Following the Football League`s announcement regarding this seasons Carling Cup draw this Thursday, we can now give you the up to date details.
For the first time in the competitions history, there will be a Preliminary round due to Championship side Birmingham City qualifying for Europe, after winning last seasons Carling Cup.
Last seasons two promoted sides from the Football conference, Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon will meet in the Preliminary round at Crawley.
The first round will once again be split into Northern and Southern sections, with seeded and unseeded sides.
Leeds are amongst the sides seeded in the Northern section.
North – Seeded
1. Barnsley
2. Blackpool
3. Burnley
4. Carlisle United
5. Coventry City
6. Derby County
7. Doncaster Rovers
8. Huddersfield Town
9. Hull City
10. Leeds United
11. Leicester City
12. Middlesbrough
13. Nottingham Forest
14. Preston North End
15. Rochdale
16. Scunthorpe United
17. Sheffield United
North – Unseeded
1. Accrington Stanley
2. Bradford City
3. Burton Albion
4. Bury
5. Chesterfield
6. Crewe Alexander
7. Hartlepool United
8. Macclesfield Town
9. Morecambe
10. Notts County
11. Oldham Athletic
12. Port Vale
13. Rotherham United
14. Sheffield Wednesday
15. Shrewsbury Town
16. Tranmere Rovers
17. Walsall
South – Seeded
1. Bournemouth
2. Brentford
3. Brighton & Hove Albion
4. Bristol City
5. Cardiff City
6. Colchester United
7. Crystal Palace
8. Exeter City
9. Ipswich Town
10. Leyton Orient
11. Millwall
12. MK Dons
13. Peterborough United
14. Portsmouth
15. Reading
16. Southampton
17. Watford
18. West Ham United
South – Unseeded
1. Aldershot
2. Barnet
3. Bristol Rovers
4. Charlton Athletic
5. Cheltenham Town
6. Crawley Town / AFC Wimbledon
7. Dagenham & Redbridge
8. Gillingham
9. Hereford United
10. Northampton Town
11. Oxford United
12. Plymouth Argyle
13. Southend United
14. Stevenage
15. Swindon Town
16. Torquay United
17. Wycombe Wanderers
18. Yeovil Town
The Football League will announce the first round draw at 9am, this Thursday, 16th June.
The first round ties will take place week commencing August 8th.
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