carling cup

[heysham_mfc]

anyone know if for the first round it will be split into north and south sections like last season or are we just all together

[marky No.1]

The 1st round will be North/South and seeded so that the Championship (minus Newcastle & M'Boro) and Top Half of League 1 will face lower League 1 and League 2.

The draw would look something like this? We would face one of the teams in Northern seeded section. Blackpool or Leeds would be nice We've already beaten Preston in this competition

Southern Seeded Teams

Reading
Cardiff
Swansea
Ipswich
Bristol City
QPR
Watford
Crystal Palace
Plymouth
Norwich
Southampton
Charlton
Peterborough
Millwall
Southend
Bristol Rovers
Colchester
MK Dons

Northern Seeded Teams

Stockport
WBA
Sheffield United
Preston
Doncaster
Blackpool
Coventry
Derby
Nottingham Forest
Barnsley
Leicester
Leeds
Scunthorpe
Tranmere
Huddersfield
Oldham

Southern Unseeded Teams

Brentford
Exeter
Wycombe
Gillingham
Dagenham
Aldershot
Barnet
Bournemouth
Torquay
Leyton Orient
Swindon
Brighton
Yeovil
Northampton
Cheltenham
Hereford
Walsall
Shrewsbury

Northern Unseeded Teams

Bury
Rochdale
Bradford
Chesterfield
Morecambe
Darlington
Lincoln
Rotherham
Accrington
Port Vale
Notts County
Macclesfield
Grimsby
Burton
Hartlepool
Carlisle
Crewe

[heysham_mfc]

thanks for that I wouln't mind a little trip to Elland Road