The draw for Round One of the Carling Cup will be announced at 12.00pm on June 21. The first round draw involves all 72 Football League clubs, with clubs split on a North/South basis and seeded on the basis of last season's league positions. Seeded clubs will be drawn against unseeded clubs. North | South | SeededTeams | SeededTeams | 1 Sunderland | 1 Birmingham City | 2 Preston North End | 2 West Bromwich Albion | 3 Leeds United | 3 Crystal Palace | 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 Coventry City | 5 Stoke City | 5 Norwich City | 6 Leicester City | 6 Luton Town | 7 Burnley | 7Cardiff City | 8 Hull City | 8 Southampton | 9 Sheffield Wednedsay | 9 Plymouth Argyle | 10 Derby County | 10 Ipswich Town | 11 Barnsley | 11 Queens Park Rangers | 12 Crewe Alexandra | 12 Southend United | 13 Huddersfield Town | 13 Colchester United | 14 Nottingham Forest | 14 Millwall | 15 Doncaster Rovers | 15 Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 Oldham Athletic | 16 Brentford | 17 Bradford City | 17 Swansea City | 18 Scunthorpe United | 18 Bristol City | Unseeded Teams | Unseeded Teams | 19 Port Vale | 19 Gillingham | 20 Chesterfield | 20 Yeovil Town | 21 Tranmere Rovers | 21 AFC Bournemouth | 22 Blackpool | 22 Northampton Town | 23 Rotherham United | 23Leyton Orient | 24 Carlisle United | 24 Cheltenham Town | 25 Hartlepool United | 25 Milton Keynes Dons | 26 Grimsby Town | 26 Swindon Town | 27 Lincoln City | 27 Walsall | 28 Darlington | 28 Wycombe Wanderers | 29 Wrexham | 29 Peterborough United | 30 Rochdale | 30 Shrewsbury Town | 31 Chester City | 31 Boston United | 32 Mansfield Town | 32 Bristol Rovers | 33 Macclesfield Town | 33 Barnet | 34 Bury | 34Torquay United | 35 Stockport County | 35 Notts County | 36 Accrington Stanley | 36 Hereford United |
Round Two of the competition will see the winners of Round One joined by the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in Europe: Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Everton, Fulham, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Reading, Sheffield United, Watford, Wigan Athletic. Round Three will see the entry of the eight Premier League clubs participating in European Competition: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United (Intertoto Cup), Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United.
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