Town face a lengthy trip to Cumbria in the second round of the Capital One Cup, having drawn League One Carlisle United away. The tie will be played in the week beginning August 27th.

The Blues last faced Carlisle, who beat Accrington Stanley 1-0 in their first round clash on Saturday, in the 1978/79 season when they ran out 3-2 victors in an FA Cup third round tie at Portman Road.

Kevin Beattie was amongst the scorers against his hometown club, along with John Wark and Arnold Muhren.

Overall, the clubs have only met 10 times in total, the teams winning five games apiece. The clubs have not previously met in the League Cup.

Town were last at Brunton Park in the Cumbrians' only season in the top flight, 1974/75, when the Blues were defeated 2-1 with Trevor Whymark on the scoresheet.

Blues boss Paul Jewell and Carlisle manager Greg Abbott are good friends from their time as players at Bradford together.

Capital One Cup - Second Round

Preston v Crystal Palace
Watford v Bradford
Swansea v Barnsley
Yeovil v West Brom
Coventry v Birmingham
West Ham v Crewe
Doncaster v Hull City
Carlisle v Ipswich
Reading v Peterborough
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Leicester v Burton
Burnley v Plymouth
QPR v Walsall
Stevenage v Southampton
Nottm Forest v Wigan
Stoke v Swindon
Aston Villa v Tranmere
Crawley v Bolton
Gillingham v Middlesbrough
Northampton v Wolves
Everton v Leyton Orient
MK Dons v Blackburn
Leeds v Oxford Utd
Sunderland v Morecambe
Norwich v Scunthorpe.

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OnlyOneSirBobby added 12:55 - Aug 15 Nice and easy to get to then...
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Big_Foot_Blue added 12:55 - Aug 15 Nothing like a length of the country trip straight after another long trip to Blackpool the weekend before and a big home game against Huddersfield the next weekend, going to be a draining week for the lads.
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dalinghooblue added 12:55 - Aug 15 Damn
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Wallingford_Boy added 12:56 - Aug 15 Round 3 here we come then..
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WeirdFishes added 13:01 - Aug 15 IPSWICH ARE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY
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TractorBoy666 added 13:02 - Aug 15 Couldn't of got a more worse tie. Not saying Carlisle are amazing but the travelling is going to tire the lads out. They might as well get a hotel up there to stay for a few weeks!
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NoCanariesAllowed added 13:03 - Aug 15 Dear oh dear. And I thought Exeter was a nuisance a couple of years back...! Sometimes you do have to wonder whether there's a wisdom in us usually getting knocked out of this tournament early!
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NITFC added 13:05 - Aug 15 More to the point, what time are we going to get home after that one. May as well skip sleep and go straight to work
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Matthew_Crush added 13:25 - Aug 15 good draw but far travel obviously . . at least we should progress into next round
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BYRNE_16 added 13:28 - Aug 15 nothing is ever easy in the league cup!
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BYRNE_16 added 13:28 - Aug 15 nothing is ever easy in the league cup!
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PeekFreans added 13:35 - Aug 15 Went to the FA Cup game in 78/79.....won't be going to this one though
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buryblue77 added 13:37 - Aug 15 Oh bugger! as I find it difficult to get to games (as I work every Saturday) I can only make home evening games, I was hoping for another home match which o nce I've finished work I can usually get over in just about enough time, not going to make this one though but at least it should be easy (ish) to get through.
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SuperReuser added 13:38 - Aug 15 Portman Road, Ipswich to Brunton Park, Carlise = 340 miles Portman Road, Ipswich to FC Helmond Sport, Netherlands (route though London, Dover to Calais, through France, Belgium and then up into Holland) = 336 miles Our European pre-season friendlies were closer than this one haha!
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BoredWithThisNow added 13:39 - Aug 15 Couldn't be more underwhelmed if I tried
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prospekt85 added 13:41 - Aug 15 at least they aint got far to go then...
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ThatMuhrenCross added 13:49 - Aug 15 Town need to set up a training camp in the north of England that week to cut down the travelling!
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scooterblue added 14:30 - Aug 15 i've got 2 weeks off so am tempted to go.
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bluey123 added 14:56 - Aug 15 Now we can concentrate on avoiding relegation
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mikey95itfc added 15:50 - Aug 15 good tie for ipswich should get through to the next round but carilse will be tricky
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bluey123 added 15:58 - Aug 15 JEWELL OUT Relegation certainties
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Michael11 added 17:47 - Aug 15 I said before last nights game that i'd rather just get out the cup specifically to avoid long horrible journeys like this!
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Stourbridgeblue added 18:24 - Aug 15 Well at least I'm halfway there already. Still a hell of a trip though.
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PonsonbyBlue added 19:27 - Aug 15 Sorry to ramble but just wanted to make a quick comment. Have been a Town fan for 30 years, although never having actually lived in Ipswich (apologies but born in Norwich and moved away when 12). Anyway, I moved to NZ about seven years ago but still love the club more than anything and log on to Phil's brilliant site virtually every day. Unfortunately I had to move back to the UK, and Carlisle, in Nov when my mum fell ill. She passed away in May and I am still here, helping dad. Obviously it's the most horrific time, but four days ago I booked tickets for the Blackpool game, looking to see ITFC for the first time in over a decade. And then what happens...!! I get to see them twice in a week, up here in Carlisle. For the first time, in a long time, I actually had a smile on my face today. Can't believe I get to walk to an Ipswich game!! Any fans who make the trip fancy a pint at the local opposite the ground (the Beehive), just let me know. And Phil, thanks again for the site. Will try and submit a blog or two later in the season. Ipswich Town and your site are one of the few lights still on in my life right now. COYB

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reuser90 added 19:37 - Aug 15 Ponsonby blue......good on yer mate. COYB!!
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