please log in to view this image Eight teams find themselves in four regional groups - north west, north east, south west and south east – while 16 clubs have byes and will enter the tournament at the second round stage. Crewe Alexandra, who lifted the trophy for the first time at Wembley in April, will be in first round action in the north west section but the side they beat in the final, Southend United, have received a bye. Of the three clubs relegated from the Championship last season, Wolverhampton Wanderers find themselves in the north east section while Bristol City will be in the south west draw and Peterborough United have a bye. The two clubs promoted from the Blue Square Premier last season, Newport County and Mansfield Town, have both received an automatic passage into the second round. The full list of which clubs are in the respective sections can be found below. The first round draw will be held on Sky Sports’ Soccer AM programme on Saturday, August 17 with the ties to be played the week commencing September 2. Northern Section West : Accrington Stanley, Bury, Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Tranmere Rovers. Northern Section East : Bradford City, Burton Albion, Hartlepool United, Notts County, S****horpe United, Sheffield United, Walsall, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Southern Section West : Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers. Southern Section East: AFC Wimbledon, Brentford, Colchester United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Milton Keynes Dons, Northampton Town. Northern Section byes: Carlisle United, Morecambe, Preston North End, Rochdale, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Rotherham United, York City. Southern Section byes: Crawley Town, Newport County, Oxford United, Swindon Town, Coventry City, Peterborough United, Southend United, Stevenage. who ever we get, I hope our young players such as Reid, Burns, Ajala, Brundle etc get a run out
I say if we get to the final against Wolves that will be a sellout at Wembley. Serious money to be made in the competition,i am sure SoD will want to do well. fantastic days out the previous four finals we went to.
I seriously doubt we'll get to the final, and to be honest I hope we don't take it too seriously. I want to see the youngsters given a real chance in this trophy. Set the age cap to under 23 and let the academy kids have a go at first-team football.
Of course we should take it seriously....can't believe we would think otherwise. Money to be made, chance of a local derby, and what other cup will we have the chance....a genuine chance that is.....of getting to Wembley?
Any citation on this? I find it hard to believe that there's that much money in a good cup run for the JPT, especially when compared to the benefits of a fit team in the league.
I really, really hope we rest Baldock and JET, Cunningham and Maloney, Flint, Wynter and Wags. Which means basically we've got no chance and by the way CCR we are actually on a cup run at the moment, in what used to be known as The League Cup
We're not to bad in this competition to be fair and if we think we can be up there in league 1 then we should have high hopes for this cup. Lets have another trip to Wembley
we will only make money in this competition IF we make the final or draw Bristol Rovers at home the experience the younger lads will gain would be priceless I am not saying the whole starting 11 should be youngsters, but at least 5-6 alongside Carey Harewood and a couple of seasoned professionals
for a club like the rovers who spend all their time in the bottom divs they haven't done much in this cup, not really the 'Barca of the 4th'
