League Cup draw details

After the disappointing 2011/12 campaign Preston will be in the unseeded half of the newly named Capital One Cup on Thursday. The first round Northern Section sees all Championship clubs except Blackburn and Bolton and League One clubs up to 13th enter as a seeded team. PNE who finished in 15th position will be ball number 11 in the unseeded part of the draw and will face one of the 16 teams below. The seeded clubs are: 1 - Barnsley 2 - Blackpool 3 - Burnley 4 - Carlisle 5 - Derby 6 - Doncaster 7 - Hartlepool 8 - Huddersfield 9 - Hull 10 - Leeds 11 - Middlesborough 12 - Nottm. Forest 13 - Notts County 14 - Sheffield Utd. 15 - Sheffield Wed. 16 - Tranmere The Second Round sees Blackburn and Bolton join with the Premier League clubs not involved in Europe. The First Round of the Capital One Cup starts w/c 13th August, a few days prior to the start of the 2012/13 season on 18th August.  

Source: FOOTYMAD