Today sees the National League North and South clubs enter the competition for the first time at the 2nd qualifying round, which is actually the 4th qualifying round as there are two preliminary qualifying rounds.

A couple of interesting ties include York City travelling to step 5 club Irlam and locally Alfreton are away at high flyers Kings Lynn in an all NL North tie.

Notts and the rest of the National League clubs will enter the competition at the 4th qualifying round stage on the weekend of October 19th.

Prize money for this qualifying round (2nd) is £6,750.00 for the winners, £2,250.00 for the losers.

Prize money for the qualifying rounds:

Extra preliminary round winners (184) £2,250 Losers receive £750
Preliminary round winners (160) £2,890 Losers receive £960
First round qualifying winners (116) £4,500 Losers receive £1,500
Second Round Qualifying winners (80) £6,750 Losers receive £2,250
Third Round Qualifying winners (40) £11,250 Losers receive £3,750
Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32) £18,750 Losers receive £6,250

Once you get into the 1st round proper you get nothing for losing:

First Round Proper winners (40) £36,000
Second Round Proper winners (20) £54,000
Third Round Proper winners (32) £135,000
Fourth Round Proper winners (16) £180,000
Fifth Round Proper winners (8) £360,000
Quarter-Final winners (4) £720,000
Semi-Final winners (2) £1,800,000
Semi-Final losers (2) £900,000
Final runners-up (1) £1,800,000
Final winners (1) £3,600,000

Numbers in brackets represent number of teams involved at that stage.