United were knocked out of the first round of the League Cup last season by the same Stockport side, the Blues going down 2-0 away from home on that occasion. Worse was to come for the Cumbrians though in the first game of the current league campaign, Carlisle being thrashed 4-0 by the Hatters on the Brunton Park training pitch, a Chris Coward hat-trick and a James Vincent 30-yarder after just two minutes condemning the Blues to an opening day defeat.
Northern Section Second Round Draw
Mansfield or Wrexham v Port Vale
Grimsby v Oldham
Boston v Hull
Tranmere v Wigan
Lincoln v Scunthorpe
Carlisle v Stockport
Preston v Bury
Chester v Rochdale
Ties will take place on Saturday 11th November 2006, with an 11am kick-off unless otherwise agreed by the clubs.
Northern Section Round One Results
Burnley 2-8 Stockport
Carlisle 4-0 Bradford City
Chesterfield 2-4 Preston
Darlington 1-1 Tranmere (Tranmere won 5-4 on penalties)
Doncaster 0-3 Grimsby
Hartlepool 1-4 Boston
Macclesfield 0-1 Chester
Mansfield P-P Wrexham (waterlogged pitch)
Oldham 5-1 Shrewsbury
Rochdale 2-1 Rotherham
Scunthorpe 3-0 Accrington Stanley
Walsall 1-3 Bury
The Southern section of the draw contains 21 teams split into three groups of seven, every team plays the other one in their group once thus each side playing six games in total. The top placed club from each group plus one second placed club with the best overall record then qualifying for the Area Semi Finals. Midway through the qualifying games the groups are topped by Swansea City, Northampton Town and Swindon Town, with Brentford currently the runner-up with the best record.
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