With the second round draw to be announced later this evening, ball numbers have been allocated to the clubs who are, or could be, involved.
There are a number of first round group stage ties still to be played later in November so the second round draw will see some tags tied as ‘Winner of’ and ‘Runner Up of’.
That’s exactly the same as ball numbers at the moment when it comes to Northern Group F and Southern Groups C and D.
Northern Section:
1 – Fleetwood Town
2 – Blackpool
3 – Rochdale
4 – Port Vale
5 – Walsall
6 – Group F Winner
7 – Lincoln City
8 – Scunthorpe United
9 – Leicester City U23
10 – Accrington Stanley
11 – Bury
12 – Oldham Athletic
13 – Shrewsbury Town
14 – Group F Runner Up
15 – Mansfield Town
16 – Doncaster Rovers
Southern Section:
1 – Portsmouth
2 – Gillingham
3 – Group C Winner
4 – Group D Winner
5 – Swansea City U23
6 – Luton Town
7 – MK Dons
8 – Peterborough United
9 – Charlton Athletic
10 – Southend United
11 – Group C Runner Up
12 – Group D Runner Up
13 – Forest Green Rovers
14 – Wimbledon
15 – Oxford United
16 – Northampton Town
