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The Carabao Cup first round draw takes place next week and Chesterfield are in the hat!

The Spireites are back in the competition for the first time since 2017 and they are ball number 10.

The draw will be held on Thursday, June 27 at 11.30am on Sky Sports News, presented by Dharmesh Sheth.

Seventy teams across the Championship, League One and League Two enter at this stage.

The Carabao Cup draw takes place next week. (Picture: THANH NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Burnley, Luton Town and the 13 Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions will enter in round two, with the remaining seven sides joining in the third round.

The competition is regionalised until the third round, with the draw split into southern and northern sections.

Round one ties takes place on the week commencing August 12.

Matches in all rounds are single-legged, with the exception of the semi-final ties. Games will go straight to penalties if level after 90 minutes. Extra time will only apply in the second leg of the semi-finals and final.

NORTHERN SECTION BALL NUMBERS

1. Accrington Stanley
2. Barnsley
3. Barrow AFC
4. Blackburn Rovers
5. Blackpool
6. Bolton Wanderers
7. Bradford City
8. Burton Albion
9. Carlisle United
10. Chesterfield
11. Crewe Alexandra
12. Derby County
13. Doncaster Rovers
14. Fleetwood Town
15. Grimsby Town
16. Harrogate Town
17. Huddersfield Town
18. Hull City
19. Leeds United
20. Lincoln City
21. Mansfield Town
22. Middlesbrough
23. Morecambe
24. Notts County
25. Port Vale
26. Preston North End
27. Rotherham United
28. Salford City
29. Sheffield United
30. Sheffield Wednesday
31. Shrewsbury Town
32. Stockport County
33. Stoke City
34. Sunderland AFC
35. Tranmere Rovers
36. West Bromwich Albion
37. Wigan Athletic
38. Wrexham

SOUTHERN SECTION BALL NUMBERS

1 AFC Wimbledon
2 Birmingham City
3 Bristol City
4 Bristol Rovers
5 Bromley
6 Cambridge United
7 Cardiff City
8 Charlton Athletic
9 Cheltenham Town
10 Colchester United
11 Coventry City
12 Crawley Town
13 Exeter City
14 Gillingham
15 Leyton Orient
16 Millwall
17 Milton Keynes Dons
18 Newport County
19 Northampton Town
20 Norwich City
21 Oxford United
22 Peterborough United
23 Plymouth Argyle
24 Portsmouth
25 Queens Park Rangers
26 Reading
27 Stevenage
28 Swansea City
29 Swindon Town
30 Walsall
31 Watford
32 Wycombe Wanderers

Carabao Cup first round draw - when is it, how to watch and ball numbers

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