Tranmere Rovers
46 Walsall
47 Wycombe Wanderers
48 Yeovil Town
49 Hinckley United or Curzon Ashton
50 Kettering Town or Burton Albion
51 Tamworth or Barrow
52 Kings Lynn or Kidderminster Harriers
53 Boston United or Cambridge United
54 Newcastle Blue Star or Altrincham
55 Droylsden or Belper Town
56 Durham City or Histon
57 Retford United or Alfreton Town
58 Northwich Victoria or AFC Telford United
59 Blyth Spartans or Sheffield
60 York City or Mansfield Town
61 Fleetwood Town or Nantwich Town
62 Wrexham or Eastwood Town
63 Stevenage Borough or Horsham
64 Woking or Ebbsfleet United
65 Hampton & Richmond Borough or Brackley Town
66 Oxford United or Hayes & Yeading United
67 Maidstone United or AFC Wimbledon
68 Team Bath or Salisbury City
69 Dorchester Town or Bishop's Stortford
70 Oxford City or Eastbourne Borough
71 Ashford Town (Middx) or Forest Green Rovers
72 Evesham United or Rushden & Diamonds
73 Bury Town or Basingstoke Town
74 Burgess Hill Town or Harlow Town
75 Grays Athletic or AFC Totton
76 Aylesbury United or Sutton United
77 Torquay United or Chipstead
78 Leiston or Lewes
79 Crawley Town or Havant & Waterlooville
80 Weymouth or AFC Hornchurch