Nottingham Forest have been drawn at home to local rivals Notts County
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The draw for the first round of the League Cup, also known as the Carling Cup, took place on Thursday 16 June 2011. The matches will be played on the week starting 8 August 2011 and will be played over a single leg. They will be evening matches, and each match will be decided that night, with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary.
The first round is split into Northern and Southern sections, and was a seeded draw. The big game is the local Nottingham derby between Nottingham Forest and Notts County. Another local game sees Leeds United host Bradford City. Brighton will have the pleasure of welcoming Gillingham, the team whose stadium they used to share.
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
Ties will be played during the week commencing 8th August 2011.
- Carling Cup 2011/12 First Round Draw
The draw for the first round of the 2011/12 Carling Cup will be made on Thursday 16th June at 10am.
- The first round draw is seeded and split in to north and south sections, with 17 northern pairings and 18 southern ones.
- New pair in preliminary clash
Due to Birmingham's qualification to the Europa League, they will receive a bye to the third round, meaning that Crawley will host AFC Wimbledon in a preliminary match, with the winner joining Round 1. It's the first time there has been a preliminary round since the 2002/03 season.
- North (Seeded): 1.Barnsley, 2.Blackpool, 3.Burnley, 4.Carlisle United, 5.Coventry City, 6.Derby County, 7.Doncaster Rovers, 8.Huddersfield Town, 9.Hull City, 10.Leeds United, 11.Leicester City, 12.Middlesbrough, 13.Nottingham Forest, 14.Preston North End, 15.Rochdale, 16.Scunthorpe United, 17.Sheffield United
North (Unseeded): 1.Accrington Stanley, 2.Bradford City, 3.Burton Albion, 4.Bury, 5.Chesterfield, 6.Crewe Alexandra, 7.Hartlepool United, 8.Macclesfield Town, 9.Morecambe, 10.Notts County, 11.Oldham Athletic, 12.Port Vale, 13.Rotherham United, 14.Sheffield Wednesday, 15.Shrewsbury Town, 16.Tranmere Rovers, 17.Walsall
South (Seeded): 1.AFC Bournemouth, 2.Brentford, 3.Brighton & Hove Albion, 4.Bristol City, 5.Cardiff City, 6.Colchester United, 7.Crystal Palace, 8.Exeter City, 9.Ipswich Town, 10.Leyton Orient, 11.Millwall, 12.Milton Keynes Dons, 13.Peterborough United, 14.Portsmouth, 15.Reading, 16.Southampton, 17.Watford, 18.West Ham United
South (Unseeded): 1.Aldershot Town, 2.Barnet, 3.Bristol Rovers, 4.Charlton Athletic, 5.Cheltenham Town, 6.Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon, 7.Dagenham & Redbridge, 8.Gillingham, 9.Hereford United, 10.Northampton Town, 11.Oxford United, 12.Plymouth Argyle, 13.Southend United, 14.Stevenage, 15.Swindon Town, 16.Torquay United, 17.Wycombe Wanderers, 18.Yeovil Town
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