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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Marcus added 11:17 - Jun 17 So we'll send a reserve team who might scrape through. Exciting stuff.
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SouperJim added 11:18 - Jun 17 Decent draw, this side of London would have been preferable but not a bad little trip. Let's hope we play better than we did at Stevenage.
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Stourbridgeblue added 11:26 - Jun 17 Hope we take it a bit more seriously than last year.
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Scuzzer added 11:54 - Jun 17 Why as seeds are we always drawn away?
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JWM added 11:58 - Jun 17 I only live 5 minutes away from the Broadfield Stadium so its a cracking draw for me! My youngest is a Crawley Season Ticket holder so he will go into one end and the rest of us into the away end! Just hope we can keep our 100% record in tact or there will be hell to pay!
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StowTractorBoy added 12:18 - Jun 17 Not an inspring draw at all and another banana skin. Can't wait to go round the M25 !!!
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jas0999 added 12:44 - Jun 17 Simply don't think Mick will take it too seriously. But let's hope for a cup run. Decent draw.
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londontractor85 added 13:10 - Jun 17 Very happy with this draw as it's close to my work. Went to the pre season game at Broadfield last summer and it was a tidy little ground. I think with a decent turn out, there would be a good atmosphere down there. I think this will be a tougher game than last season at Stevenage so Mick will need to take it a little more seriously...
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JWM added 14:16 - Jun 17 Crawley have released 11 players this Summer!
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bluemikey100 added 15:49 - Jun 17 short journey great better than yeovil on tuesday nite lol
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Cloddyseedbed added 21:59 - Jun 17 Ah well a good tie to field a very weakened team and loose as we don't want to have a cup run to get in the way of the league games. That has been the view in the last few season's and I don't see that changing now.
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rayman_10 added 22:28 - Jun 17 Parking at Gatwick anyone?
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soapy added 02:42 - Jun 18 This is great for me as I live in West Sussex!!! Get in!!
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