A number of names leap out from the list of the other sides involved in the UEFA Cup qualifying round. Sides familiar from previous UEFA Cup campaigns, and at least one which would mean a lot to a current player. Meanwhile unofficial reports say Town could be seeded for the qualifying round.
Hermann Hreidarsson's old club ÃBV Vestmannæyjar are in the draw along with
fellow Icelanders Fylkir. Hermann is from the Vestmann Islands and last season expressed a desire to play against his countrymen in the UEFA Cup.
One name familiar from Town's 1979/80 European campaign is Swiss side Grasshoppers. Back then the Blues lost on the away goals rule after drawing 0-0 at home and 1-1 away.
Also there are Aberdeen who Town lost to in 1981/82, drawing 1-1 at home and losing 3-1 away.
Bobby Robson's old side FC Porto are also there as are Bontcho Guentchev's former club CSKA Sofia.
Uofficial sources say that Town will be seeded for the qualifying round as they have a high UEFA Team Ranking.
Full list:
ALBANIA SK Tirana
ALBANIA KS Partizani
ANDORRA FC Encamp
ARMENIA FC Zvartnots AAL
ARMENIA FC Spartak Yerevan
AUSTRIA FK Austria Wien
AZERBAIJAN FC Neftchi
AZERBAIJAN FC Kapaz
BELGIUM RSC Anderlecht
BOSNIA FK Sarajevo
BOSNIA NK Å iroki Brijeg
BELARUS FC Gomel
BELARUS FC Dinamo Minsk
BULGARIA FC CSKA Sofia
BULGARIA PFC Litex Lovech
CROATIA NK Dinamo Zagreb
CROATIA HNK Hajduk Split
CROATIA NK Varteks
CYPRUS Anorthosis Famagusta FC
CYPRUS AEL Limassol FC
CZECH REPUBLIC FK Viktoria Zizkov
CZECH REPUBLIC SK Sigma Olomouc
DENMARK Odense BK
DENMARK FC København
DENMARK FC Midtjylland
ESTONIA To be confirmed
ESTONIA TVMK Tallinn
FAROE ISLANDS KÃ KlaksvÃk
FAROE ISLANDS Gà Gøtu
FINLAND To be confirmed
FINLAND HJK Helsinki
GEORGIA FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
GEORGIA FC Dinamo Tbilisi
HUNGARY Újpesti TE
HUNGARY Ferencvárosi TC
IRELAND Dundalk FC
IRELAND Shamrock Rovers FC
ICELAND Fylkir
ICELAND ÃBV Vestmannæyjar
ISRAEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv
ISRAEL Hapoel Tel-Aviv
LATVIA FC Dinaburg
LATVIA FK Ventspils
LIECHTENSTEIN FC Vaduz
LITHUANIA FK Sudava
LITHUANIA FK Atlantas
LUXEMBOURG FC Avenir Beggen
LUXEMBOURG CS Grevenmacher
MACEDONIA FK Pobeda
MACEDONIA FK Belasica GC
MALTA Birkirkara FC
MALTA Sliema Wanderers FC
MOLDOVA FC Nistru Otaci
MOLDOVA FC Zimbru Chisinau
NORTHERN IRELAND Linfield FC
NORTHERN IRELAND Glentoran FC
NOR Stabæk IF
POLAND TS Wisla Kraków
POLAND KS Amica Wronki
POLAND KP Polonia Warszawa
PORTUGAL FC Porto
ROMANIA To be confirmed
ROMANIA FC Dinamo Bucuresti
RUSSIA FC Zenit St. Petersburg
SCOTLAND Aberdeen FC
SCOTLAND Livingston FC
SLOVENIA NK Gorica
SLOVENIA NK Primorje
SAN MARINO SP Domagnano
SWITZERLAND Grasshopper-Club
SWITZERLAND FC Lugano
SWITZERLAND Servette FC
SLOVAKIA FK VTJ KOBA Senec
SLOVAKIA ŠKM Púchov
SWEDEN To be confirmed
SWEDEN Djurgådens IF
SWEDEN AIK Solna
UKRAINE FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
WALES Bangor City FC
WALES TNS Llansantffraid FC
YUGOSLAVIA To be confirmed
YUGOSLAVIA FK Crvena Zvezda