We have been seeded!
The World Cup is well under way in South Africa but if you're passion lies closer to home, then you'll already be counting down the days to the period this week that helps you plan where you'll be for the next nine months.
The Play-Off Finals were concluded little over a fortnight ago and Thursday sees the announcement of the fixture list at 9am on Thursday 17th June but before then we also have the Round 1 draw of the Carling Cup to look forward to.
The draw will be announced on The Football League - LATEST NEWS, FIXTURES, RESULTS AND TABLES | OFFICIAL SITE at 9.30am on Wednesday 16th June.
The highest placed clubs in last season's league tables, Burnley and Hull City, have been given a bye to Round 2 and the remaining 70 Football League clubs go into the draw.
The next 35 clubs in last season's tables (down to Brighton & Hove Albion who finished in 13th place in League 1) will be seeded and drawn against the remaining 35 clubs.
As usual the Round 1 draw will be split into North and South sections with 15 northern pairings and 20 southern ones.
The teams going into the hat for Round 1 are:
North - Seeded
1.Nottingham Forest
2.Leicester City
3.Sheffield United
4.Middlesbrough
5.Doncaster Rovers
6.Derby County
7.Preston North End
8.Barnsley
9.Coventry City
10.Scunthorpe United
11.Leeds United
12.Sheffield Wednesday
13.Peterborough United
14.Huddersfield Town
15.Walsall
North - Unseeded
1.Carlisle United
2.Oldham Athletic
3.Tranmere Rovers
4.Hartlepool United
5.Rochdale
6.Stockport County
7.Morecambe
8.Rotherham United
9.Chesterfield
10.Bury
11.Bradford City
12.Accrington Stanley
13.Crewe Alexandra
14.Macclesfield Town
15.Lincoln City
South - Seeded
1.Portsmouth
2.Cardiff City
3.Swansea City
4.Reading
5.Bristol City
6.Queens Park Rangers
7.Ipswich Town
8.Watford
9.Crystal Palace
10.Norwich City
11.Millwall
12.Plymouth Argyle
13.Charlton Athletic
14.Swindon Town
15.Southampton
16.Colchester United
17.Brentford
18.Bristol Rovers
19.Milton Keynes Dons
20.Brighton & Hove Albion
South - Unseeded
1.Yeovil Town
2.Leyton Orient
3.Exeter City
4.Notts County
5.AFC Bournemouth
6.Dagenham & Redbridge
7.Gillingham
8.Wycombe Wanderers
9.Southend United
10.Aldershot Town
11.Port Vale
12.Northampton Town
13.Shrewsbury Town
14.Burton Albion
15.Hereford United
16.Torquay United
17.Barnet
18.Cheltenham Town
19.Stevenage
20.Oxford United
The World Cup is well under way in South Africa but if you're passion lies closer to home, then you'll already be counting down the days to the period this week that helps you plan where you'll be for the next nine months.
The Play-Off Finals were concluded little over a fortnight ago and Thursday sees the announcement of the fixture list at 9am on Thursday 17th June but before then we also have the Round 1 draw of the Carling Cup to look forward to.
The draw will be announced on The Football League - LATEST NEWS, FIXTURES, RESULTS AND TABLES | OFFICIAL SITE at 9.30am on Wednesday 16th June.
The highest placed clubs in last season's league tables, Burnley and Hull City, have been given a bye to Round 2 and the remaining 70 Football League clubs go into the draw.
The next 35 clubs in last season's tables (down to Brighton & Hove Albion who finished in 13th place in League 1) will be seeded and drawn against the remaining 35 clubs.
As usual the Round 1 draw will be split into North and South sections with 15 northern pairings and 20 southern ones.
The teams going into the hat for Round 1 are:
North - Seeded
1.Nottingham Forest
2.Leicester City
3.Sheffield United
4.Middlesbrough
5.Doncaster Rovers
6.Derby County
7.Preston North End
8.Barnsley
9.Coventry City
10.Scunthorpe United
11.Leeds United
12.Sheffield Wednesday
13.Peterborough United
14.Huddersfield Town
15.Walsall
North - Unseeded
1.Carlisle United
2.Oldham Athletic
3.Tranmere Rovers
4.Hartlepool United
5.Rochdale
6.Stockport County
7.Morecambe
8.Rotherham United
9.Chesterfield
10.Bury
11.Bradford City
12.Accrington Stanley
13.Crewe Alexandra
14.Macclesfield Town
15.Lincoln City
South - Seeded
1.Portsmouth
2.Cardiff City
3.Swansea City
4.Reading
5.Bristol City
6.Queens Park Rangers
7.Ipswich Town
8.Watford
9.Crystal Palace
10.Norwich City
11.Millwall
12.Plymouth Argyle
13.Charlton Athletic
14.Swindon Town
15.Southampton
16.Colchester United
17.Brentford
18.Bristol Rovers
19.Milton Keynes Dons
20.Brighton & Hove Albion
South - Unseeded
1.Yeovil Town
2.Leyton Orient
3.Exeter City
4.Notts County
5.AFC Bournemouth
6.Dagenham & Redbridge
7.Gillingham
8.Wycombe Wanderers
9.Southend United
10.Aldershot Town
11.Port Vale
12.Northampton Town
13.Shrewsbury Town
14.Burton Albion
15.Hereford United
16.Torquay United
17.Barnet
18.Cheltenham Town
19.Stevenage
20.Oxford United
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