Fans can start preparing for 2010/11 in earnest later this week with the draw for the first round of the Carling Cup on Wednesday and the release of the league fixtures on Thursday.

The Carling Cup draw will be held at 9.30am on Wednesday with the Blues amongst the seeded clubs in the southern section. The regional nature of the draw doesn’t mean that there isn’t the possibility of a long trip, with Town having been given a visit to Shrewsbury at this stage a year ago.

Burnley and Hull City, as the clubs involved in round one highest placed in last year’s league tables, have been handed a bye to round two.

TWTD will have Town's full programme of league fixtures available on the site as soon as they are officially released at 9am on Thursday.

Carling Cup — Round One

South - Seeded
1. Portsmouth
2. Cardiff City
3. Swansea City
4. Reading
5. Bristol City
6. Queens Park Rangers
7. Ipswich Town
8. Watford
9. Crystal Palace
10. Norwich City
11. Millwall
12. Plymouth Argyle
13. Charlton Athletic
14. Swindon Town
15. Southampton
16. Colchester United
17. Brentford
18. Bristol Rovers
19. Milton Keynes Dons
20. Brighton & Hove Albion

South - Unseeded
1. Yeovil Town
2. Leyton Orient
3. Exeter City
4. Notts County
5. AFC Bournemouth
6. Dagenham & Redbridge
7. Gillingham
8. Wycombe Wanderers
9. Southend United
10. Aldershot Town
11. Port Vale
12. Northampton Town
13. Shrewsbury Town
14. Burton Albion
15. Hereford United
16. Torquay United
17. Barnet
18. Cheltenham Town
19. Stevenage
20. Oxford United

North - Seeded
1. Nottingham Forest
2. Leicester City
3. Sheffield United
4. Middlesbrough
5. Doncaster Rovers
6. Derby County
7. Preston North End
8. Barnsley
9. Coventry City
10. Scunthorpe United
11. Leeds United
12. Sheffield Wednesday
13. Peterborough United
14. Huddersfield Town
15. Walsall

North - Unseeded
1. Carlisle United
2. Oldham Athletic
3. Tranmere Rovers
4. Hartlepool United
5. Rochdale
6. Stockport County
7. Morecambe
8. Rotherham United
9. Chesterfield
10. Bury
11. Bradford City
12. Accrington Stanley
13. Crewe Alexandra
14. Macclesfield Town
15. Lincoln City

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Luke8644 added 10:31 - Jun 14 cant wait! one day before my bday! gunna be great!
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Wallingford_Boy added 10:33 - Jun 14 Oxford away please.
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SwindonBlue added 10:39 - Jun 14 I'll take that as well Wallingford!! Does anyone know what date the Championship season starts on?
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FenboyBlue added 10:43 - Jun 14 Thank god for this! I look forward to the draw more than England playing Algeria.
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blueherts added 10:49 - Jun 14 Exeter - bring back Stewie!!
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ExeterTractorBoy added 11:05 - Jun 14 Exeter Away will do me nicely.
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dirtydingusmagee added 11:05 - Jun 14 Well thats going to be more exciting than World Cup, all those bloody blow flies buzzing around the microphones are making it hard going. Who cares who we get this is the season when we win everything ! ....... isnt it ? COYB
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OsborneOneNil added 11:08 - Jun 14 Town home league match on August 14th please.
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yorksblue added 11:13 - Jun 14 Keep the cup. I can't face another embarassing early exit. Donny, Notts Co, MKD, P'boro have made us a laughing stock each year.
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SitfcB added 11:14 - Jun 14 Weekend of 6th/7th and 8th of Aug, Swindon.
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bestblue added 11:23 - Jun 14 How the hell does Port Vale come out "South" and Leicester and Nottingham "North" ??
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dobbie73 added 11:24 - Jun 14 Burton Albion, cos they have nice beer!
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IpswichElvis added 12:17 - Jun 14 Sod the cup. How about Naarwich at home in the league though. First game. Think we will have signed anyone by then Roy?
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pimballwizard added 12:35 - Jun 14 Ill take Shrewsbury in the Cup... best game of the last season I M O crackin crowd plenty of goals .. second string of players who were up for a good game and we won on penalties thanks to some last gasp saving from a certain Mr Supple.. glary days.
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Hitchin_ITFC added 12:59 - Jun 14 Anyone but Stevenage please!
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Bluearmy added 13:23 - Jun 14 i would not mind stevenage only about 5 mins train journey from me
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arc added 13:42 - Jun 14 "There isn't the possibility of a long trip"–Torquay, Exeter... even Shrewsbury. Not exactly short. Home draw, please (that is allowed, right?).
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blue_floyd added 14:39 - Jun 14 Strange that Nottingham Forest are in the north section and Notts County are in the south. Surely that should've been the other way round?
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MaySixth added 13:29 - Jun 15 Barnet away would be ideal
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dirtydingusmagee added 15:52 - Jun 15 bestblue, its all down to global warming ,and the earth reversing poles !
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