Carabao Cup 26-27
The draw for the Preliminary Round of the 2026/27 Carabao Cup has now been confirmed, with the ties as follows:
York City v Crawley Town
Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale
Dates for the two Preliminary Round ties will be announced in due course following discussions with the respective Clubs.
The draw for Round One of next season’s Carabao Cup will take place on fixture release day – Thursday 25 June – and will be live on Sky Sports News. Round One ties will take place over the weekend of 7-9 August.
https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/03/carabao-cup-2026-27-preliminary-round-draw/
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Worth noting it is already regionalised. Meaning if York win they will be in the southern section of the first round draw1
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follett said:Worth noting it is already regionalised. Meaning if York win they will be in the southern section of the first round draw
The winner of the Preliminary Round tie between York City v Crawley Town will proceed to the Southern section of the Round One draw, with the winner of Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale proceeding into the Northern section. The regionalised sections of the draw will be re-adjusted ahead of Round Two of the competition.
This is because the Northern and Southern sections of the Round One draw need to be confirmed ahead of that draw taking place on Thursday 25 June, which is also fixture release day.
https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/03/carabao-cup-2026-27-preliminary-round-draw/
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Bet York get Plymouth in the first round10
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Looking forward to crashing out in our first game away to Bromley on penalties, playing a starting line up with an average age of 157
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Why aren't Crawley playing Tranmere? Tranmere are further south than both Rochdale and York?clive said:follett said:Worth noting it is already regionalised. Meaning if York win they will be in the southern section of the first round drawThe winner of the Preliminary Round tie between York City v Crawley Town will proceed to the Southern section of the Round One draw, with the winner of Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale proceeding into the Northern section. The regionalised sections of the draw will be re-adjusted ahead of Round Two of the competition.
This is because the Northern and Southern sections of the Round One draw need to be confirmed ahead of that draw taking place on Thursday 25 June, which is also fixture release day.
https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/03/carabao-cup-2026-27-preliminary-round-draw/
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They held a random draw of the four teams as there wasn’t the 50:50 North/South split of teams that there was last season.Leroy Ambrose said:
Why aren't Crawley playing Tranmere? Tranmere are further south than both Rochdale and York?clive said:follett said:Worth noting it is already regionalised. Meaning if York win they will be in the southern section of the first round drawThe winner of the Preliminary Round tie between York City v Crawley Town will proceed to the Southern section of the Round One draw, with the winner of Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale proceeding into the Northern section. The regionalised sections of the draw will be re-adjusted ahead of Round Two of the competition.
This is because the Northern and Southern sections of the Round One draw need to be confirmed ahead of that draw taking place on Thursday 25 June, which is also fixture release day.
https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/03/carabao-cup-2026-27-preliminary-round-draw/
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So looking forward to York away on the Sunday at 12.00 then...0
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Leroy Ambrose said:
Why aren't Crawley playing Tranmere? Tranmere are further south than both Rochdale and York?clive said:follett said:Worth noting it is already regionalised. Meaning if York win they will be in the southern section of the first round drawThe winner of the Preliminary Round tie between York City v Crawley Town will proceed to the Southern section of the Round One draw, with the winner of Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale proceeding into the Northern section. The regionalised sections of the draw will be re-adjusted ahead of Round Two of the competition.
This is because the Northern and Southern sections of the Round One draw need to be confirmed ahead of that draw taking place on Thursday 25 June, which is also fixture release day.
https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/03/carabao-cup-2026-27-preliminary-round-draw/
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So dumb0
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We should have a sweep on when "No longer our concern" is added to the thread title.7
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Love the first round being on a weekend this season. Hope we get a decent away day draw2
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I,f or one, welcome our "holding Bromley to a draw so that it goes to penalties", 15 year old overlords.DamoNorthStand said:Looking forward to crashing out in our first game away to Bromley on penalties, playing a starting line up with an average age of 151 -
Bring it on - we are in Morpeth that weekend... 👍😉Rock Spectacle said:So looking forward to York away on the Sunday at 12.00 then...0 -
The Carabao Cup Round One Draw will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm on Thursday, 25 June, as part of the EFL’s Fixture Release Day.
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Carabao Cup 2026/27 Round Dates
The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:
- Round One: Weekend of 7-9 August 2026
- Round Two: w/c 24 August 2026
- Round Three: w/c 7 September and w/c 14 September 2026
- Round Four: w/c 26 October 2026
- Round Five: w/c 14 December 2026
- Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11 January 2027
- Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1 February 2027
- Final: Sunday 21 March 2027
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York city away or Bromley away.2
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York in the Southern group!clive said:The Carabao Cup Round One Draw will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm on Thursday, 25 June, as part of the EFL’s Fixture Release Day.0 -
I like the fact it’s played over the weekend, like having one final pre season friendly.3
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We have drawn Cheltenham away.0
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another not so testing pre season friendly.clive said:We have drawn Cheltenham away.4 -
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The dullest of draws.2
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I disagree. This was actually one of the best away draws we could have had.golfaddick said:The dullest of draws.
The only grounds we haven't been to over the last two seasons (and won't be this season either) were:
Barnet
Bromley
Cheltenham Town
Luton Town
Franchise FC
Newport County
Plymouth Argyle
Swindon Town
York City
Obviously York City would have been the best possible away draw (assuming they beat Crawley), but Cheltenham is much more attractive than the likes of Luton, Swindon and Milton Keynes.
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Get your points in for the West Ham away game...1
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Another exit at the hands of a League Two club awaits, with the usual anger over Jones playing a young / inexperienced side then1
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It's a perfect warm up type of game, the sort of game where you can play a strong team as their final conditioning game for the season. Indeed this is a 1st round EFL Cup game where you want a good performance and win.
A nice place too of course.0 -
An extra week for the pitch to bed in and other cosmetic procedures required to the ground before we kick a ball at home1
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Sorry to be ungrateful and selfish. It's only 25 minutes away from me.Cheltenham away ole ole1
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An apology from Jones in advance of this abysmal performance wouldn't hurt for once.ForeverAddickted said:Another exit at the hands of a League Two club awaits, with the usual anger over Jones playing a young / inexperienced side then2
