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Town Away at Crawley - Ipswich Town News

Town will play League One Crawley away in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

The sides have not previously faced one another in a competitive game, although the Blues played pre-season friendlies at the Broadfield Stadium in July 2007, when they won 5-1, and last summer when the game ended 2-1 to the Blues with Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick (pen) on the scoresheet.

The Crawley squad currently includes former Blue Andy Drury and one-time Town academy midfielder Josh Simpson, while ex-striker Billy Clarke was released at the end of 2013/14.

The tie will be played in the week commencing August 11th and must be concluded on the night. Last year, Town lost 2-0 away at Stevenage at the first round stage of the competition.

The draw was seeded on the basis of last season’s final league positions and then split on a north and south basis.

Relegated former Premier League sides Norwich City and Fulham are not involved at the first round stage but Cardiff City, who finished bottom of the table, were amongst the seeded southern clubs.

The 2014/15 Championship fixtures will be announced at 9am tomorrow when as usual they will be available on TWTD.

Capital One Cup - First Round

Oldham Athletic v Middlesbrough

Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County

Tranmere Rovers v Nottingham Forest

Leeds United v Accrington Stanley

Bolton Wanderers v Bury

Rochdale v Preston North End

Rotherham United v Fleetwood Town

Carlisle United v Derby County

Port Vale v Hartlepool United

Morecambe v Bradford City

Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra

Chesterfield v Huddersfield Town

Blackburn Rovers v Scunthorpe United

Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic

York City v Doncaster Rovers

Sheffield United v Mansfield Town

Reading v Newport County

Bristol City v Oxford United

Brighton & Hove Albion v Cheltenham Town

Coventry City v Cardiff City

Luton Town v Swindon Town

Dagenham & Redbridge v Brentford

Charlton Athletic v Colchester United

Crawley Town v Ipswich Town

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Northampton Town

Yeovil Town v Gillingham

Milton Keynes Dons v AFC Wimbledon

Exeter City v AFC Bournemouth

Stevenage v Watford

Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient

Birmingham City v Cambridge United

Portsmouth v Peterborough United

Millwall v Wycombe Wanderers

Southend United v Walsall

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