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Competitively the two sides have met twice at Christie Park over the years, both in the Conference season of 2004-05. The first game came on Boxing Day in the league in a 1-1 draw when Karl Hawley's 15th minute strike was cancelled out by Michael Twiss after 49 minutes.
Meanwhile the other match was in the fourth round of the northern section of the Conference Cup in mid-February. A second-string Carlisle side going behind to a goal from that man Danny Carlton on 11 minutes before Craig Farrell equalised bang on the hour-mark. No further work for the scorers meaning that the tie went to penalties after extra-time, a shootout which the Shrimps won easily 3-1.
Back to the draw this year and a bumper 16 teams have got a bye into the second round, Carlisle themselves unable to be given a bye due to the new rules introduced this season which say that a side getting a bye in the last campaign is not eligible to get one the following season. The rest of the group and bye details for the draw being as follows :
Northern Section - West
Oldham Athletic v Accrington Stanley
Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County
Walsall v Bury
Morecambe v Carlisle United
Northern Section - East
Darlington v Lincoln City
Rochdale v Bradford City
Rotherham United v Huddersfield Town
Burton Albion v Chesterfield
Southern Section - East
Barnet v Millwall
Norwich City v Brentford
Milton Keynes Dons v Dagenham & Redbridge
Gillingham v Colchester United
Southern Section - West
Wycombe Wanderers v Northampton Town
Cheltenham Town v Torquay United
Hereford United v Bristol Rovers
AFC Bournemouth v Yeovil Town
Ties to be played week commencing 31st August.
The 16 clubs awarded a Round One bye are as follows:
Northern Section - Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Leeds United, Macclesfield Town, Notts County, Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town and Tranmere Rovers.
Southern Section - Aldershot Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Exeter City, Leyton Orient, Southampton, Southend United and Swindon Town.