The draw numbers for the second round: 1. Aston Villa 2. Burnley 3. Everton 4. Leicester City 5. Newcastle United 6. Sheffield United 7. Tranmere Rovers or Hull City 8. Grimsby Town or Doncaster Rovers 9. Wigan Athletic or Stoke City 10. Port Vale or Burton Albion 11. Nottingham Forest or Fleetwood Town 12. Bradford City or Preston North End 13. Blackpool or Macclesfield Town 14. Blackburn Rovers or Oldham Athletic 15. Mansfield Town or Morecambe 16. Accrington Stanley or Sunderland 17. Scunthorpe United or Derby County 18. Rochdale or Bolton Wanderers 19. Huddersfield Town or Lincoln City 20. Middlesbrough or Crewe Alexandra 21. Shrewsbury Town or Rotherham United 22. Sheffield Wednesday or Bury 23. Salford City or Leeds United 24. Barnsley or Carlisle Ties will be played the week commencing 26th August, with selected fixtures available live on Sky Sports.
Prefer to get a easier tie and a home tie so we stand a chance of visiting Arsenal or Spurs for the first time.
Let's just get past Carlisle first shall we. We have a pretty poor record in this competition against lower league sides
If we win, can wur have tha Marras, leek, because they'll bring fawerty billiyon MLFs on a Choosda neet, man. Ha'way, it's tha only time a klerb like Bornsley will be able tae fyass a hyooj, whirled-faymuss team like Sun'lun.
There are at least 35 1st round ties that I can see straight away, so these numbers don't make sense at all. EDIT: These are the numbers for the Northern half of the 2nd round draw and are in fact correct. I apologise
I'd go for an easy draw in this cup. The league is all important, but game time for fringe players would be useful & shaping up our defence & central midfield is key.