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As much as it is the Northern section Carlisle could still face a 426 mile round trip if they were to get drawn away to Coventry City for a match-up with former goalkeeper Keiren Westwood. Five of the 17 seeded clubs in the "North" being long distance Midlands clubs if United were to end up on the road in the opening stage of the competition.
After round one, which takes place in the opening week of the season, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough will enter the second round draw along with Premier League clubs Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Hull City, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The seven clubs involved in Europe this season, those being Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool and Manchester United being exempt until the third stage of the competition. Carlisle though will be overjoyed just to get to that round considering the last time they did just so was way back in their 1975-76 campaign when they eventually lost 2-0 at Everton in that third round.
Northern section - seeded
1. Barnsley
2. Blackpool
3. Coventry City
4. Derby County
5. Doncaster Rovers
6. Huddersfield Town
7. Leeds United
8. Leicester City
9. Nottingham Forest
10. Oldham Athletic
11. Preston North End
12. Scunthorpe United
13. Sheffield United
14. Sheffield Wednesday
15. Tranmere Rovers
16. Walsall
17. West Bromwich Albion
Northern Section - unseeded
18. Accrington Stanley
19. Bradford City
20. Bury
21. Carlisle United
22. Chesterfield
23. Crewe Alexandra
24. Darlington
25. Grimsby Town
26. Hartlepool United
27. Lincoln City
28. Macclesfield Town
29. Morecambe
30. Notts County
31. Port Vale
32. Rochdale
33. Rotherham United
34. Stockport County
Southern section - seeded
1. Bristol City
2. Bristol Rovers
3. Cardiff City
4. Charlton Athletic
5. Colchester United
6. Crystal Palace
7. Ipswich Town
8. Millwall
9. Milton Keynes Dons
10. Norwich City
11. Peterborough United
12. Plymouth Argyle
13. Queens Park Rangers
14. Reading
15. Southampton
16. Southend United
17. Swansea City
18. Watford
Southern Section - unseeded
19. AFC Bournemouth
20. Aldershot Town
21. Barnet
22. Brentford
23. Brighton & Hove Albion
24. Burton Albion
25. Cheltenham Town
26. Dagenham & Redbridge
27. Exeter City
28. Gillingham
29. Hereford United
30. Leyton Orient
31. Northampton Town
32. Shrewsbury Town
33. Swindon Town
34. Torquay United
35. Wycombe Wanderers
36. Yeovil Town
Carling Cup Round Dates
Round One - Tuesday 11th August
Round Two - Tuesday 24th August
Round Three - Tuesday 22nd September
Round Four - Tuesday 27th October
Round Five - Tuesday 1st December
Semi-Final Leg One - Tuesday 5th January
Semi-Final Leg Two - Tuesday 19th January
Final - Sunday 28th February