Shots Gear Up For League Cup Draw

Last updated : 09 June 2009 By Stray Shots Team

70 Football League clubs will appear in the first round with Newcastle United and Middlesbrough receiving byes as the highest-placed clubs in last season's league tables.

The next 35 clubs in last season's tables (down to Walsall - 13th place in League 1) will be seeded and drawn against the remaining 35 clubs. The draw will be regionalised with 17 northern and 18 southern ties.

The clubs involved are as follows:

North - Seeded

1. Barnsley
2. Blackpool
3. Coventry City
4. Derby County
5. Doncaster Rovers
6. Huddersfield Town
7. Leeds United
8. Leicester City
9. Nottingham Forest
10. Oldham Athletic
11. Preston North End
12. Scunthorpe United
13. Sheffield United
14. Sheffield Wednesday
15. Tranmere Rovers
16. Walsall
17. West Bromwich Albion

North - Unseeded

18. Accrington Stanley
19. Bradford City
20. Bury
21. Carlisle United
22. Chesterfield
23. Crewe Alexandra
24. Darlington
25. Grimsby Town
26. Hartlepool United
27. Lincoln City
28. Macclesfield Town
29. Morecambe
30. Notts County
31. Port Vale
32. Rochdale
33. Rotherham United
34. Stockport County

South - Seeded

1. Bristol City
2. Bristol Rovers
3. Cardiff City
4. Charlton Athletic
5. Colchester United
6. Crystal Palace
7. Ipswich Town
8. Millwall
9. Milton Keynes Dons
10. Norwich City
11. Peterborough United
12. Plymouth Argyle
13. Queens Park Rangers
14. Reading
15. Southampton
16. Southend United
17. Swansea City
18. Watford

South - Unseeded

19. AFC Bournemouth
20. Aldershot Town
21. Barnet
22. Brentford
23. Brighton & Hove Albion
24. Burton Albion
25. Cheltenham Town
26. Dagenham & Redbridge
27. Exeter City
28. Gillingham
29. Hereford United
30. Leyton Orient
31. Northampton Town
32. Shrewsbury Town
33. Swindon Town
34. Torquay United
35. Wycombe Wanderers
36. Yeovil Town