CARABAO CUP AND EFL TROPHY DRAWS INFO – News

Barnsley are ball number ‘2’ in the Northern Section of the Carabao Cup first round draw, which will take place at 2:30pm on Thursday afternoon.

The Reds will face one of the following teams, week commencing 7 August:
1          Accrington Stanley
3          Barrow
4          Blackburn Rovers
5          Blackpool
6          Bolton Wanderers
7          Bradford City
8          Burton Albion
9          Carlisle United
10        Crewe Alexandra
11        Derby County
12        Doncaster Rovers
13        Fleetwood Town
14        Grimsby Town
15        Harrogate Town
16        Huddersfield Town
17        Hull City
18        Leeds United
19        Leicester City
20        Lincoln City
21        Mansfield Town
22        Middlesbrough
23        Morecambe
24        Notts County
25        Port Vale
26        Preston North End
27        Rotherham United
28        Salford City
29        Sheffield Wednesday
30        Shrewsbury Town
31        Stockport County
32        Stoke City
33        Sunderland
34        Tranmere Rovers
35        Walsall
36        West Bromwich Albion
37        Wigan Athletic
38        Wrexham

The Southern Section of the draw is as follows:
1          AFC Wimbledon
2          Birmingham City
3          Bristol City
4          Bristol Rovers
5          Cambridge United
6          Cardiff City
7          Charlton Athletic
8          Cheltenham Town
9          Colchester United
10        Coventry City
11        Crawley Town
12        Exeter City
13        Forest Green Rovers
14        Gillingham
15        Ipswich Town
16        Leyton Orient
17        Millwall
18        Milton Keynes Dons
19        Newport County
20        Northampton Town
21        Norwich City
22        Oxford United
23        Peterborough United
24        Plymouth Argyle
25        Portsmouth
26        Queens Park Rangers
27        Reading
28        Southampton
29        Stevenage
30        Sutton United
31        Swansea City
32        Swindon Town
33        Watford
34        Wycombe Wanderers

Also taking place on Thursday is the draw for the EFL Trophy group stage, the first part of which has already been made.

Barnsley are in Northern Group ‘F’ alongside Bradford City and Grimsby Town, with one of the following Category 1 academy teams set to travel to Oakwell:
1          Everton U21s
2          Liverpool U21s
3          Leicester U21s
4          Manchester City U21s
5          Manchester United U21s
6          Newcastle United U21s
7          Nottingham Forest U21s
8          Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s

The draw for this competition will commence at 11:30am.