The Blues have drawn Northampton Town at home in the first round of the Carling Cup. The sides most recently met in the same competition last season at the fourth round stage, also at Portman Road, Town winning 3-1.

Carlos Edwards, Damien Delaney and Tamás Priskin scored the goals as the Blues came from behind to win after a deflected Liam Davis shot had put the League Two side in front.

Chief executive Simon Clegg is pleased with a home draw after first round trips to Shrewsbury and Exeter in the last two seasons: "Our fans have done a lot of travelling in cup games over recent years so I'm delighted for them that we have a home draw in the first round.

"We had around 2,500 Northampton fans at Portman Road when we played them last season and we're looking forward to welcoming them again in August."

Historically, the Blues have won 12 games between the teams (nine in the league), 10 (seven) have been draws with Northampton winning 10 (10).

First round ties will be played in the week commencing Monday 8th August with Town's game almost certainly on the Tuesday.

Birmingham City have been handed 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.

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

Carling Cup First Round
Rochdale v Chesterfield
Port Vale v Huddersfield Town
Rotherham United v Leicester City
Hull City v Macclesfield Town
Hartlepool United v Sheffield United
Leeds United v Bradford City
Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers
Walsall v Middlesbrough
Barnsley v Morecambe
Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United
Derby County v Shrewsbury Town
Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United
Bury v Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool
Burnley v Burton Albion
Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra
Nottingham Forest v Notts County
Brighton & Hove Albion v Gillingham
AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge
Ipswich Town v Northampton Town
Cheltenham Town v Milton Keynes Dons
Bristol Rovers v Watford
Plymouth Argyle v Millwall
Oxford United v Cardiff City
West Ham United v Aldershot Town
Southampton v Torquay United
Charlton Athletic v Reading
Portsmouth v Barnet
Stevenage v Peterborough United
Southend United v Leyton Orient
Wycombe Wanderers v Colchester United
Hereford United v Brentford
Exeter City v Yeovil Town
Bristol City v Swindon Town
Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon

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alfromcol added 11:55 - Jun 16 PJ is quality, gets us a home draw!!
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Fatboy added 12:42 - Jun 16 What, no bye for last year's semi-finalists?!
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Keaneish added 12:55 - Jun 16 Great - who we got next round?
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fifeblue added 13:17 - Jun 16 What are youtalking about? AFC Wimbledon have never played at Selhurst Park. That was MK Dons when they were Wimbledon and the stupid FA/League allowed them to be moved 60 miles away.
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ElephantBlue added 13:58 - Jun 16 Nice home draw - interesting draws with forest county and leeds bradford too
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allezlesbleus added 14:51 - Jun 16 Good draw for the 1st round. Normandyblue whereabouts in Normandy are you? I live in Lower Normandy, if you fancy getting together to watch any of the live TV matches?
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whoppit added 16:25 - Jun 16 Banana skin !!!!
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ITFC4daprem added 16:59 - Jun 16 great draw 4-1 wickhamx2 Chopra Carson
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blue_em_away added 17:37 - Jun 16 Leeds United v Bradford City Exeter City v Yeovil Town Bristol City v Swindon Town Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon Check these games..... These will be some tasty affairs, defo worth seeing. None of the teams seem to have that far to go. Have I missed a new draw rule or something? Duhh!!
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jas0999 added 17:59 - Jun 16 A good winable tie!
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fifeblue added 18:00 - Jun 16 The early round(s) of the League are regionalised.
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blue_em_away added 18:08 - Jun 16 Oh stupid me. Thanks fifeblue
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blue_em_away added 18:09 - Jun 16 Oh stupid me. Thanks fifeblue
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Lovetown added 18:15 - Jun 16 Good to see Tamas Priskin scoring and Carlos Edwards. However for Simon Clegg to say he's pleased for a draw against a league TWO side shows low expectations atm, we should be beating them hands down i think, lets hope its a one time thing. Go on Tamas and Carlos!!
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runaround added 20:34 - Jun 16 Nice to have a home tie, hope the club come up with imaginitive ticket prices to try and increase the attendance which for League Cup first round ties is notoriously low
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Ebantiass added 21:36 - Jun 16 Should be a comfortable win, but depends just how seriously we take this one.
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ITFC_Tractorboy added 22:11 - Jun 16 Glad to get a home draw and hopefully we will progress to the next round without to much trouble.
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itfcjc added 17:20 - Jun 18 Should be straight forward but who knows Cobblers
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