1st round Carling Cup draw. Home teams listed first, all ties to be played during the week of August 23. Lincoln v Derby Sunderland v Chester Darlington v Barnsley Hull v Wrexham Nottingham Forest v Scunthorpe Rochdale v Wolves Bradford v Notts County Bury v Burnley Tranmere v Shrewbury Crewe v Blackpool Mansfield v Preston Sheffield Wednesday v Walsall Sheffield United v Stockport Hartlepool v Macclesfield Doncaster v Port Vale Oldham v Stoke Grimsby v Wigan Rotherham v Chesterfield Leeds v Huddersfield Colchester v Cheltenham Peterborough v Milton Keynes Dons Gillingham v Northampton Brighton v Bristol Rovers Leyton Orient v Bournemouth Wycombe v Bristol City Boston v Luton Watford v Cambridge QPR v Swansea Kidderminster v Cardiff West Ham v Southend Ipswich v Brentford Rushden & Diamonds v Swindon Oxford v Reading Yeovil v Plymouth Coventry v Torquay Premiership sides not playing in European competition, as well as Leicester City enter the competition in Round 2. Premiership teams also playing in Europe, as well as Millwall, enter the competition in Round 3.
Vale don't make a habit of going too far in the League Cup (whatever guise it comes under) so I can't get too excited about a tie against doncaster Rovers.
Interesting storyline here, as Swansea's manager, Kenny Jackett, was #2 to QPR manager Ian Holloway for the last few seasons until taking over at Swansea toward the end of last season. He's got one former QPR player on trial right now and made noises about wanting a couple of others before they signed at a higher level (several returned to QPR and one went to Franchise FC).
Here are the Carling Cup referee appointments if you're interested in who's refereeing your team in Round 1.
Another interesting story is that Stockport and Sheffield United have the same owners/board members...... Now they have played each other a few times recently and Sheffield have always won..........