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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reuser90 added 19:38 - Aug 15 ps. is that Chopra on the "Plenty" kitchen towels ad?????
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TimmyH added 19:49 - Aug 15 going to be a toughie!
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michaeldownunder added 21:30 - Aug 15 Blackpool before, Huddersfield after, no problems we wil just rotate our squad Ummmmmmmmmm
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Sospiri added 23:01 - Aug 15 I used to work with a mad keen Carlisle fan. He brought in a clipping one day of a league table from god knows when showing Carlise top of the then Dvison 1 and, I think, Ipswich second. Hard to believe now!
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