" THIS FRIDAY/CARDIFF CITY "

Daily Mirror

Monday 12th June 2017


The League Cup has been re-branded the Carabao Cup and the first round draw will take place in Bangkok.

And to make the bizarre event weirder, former and Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit will be drawing the balls in Thailand.

The 70 teams from the Championship, League One and League Two will find out their fate on Friday for the previously named EFL Cup.

Newly relegated Hull, Middlesbrough and Sunderland will be seeded in the competition.

Manchester United won the tournament last season as they beat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley.

Jose Mourinho's men will start their defence in the third round - after getting a second round bye due to their Champions League commitments.

"The newly named Carabao Cup offers a significant opportunity for the Thai brand to engage with football fans via its association with one of the biggest football competitions in the country, and Carabao plans to bring this partnership to life at every opportunity for customers and consumers.

Carabao is a Thai energy drink which also sponsors Chelsea and Reading.

ROUND ONE SEEDINGS

North - Seeded

1. Barnsley
2. Blackburn Rovers
3. Bolton Wanderers
4. Bradford City
5. Burton Albion
6. Derby County
7. Fleetwood Town
8. Leeds United
9. Nottingham Forest
10. Preston North End
11. Rochdale
12. Rotherham United
13. Scunthorpe United
14. Sheffield United
15. Sheffield Wednesday
16. Sunderland
17. Wigan Athletic

North - Unseeded

18. Accrington Stanley
19. Blackpool
20. Bury
21. Carlisle United
22. Chesterfield
23. Coventry City
24. Crewe Alexandra
25. Doncaster Rovers
26. Grimsby Town
27. Lincoln City
28. Mansfield Town
29. Morecambe
30. Notts County
31. Oldham Athletic
32. Port Vale
33. Shrewsbury Town
34. Walsall

South - Seeded

1. Aston Villa
2. Birmingham City
3. Brentford
4. Bristol City
5. Bristol Rovers
6. Cardiff City
7. Charlton Athletic
8. Fulham
9. Ipswich Town
10. Millwall
11. Milton Keynes Dons
12. Norwich City
13. Oxford United
14. Peterborough United
15. Queens Park Rangers
16. Reading
17. Southend United
18. Wolverhampton Wanderers

South - Unseeded

19. AFC Wimbledon
20. Barnet
21. Cambridge United
22. Cheltenham Town
23. Colchester United
24. Crawley Town
25. Exeter City
26. Forest Green Rovers
27. Gillingham
28. Luton Town
29. Newport County
30. Northampton Town
31. Plymouth Argyle
32. Portsmouth
33. Stevenage
34. Swindon Town
35. Wycombe Wanderers
36. Yeovil Town

United won 3-2 not 2-1 and I thought for a second the games take place in Bangkok.

So we can only draw teams in the South?

United won 3-2 not 2-1 and I thought for a second the games take place in Bangkok.

So we can only draw teams in the South?

We can only draw the unseeded teams from the South

I wouldn't mind Newport, Cheltenham or Portsmouth away

FGR away

Newport, Yeovil or Swindon away please.

Any idea when the first tie is?

United won 3-2 not 2-1 and I thought for a second the games take place in Bangkok.

So we can only draw teams in the South?

He said 3-2 ??

United won 3-2 not 2-1 and I thought for a second the games take place in Bangkok.

So we can only draw teams in the South?

He said 3-2 ??

I changed it, because it did say 2-1.

Newport home/away or Gillingham away