Carlisle is my husband’s closest football team. He has no interest in football (those two points are probably related) so he won’t care but I’m interested on his behalf.
For me the televised game is a no brainer. Wimbledon vs Mk Dons. But guarantee it’ll be Sky Sports vs Leeds that’s on.
Northern section Tranmere Rovers v Hull City Grimsby Town v Doncaster Rovers Wigan Athletic v Stoke City Port Vale v Burton Albion Nottingham Forest v Fleetwood Town Bradford City v Preston North End Blackpool v Macclesfield Town Blackburn Rovers v Oldham Athletic Mansfield Town v Morecambe Accrington Stanley v Sunderland Scunthorpe United v Derby County Rochdale v Bolton Wanderers Huddersfield Town v Lincoln City Middlesbrough v Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury Town v Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday v Bury Salford City v Leeds United Barnsley v Carlisle United Southern section Colchester United v Swindon Town AFC Wimbledon v Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United v Peterborough United QPR v Bristol City Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient Wycombe Wanderers v Reading Charlton Athletic v Forest Green Rovers Gillingham v Newport County Stevenage v Southend United Luton Town v Ipswich Town Walsall v Crawley Town Bristol Rovers v Cheltenham Town Brentford v Cambridge United Coventry City v Exeter City Swansea City v Northampton Town West Bromwich Albion v Millwall Portsmouth v Birmingham City
Just 27 games with the last one 33 years ago..... https://www.11v11.com/teams/carlisle-united/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Barnsley/
Can I just point out to everyone that is getting excited, that this will be a crap match, even with a strong team. We'll try something different, the atmosphere with 4 fans will be poor, and it will probably be level after 90 minutes. 1st round cup matches are always the same. And then we lose at the end of extra time. And then I miss my train. Or it goes to penalties and I miss another train. If it was away, it might be different, but it's not, it's at home. It's almost guaranteed to be crap. I'll be there* *Pending time off work.