Carling Cup to be seeded again

By Nathan Jackson
June 23 2005

The Carling Cup draw will be made on 28th June with the seeding system returning to the competition. Last season, this seeded system gave the Imps a home against Derby, and after the Imps won 3-1, City had earnt themselves a trip to Premiership side Birmingham.

City, will again be unseeded in this year's competition, meaning that the Imps are guaranteed to face a side from the Championship or a Northern team that finished in the top half of League 1 last season, this means, potential trips to Leeds, Sheff United, Leicester and Wolves.

orthern Section

Seeds: Derby County, Preston North End, Sheffield United, Wolves, Stoke City, Burnley, Leeds United, Leicester City, Crewe Alexandra, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers, Bradford City.

Non-seeds: Barnsley, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Wrexham, Stockport County, Macclesfield Town, Lincoln City, Darlington, Rochdale, Mansfield Town, Boston United, Bury, Grimsby Town, Chester City, Carlisle United.

Southern Section

Seeds: Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Southampton, Ipswich Town, Reading, Millwall, QPR, Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle, Watford, Coventry City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Luton Town, Gillingham, Brentford, Bristol City, AFC Bournemouth, Swindon Town.

Non-seeds: Walsall, Colchester United, MK Dons, Yeovil Town, Swansea City, Southend United, Torquay United, Peterborough United, Northampton Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Leyton Orient, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Oxford United, Notts County, Shrewsbury Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Barnet.