The first Cup draw of next season has been made and it’s interesting news for Norwich City, depending on your point of view. It’s either an easy route to the second round or a banana skin. Knowing us, it’s more likely the latter.
Norwich were in the Southern section of the draw and were ball number 22 for the draw which took place in Vietnam this morning.
Norwich have been drawn at home to League Two Stevenage.
Southern section
Millwall vs Gillingham
Portsmouth vs AFC Wimbledon
Cheltenham vs Colchester
Yeovil vs Aston Villa
Southend vs Brentford
Reading vs Birmingham
Wycombe vs Northampton
Swindon vs Forest Green
Exeter vs Ipswich
MK Dons vs Charlton
West Brom vs Luton
Bristol Rovers vs Crawley
Bristol City vs Plymouth
Cambridge vs Newport
QPR vs Peterborough
Oxford vs Coventry
Norwich vs Stevenage
Northern section
Rotherham vs Wigan
Tranmere vs Walsall
Crewe vs Fleetwood
Scunthorpe vs Doncaster
Macclesfield vs Bradford
Grimsby vs Rochdale
Sheffield United vs Hull
Nottingham Forest vs Bury
Middlesbrough vs Notts County
Sunderland vs Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds vs Bolton
Carlisle vs Blackburn
Mansfield vs Accrington
Port Vale vs Lincoln
Preston vs Morecambe
Oldham vs Derby
Shrewsbury vs Burton
Blackpool vs Barnsley
All ties will take place week commencing 13thAugust 2018.
The ABBA penalty system has been removed and VAR will be used in all Premier League ground ties.
OTBC