Carlisle Drawn At Home Once More

FA Youth Cup

First though there is non-league opposition to get past, with it being Wrexham who, like potential future opponents Walsall, play in United's North-West Conference of the Youth Alliance League. The Red Dragons currently sitting bottom in the table as, like Carlisle, they continue to search for their first league win of the season, the Welshmen so far having drawn four and lost three of their seven games played to date.

In the FA Youth Cup meanwhile Wrexham have had to start off early as a non-league club and have won 2-0 at AFC Liverpool, 9-0 at home to Ashton Town and then 9-0 again, this time at home to Warrington Town, and then 2-1 in a tight game away to Hallam FC. Their next cup action coming when they take on Carlisle at Brunton Park in round one on Tuesday 16th November in a 7pm kick-off.

So, if the young Blues win that game they will face a Walsall side at home who, like Carlisle and Wrexham, are struggling in the league this season. The Saddlers sitting 12th in a 17 team table with one win, three draws and three defeats from their seven matches contested so far. Walsall in the cup however getting through their opening stage of the competition with a narrow 1-0 victory away to MK Dons.

Elsewhere in the second round draw sit non-league clubs Bolehall Swifts, Cambridge United, Coventry Sphinx, Thurrock and Woking who were all Football League giantkillers in round one. Finally, with the weather starting to turn for the worse, there are still five ties outstanding at the opening stage, one of those being Carlisle's due to midweek first-team league and then Johnstone's Paint Trophy commitments.



FA Youth Cup First Round Results

Crewe Alexandra 4-0 AFC Fylde
Bradford City 4-2 Rochdale
Hartlepool United 3-1 Whitley Bay
Carlisle United v Wrexham - Tuesday 16th November
Stockport County 1-4 Tranmere Rovers
Macclesfield Town 4-1 Fleetwood Town
Accrington Stanley v Darlington - Saturday 6th November
Bury 2-5 Oldham Athletic

Rotherham United 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield Town 5-1 Morecambe
Histon 0-3 Notts County
Bolehall Swifts 1-0 Northampton Town
Chesterfield 1-3 Port Vale
Grimsby Town 3-0 Stourbridge
Burton Albion v Stratford Town - Tuesday 9th November
Lincoln City 2-4 Peterborough United

Shrewsbury Town 5-1 Boston United
Milton Keynes Dons 0-1 Walsall
Coventry Sphinx 2-1 Hereford United