EFL Cup 1st Round

[Kenneth E End]

Most teams will probably use this as an extra pre-season friendly to try and get fringe players a bit more field time.

Matches involving L1 teams:

Middlesbrough v Doncaster
Stockport v Crewe
Accrington Stanley v Peterborough
Blackburn v Bradford
Blackpool v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Mansfield
Harrogate v Lincoln
Salford v Rotherham
Tranmere v Burton
Wigan v Notts County
Barnsley v Fleetwood
Bolton v Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield v Leicester
Cardiff v Swindon
Charlton v Stevenage
Coventry v Luton
Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon
Leyton Orient v Wycombe
Northampton v Southampton
Plymouth v QPR
Portsmouth v Reading
Cheltenham v Exeter

 

[kieran_vale]

I’m certainly hoping we rotate our squad as much as humanly possible. Got a much more important game away at Burton on Saturday so everyone who needs minutes should get them here. I’m expecting Blackpool to win comfortably anyway, they will undoubtedly have a point to prove after a pretty ordinary start to the season so can see a bit of a backlash coming our way.