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Carling Cup Draw This Morning - Ipswich Town News

Town will learn their Carling Cup first round opponents when the draw takes place at 10am this morning. The Blues are in the seeded section of the draw, which is split along north/south lines.

Hopefully, Town will get a more local game than in recent years with trips to Shrewsbury and Exeter in the last two seasons.

Birmingham City will receive a bye to round three as they are involved in the Europa League, which means newly-promoted Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon will play a preliminary match with one of the former Blue Square Bet Premier sides progressing to the first round.

Ties will be played in the week commencing Monday 8th August.

Town's Championship fixtures will be announced at 9am tomorrow when they will be available on TWTD.

Southern Section Seeded Teams
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Bristol City
Cardiff City
Colchester United
Crystal Palace
Exeter City
Ipswich Town
Leyton Orient
Millwall
Milton Keynes Dons
Peterborough United
Portsmouth
Reading
Southampton
Watford
West Ham United

Southern Section Unseeded Teams
Aldershot Town
Barnet
Bristol Rovers
Charlton Athletic
Cheltenham Town
Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon
Dagenham & Redbridge
Gillingham
Hereford United
Northampton Town
Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle
Southend United
Stevenage
Swindon Town
Torquay United
Wycombe Wanderers
Yeovil Town

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