Carabao Cup draw made for first round

Ipswich Town are set to travel to Luton Town, after the newly-sponsored Carabao Cup was drawn in Bangkok this afternoon.

Southend will 'visit' Newport County, with that match scheduled to be hosted at Roots Hall due to pitch works set to take place at Newport's ground.

Meanwhile, Colchester has been given an exciting tie as they host EFL Championship side Aston Villa at the Weston Homes Stadium.

Sunderland, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, will travel to League One outfit Bury FC.

Matches will be played on the week commencing 7th August, 2017.

The league fixtures for EFL clubs are scheduled to be released next Wednesday, June 21st 2017.


South section
Birmingham v Crawley
Exeter v Charlton
QPR v Northampton
Newport v Southend
Bristol City v Plymouth
Cardiff v Portsmouth
Millwall v Stevenage
Oxford United v Cheltenham
AFC Wimbledon v Brentford
Norwich v Swindon
Bristol Rovers v Cambridge
Peterborough v Barnet
Wycombe v Fulham
Colchester v Aston Villa
Wolves v Yeovil
Reading v Gillingham
Forest Green v MK Dons
Luton v Ipswich

North section
Coventry v Blackburn
Nottingham Forest v Shrewsbury
Bradford v Doncaster
Mansfield v Rochdale
Grimsby v Derby
Barnsley v Morecambe
Crewe v Bolton
Oldham v Burton
Wigan v Blackpool
Bury v Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday v Chesterfield
Accrington v Preston
Fleetwood v Carlisle
Sheffield United v Walsall
Scunthorpe v Notts County
Rotherham v Lincoln
Leeds v Port Vale.