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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 Cumbrians will be hoping to make the third round of the competition again after getting to that stage of the FA Cup last season. Carlisle, backed by 6,000 supporters on Merseyside, eventually going down 3-1 against Everton at Goodison Park after defeating Morecambe, following a replay, and Norwich in the first and second rounds.
Not only is it a good chance to progress to the third round for a potential payday once more 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 over the last two years is down by about 5% to 10% in each "proper" round from 2008, breaks down thus :
Fourth Round Qualifying Winners - £12,500
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 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 the FA website and ITV1 in a special programme broadcast betweem 12.30pm and 1pm, and if you can abide watching Norman Cook and Helen Chamberlain pick the balls out then Blues fans will be on tenterhooks as we wait for the number ELEVEN 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 Aldershot Town
3 Barnet
4 Bournemouth
5 Bradford City
6 Brentford
7 Brighton & Hove Albion
8 Bristol Rovers
9 Burton Albion
10 Bury
11 Carlisle United
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Cheltenham Town
14 Chesterfield
15 Colchester United
16 Crewe Alexandra
17 Dagenham & Redbridge
18 Exeter City
19 Gillingham
20 Hartlepool United
21 Hereford United
22 Huddersfield Town
23 Leyton Orient
24 Lincoln City
25 Macclesfield Town
26 Milton Keynes Dons
27 Morecambe
28 Northampton Town
29 Notts County
30 Oldham Athletic
31 Oxford United
32 Peterborough United
33 Plymouth Argyle
34 Port Vale
35 Rochdale
36 Rotherham United
37 Sheffield Wednesday
38 Shrewsbury Town
39 Southampton
40 Southend United
41 Stevenage
42 Stockport County
43 Swindon Town
44 Torquay United
45 Tranmere Rovers
46 Walsall
47 Wycombe Wanderers
48 Yeovil Town
49 Mossley v Darlington
50 Sheffield v Tipton Town
51 Guiseley v Redditch United
52 Fleetwood Town v Buxton
53 Altrincham v Gateshead
54 Vauxhall Motors v Newcastle Town
55 FC United of Manchester v Barrow
56 Workington v Nuneaton Town
57 Tamworth v Grimsby Town
58 Kidderminster Harriers v York City
59 FC Halifax Town v Mansfield Town
60 Wrexham v Southport
61 Stalybridge Celtic v Eastwood Town
62 Droylsden v Barwell
63 Woking v Eastleigh
64 Hythe Town v Staines Town
65 Eastbourne Borough v Harrow Borough
66 Cambridge United v Lewes
67 Corby Town v Salisbury City
68 Newport County v Crawley Town
69 Luton Town v St Albans City
70 Farnborough v Dover Athletic
71 Kettering Town v Rushden & Diamonds
72 Carshalton Athletic v Bromley
73 Hendon v Metropolitan Police
74 Leiston v Dartford
75 Basingstoke Town v AFC Wimbledon
76 Swindon Supermarine v Bath City
77 Havant & Waterlooville v Histon
78 Forest Green Rovers v Maidenhead United
79 Poole Town v Hayes & Yeading United
80 Ebbsfleet United v Boreham Wood