Carabao Cup round one draw details

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The Addicks will be represented by ball number nine in the 2026/27 Carabao Cup first-round draw.

The draw, which is split into a southern and northern section, will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4.30pm on Thursday, June 25th.

A preliminary round will take place due to the participation of nine Premier League clubs in European competition in the 2026/27 season. Tranmere Rovers will host Rochdale on Saturday, August 1st and Crawley Town will travel to York City on Monday, August 3rd, with the winners progressing to the first round.

Round one of the Carabao Cup will kick off the new season, with ties set to be played over the weekend of August 7th-9th.

Southern section ball numbers are as follows:

1 AFC Wimbledon
2 Barnet
3 Birmingham City
4 Bristol City 
5 Bristol Rovers
6 Bromley
7 Cambridge United
8 Cardiff City 
9 Charlton Athletic 
10 Cheltenham Town
11 Colchester United
12 Exeter City
13 Gillingham
14 Leicester City
15 Leyton Orient
16 Luton Town
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 Swansea City 
31 Swindon Town
32 Walsall
33 Watford 
34 West Ham United 
35 Wycombe Wanderers
36 York City or Crawley Town

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