Town will learn their first opponents of the 2012/13 season on Thursday at 9.30am when the draw for the first round of the Capital One Cup — the League Cup’s latest guise - is announced. The 2012/13 campaign, which has been pushed back a couple of weeks due to the Olympics, starts with the first round ties which will be played in the week commencing August 13th.
The Blues are in the seeded group of southern clubs in the regionally-based draw. Last year, Town went down 2-1 to League Two Northampton at home at the first hurdle having been victorious on long away trips to Exeter and Shrewsbury in the previous two seasons.
The Championship fixtures for the 2012/13 campaign will be released on Monday at 9am when they will be available on TWTD.
Capital One Cup First Round Draw
North — Seeded
1 Barnsley
2 Blackpool
3 Burnley
4 Carlisle United
5 Derby County
6 Doncaster Rovers
7 Hartlepool United
8 Huddersfield Town
9 Hull City
10 Leeds United
11 Middlesbrough
12 Nottingham Forest
13 Notts County
14 Sheffield United
15 Sheffield Wednesday
16 Tranmere Rovers
North — Unseeded
1 Accrington Stanley
2 Bradford City
3 Burton Albion
4 Bury
5 Chesterfield
6 Crewe Alexandra
7 Fleetwood Town
8 Morecambe
9 Oldham Athletic
10 Port Vale
11 Preston North End
12 Rochdale
13 Rotherham United
14 Scunthorpe United
15 Shrewsbury Town
16 York City
South — Seeded
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Birmingham City
3 Brentford
4 Brighton & Hove Albion
5 Bristol City
6 Cardiff City
7 Charlton Athletic
8 Colchester United
9 Coventry City
10 Crystal Palace
11 Ipswich Town
12 Leicester City
13 Millwall
14 Milton Keynes Dons
15 Peterborough United
16 Portsmouth
17 Stevenage
18 Watford
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers
South — Unseeded
1 AFC Wimbledon
2 Aldershot Town
3 Barnet
4 Bristol Rovers
5 Cheltenham Town
6 Crawley Town
7 Dagenham & Redbridge
8 Exeter City
9 Gillingham
10 Leyton Orient
11 Northampton Town
12 Oxford United
13 Plymouth Argyle
14 Southend United
15 Swindon Town
16 Torquay United
17 Walsall
18 Wycombe Wanderers
19 Yeovil Town