The Capital One Cup thread 2013/14

[Lineker]

The seeded teams for the first-round draw of the Capital One Cup are revealed. The first round draw, which takes place on 17 June, is seeded based on the final league positions of teams from the 2012/13 season, and then split regionally - north and south.

Seeds - north: 1. Barnsley 2. Blackburn Rovers 3. Blackpool 4. Bolton Wanderers 5. Burnley 6. Crewe Alexandra 7. Derby County 8. Doncaster Rovers 9. Huddersfield Town 10. Leeds United 11. Middlesbrough 12. Nottingham Forest 13. Notts County 14. Sheffield United 15. Sheffield Wednesday 16. Tranmere Rovers 17. Walsall 18. Wolverhampton Wanderers

Non seeds - north: 19. Accrington Stanley 20. Bradford City 21. Burton Albion 22. Bury 23. Carlisle United 24. Chesterfield 25. Fleetwood Town 26. Hartlepool United 27. Mansfield Town 28. Morecambe 29. Oldham Athletic 30. Port Vale 31. Preston North End 32. Rochdale 33. Rotherham United 34. Scunthorpe United 35. Shrewsbury Town 36. York City

Seeds - south: 1. AFC Bournemouth 2. Birmingham City 3. Brentford 4. Brighton 5. Bristol City 6. Charlton Athletic 7. Crawley Town 8. Ipswich Town 9. Leicester City 10. Leyton Orient 11. Millwall 12. Milton Keynes Dons 13. Peterborough United 14. Queens Park Rangers 15. Swindon Town 16. Watford 17. Yeovil Town

Non seeds - south: 18. AFC Wimbledon 19. Bristol Rovers 20. Cheltenham Town 21. Colchester United 22. Coventry City 23. Dagenham and Redbridge 24. Exeter City 25. Gillingham 26. Newport County 27. Northampton Town 28. Oxford United 29. Plymouth Argyle 30. Portsmouth 31. Southend United 32. Stevenage 33. Torquay United 34. Wycombe Wanderers

[DavidMarrio]

I never knew they split them into north and south seedings. Have they always done that with earlier rounds in the League cup?

[Lineker]

For the last few years they have, iirc.

[Adam]

They've done it as far back as I can remember with this so at least a few years.

[Lineker]

Relegated QPR have been drawn against League Two side Exeter City in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

Bournemouth, who were promoted to the Championship, will host south-coast neighbours Portsmouth, who were relegated to League Two.

Football League newcomers Newport County are at Brighton, while Conference Premier champions Mansfield face a trip to play Tranmere.

All the ties will be played in the week commencing 5 August.

The winners in the first round, which sees teams from the Championship, League One and Two compete, could then face Premier League opposition.

Reading, who were also relegated from the Premier League, enter the competition in round two.

Teams that have qualified for Europe - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Wigan and League Cup holders Swansea - all enter the competition in the third round.

League One champions Doncaster host Rochdale, while Watford - who missed out on promotion to the Premier League after losing to Crystal Palace in the Championship play-off final - will travel to Bristol

Rovers.

Last season's losing finalists Bradford will make the short trip along the M62 to take on West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield.

There is a South Yorkshire derby at New York Stadium as League One Rotherham host Sheffield Wednesday, while Blackburn travel to Carlisle.

Preston boss Simon Grayson makes a return to his former club Blackpool, while Birmingham welcome John Sheridan's Plymouth.

Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest host Hartlepool, Leicester make the trip to Wycombe, Leeds take on Chesterfield and Bolton visit Shrewsbury.

Wolves, beginning life in the third tier after back-to-back relegations, visit the Lancashire seaside to take on Morecambe.

Bury v Crewe Alexandra

Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers

Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley

Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale

Preston North End v Blackpool

Barnsley v Scunthorpe United

Tranmere Rovers v Mansfield Town

York City v Burnley

Notts County v Fleetwood Town

Sheffield United v Burton Albion

Oldham Athletic v Derby County

Carlisle United v Blackburn Rovers

Morecambe v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nottingham Forest v Hartlepool United

Leeds United v Chesterfield

Huddersfield Town v Bradford City

Rotherham United v Sheffield Wednesday

Port Vale v Walsall

Gillingham v Bristol City

AFC Bournemouth v Portsmouth

Wycombe Wanderers v Leicester City

Brentford v Dagenham and Redbridge

Exeter City v Queens Park Rangers

Charlton Athletic v Oxford United

Southend United v Yeovil Town

Millwall v AFC Wimbledon

Swindon Town v Torquay United

Birmingham City v Plymouth Argyle

Stevenage v Ipswich Town

Cheltenham Town v Crawley Town

Bristol Rovers v Watford

Northampton Town v Milton Keynes Dons

Leyton Orient v Coventry City

Colchester United v Peterborough United

Brighton and Hove Albion v Newport County

Bournemouth vs. Pompey, lovely!

[9 to 5]

Well, doing our half time drawing withh be Matt Jansen then.

[Noah]

Brighton vs Newport? Two of my all time favourite teams to manage in football management games

[stokeriño]

Northampton v MK Dons should be a little bit amusing as well.

[Lineker]

Capital One Cup gets underway tonight! Preston vs. Blackpool derby is on Sky Sports 1.

[Ant]

Looking forward to seeing how Chopra does

[TCO]

Looking forward to seeing how Chopra does

Only person in history who's not a bookie to be excited by Michael Chopra.

[Ant]

Its a good job I haven't put any money on him tonight. He's been shit

[Lineker]

1-0 Preston, Clarke scores in the 86th minute.

[Jimmy]

Its a good job I haven't put any money on him tonight. He's been shit

He's pretty much hated in Ipswich for being shit. I wouldn't expect anything less.

[Liam]

Preston knock out Blackpool.

[Lineker]

Cupset!

[Colly]

Fuck off.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Going to Gillingham tomorrow night to watch them play Bristol City. Not exactly romantic or glamorous but a cheaper ticket price of £15 and a lift there and back from my cousin sweetened the deal. COME ON YOU GILLS!

[Lineker]

Horsies!

[Liam]

People will invade the pitch for anything these days.