Carling Cup draw

[riverroyal]

Found this on the web . . . we could get a local derby!

The results of the draw will be made public at 10am on Thursday with the First Round matches taking place on week commencing August 8th.

The seeded teams in the South are likely to be:
West Ham, Swansea City, Cardiff City, Reading, Millwall, Ipswich Town, Watford, Bristol City, Portsmouth, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Brighton & Hove Albion, Southampton, MK Dons, AFC Bournemouth, Leyton Orient, Exeter City, Colchester United, Brentford.

The un-seeded teams in the South are likely to be:
Charlton, Notts County, Yeovil Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Swindon Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Stevenage, Torquay United, Gillingham, Oxford United, Southend United, Aldershot Town, Cheltenham Town, Hereford United, Barnet, Crawley Town, AFC Wimbledon.

The seeded teams in the North are likely to be:
Leeds United, Burnley, Barnsley, Leicester City, Hull City, Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Peterborough United, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Preston North End, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe United, Huddersfield Town, Rochdale, Carlisle United.

The un-seeded teams in the North are likely to be:
Sheffield Wednesday, Hartlepool United, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Chesterfield, Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Accrington Stanley, Bradford City, Burton Albion, Crewe Alexandra, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Port Vale, Rotherham United, Northampton Town.

Birmingham City and Blackpool each receive a bye to the Second Round.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

we could get a local derby!

Been that way for the last few years - hence why we've drawn Dag & Red, Burton & Torquay.

As ever, I'll be hoping we get Aldershot, Swindon or Oxford away but we'll probably end up with Charlton at home.

Also, I doubt Notts County will be in the "South" with Northampton in the "North"

From the list (with Northampton & Notts County swapped) any of the following away please:

Northampton
Yeovil Town
Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Gillingham
Oxford United
Southend United
Aldershot Town
Cheltenham Town
Hereford United
Barnet
Crawley Town
AFC Wimbledon

[leww_rfc]

Surely Nottingham should be north and leicester south?

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Surely Nottingham should be north and leicester south?

And that too

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Also not sure how Blackpool (now in the Championship) get a bye and Swansea (now in the Premier League) don't.

Think I'll wait for the FL to post the correct line up

[leww_rfc]

[riverroyal]

It's all done on last season's league positions, that's why Swansea are in the first round and Blackpool are not . . .

Agree over the north/south teams, although the article did only say teams in the categories are likely to be. Strangely I remember Shrewsbury being in the southern section several times.

[roadrunner]

Swindon or Oxford please. It's been far too long.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

It's all done on last season's league positions, that's why Swansea are in the first round and Blackpool are not . . .

Wrong. It's done on last season's positions with promotion & relegation taken into consideration and with the teams in European Competitions getting a bye - those teams knocked out in the qualifying rounds get a bye to round 2, those in the competitions "proper" get a bye to round 3. PL teams not in Europe enter in round 2.

So, it'll be a case of:

Brum - bye to round 2 at least
Blackpool - no bye

[Winchester Royal]

Swindon or Oxford please. It's been far too long.

'Greed, Aldershot would do too.

[TBM]

we could get a local derby!

Been that way for the last few years - hence why we've drawn Dag & Red, Burton & Torquay.

lol, how are they local?

[T.R.O.L.I.]

we could get a local derby!

Been that way for the last few years - hence why we've drawn Dag & Red, Burton & Torquay.

lol, how are they local?

My bad - trying to slip in a few posts outside of the lunch break

As in - we've been more likely to get a "local derby" since the draw was regionalised and seeded although as you point out - they're not that local (more "local" than Hartlepool I guess).

Maybe we'll get lucky this season (expecting Plymouth away now I've cursed it )

[TBM]

i knew what you meant - just thought it was funny with the examples you gave

[anR]

Swindon or Oxford please. It's been far too long.

'Greed, Aldershot would do too.

AFC Wimbeldon would be my top choice...

[RFCMod]

O*f*rd or Aldershit please

[Irvinchangeyaname]

Crawley Town away please.

[Jackson Corner]

Shots away for me, a trip down memory lane my first ever away game.

[Mr Angry]

Crawley Town away please.

+1

Another new ground to notch up.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Crawley (& Scott Davies) would be definitely be a good one to get.

Presume ties will be played w/c 8th August.....

[Red]

AFC Wimbledon away please.