Carling Cup draw this thursday
By Tim Dudding
The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup will be made at 9.15am on Thursday, with Albion seeded 11th in the Southern Section.
The seeding system, based on 2003/2004 final League placings, means that Albion will be pitted against a non-seeded side, again from the Southern Section of the draw. That means that the Seagulls will face one of the following sides, either home or away:
1._Brentford
2._Peterborough United
3._Rushden & Diamonds
4._Wycombe Wanderers
5._Torquay United
6._Northampton Town
7._Yeovil Town
8._Oxford United
9._Swansea City
10._Boston United
11._Cambridge United
12._Cheltenham Town
13._Bristol Rovers
14._Kidderminster Harriers
15._Southend United
16._Leyton Orient
Albion were knocked out by Middlesbrough, the eventual winners last season_
The competition works as follows:
Round One (Consisting of 70 Clubs)
- 22* Championship clubs
- 24 League_One clubs
- 24 League_Two clubs
*Bye to Round Two given to club finishing 18th position in Premier League 2003/04 (Leicester City)
_ Bye to Round Three given to FL Euro representative (Millwall)
Round Two (Consisting of 50 Clubs)
- 14 Premier League (clubs not competing in Europe)
- 35 Winners from Round One +_one club given bye to Round Two (Leicester City)
Round Three (Consisting of 32 Clubs)_
- Six Premier League Euro representatives (Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and_Middlesbrough)
- One_Football League Euro representative (Millwall)
- 25 Winners from Round Two
The ties will be played in the week commencing Monday 23rd August, and are one-off affairs to be decided on the night.
By Tim Dudding
The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup will be made at 9.15am on Thursday, with Albion seeded 11th in the Southern Section.
The seeding system, based on 2003/2004 final League placings, means that Albion will be pitted against a non-seeded side, again from the Southern Section of the draw. That means that the Seagulls will face one of the following sides, either home or away:
1._Brentford
2._Peterborough United
3._Rushden & Diamonds
4._Wycombe Wanderers
5._Torquay United
6._Northampton Town
7._Yeovil Town
8._Oxford United
9._Swansea City
10._Boston United
11._Cambridge United
12._Cheltenham Town
13._Bristol Rovers
14._Kidderminster Harriers
15._Southend United
16._Leyton Orient
Albion were knocked out by Middlesbrough, the eventual winners last season_
The competition works as follows:
Round One (Consisting of 70 Clubs)
- 22* Championship clubs
- 24 League_One clubs
- 24 League_Two clubs
*Bye to Round Two given to club finishing 18th position in Premier League 2003/04 (Leicester City)
_ Bye to Round Three given to FL Euro representative (Millwall)
Round Two (Consisting of 50 Clubs)
- 14 Premier League (clubs not competing in Europe)
- 35 Winners from Round One +_one club given bye to Round Two (Leicester City)
Round Three (Consisting of 32 Clubs)_
- Six Premier League Euro representatives (Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and_Middlesbrough)
- One_Football League Euro representative (Millwall)
- 25 Winners from Round Two
The ties will be played in the week commencing Monday 23rd August, and are one-off affairs to be decided on the night.
