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I'm hearing we've been drawn against Bristol City in the first round...

What a year for derbies...

Notts Forest vs Notts County too...

http://www.football-league.co.uk/carlingcup/news/20110616/carling-cup-round-1-draw_2293330_2377050

Bristol City away it is!!

Back of the net. Choo choo. Easy to get to...

What a draw, can't get any better than this

Rochdale v Chesterfield
Port Vale v Huddersfield Town
Rotherham United v Leicester City
Hull City v Macclesfield Town
Hartlepool United v Sheffield United
Leeds United v Bradford City
Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers
Walsall v Middlesbrough
Barnsley v Morecambe
Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United
Derby County v Shrewsbury Town
Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United
Bury v Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool
Burnley v Burton Albion
Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra
Nottingham Forest v Notts County
Brighton & Hove Albion v Gillingham
AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge
Ipswich Town v Northampton Town
Cheltenham Town v Franchise
Bristol Rovers v Watford
Plymouth Argyle v Millwall
Oxford United v Cardiff City
West Ham United v Aldershot Town
Southampton v Torquay United
Charlton Athletic v Reading
Portsmouth v Barnet
Stevenage v Peterborough United
Southend United v Leyton Orient
Wycombe Wanderers v Colchester United
Hereford United v Brentford
Exeter City v Yeovil Town
Bristol City v Swindon Town
Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon

Good draw looking forward to this one.

What's the deal with this tie?  Have Crawley bought AFC ?

Good for the fans, but no income from a home tie and out in the first round again ain't good for the club.

Nice local one this (even though i live in Reading). They took great delight in "sending us down" the last time we played there. Don't have much time for the bumpkins to be honest. Think we'll get a percentage of the income given its a cup tie.

we can beat these scum! top draw

I thought income was shared in cup matches

because brum get a bye due to the euoropa league, they have a play off to get into the competition.

afc away at selhurst park would be great

Preliminary  round

Preliminary round as birmingham got relegated from the prem

Who took the jam out of your doughnut?

Bristol City away, love it!

Basically the league needs one less team in the first round proper because Birmingham are in the Championship but have a EL date the week of the first round.

Amazing.

fucking ace draw.  only reservation is its so early in the season and the new squad won't have gelled. 

bring it on.  lets are how committed and passionate a pdc team is!

for pdc it's the best possible draw in some respect, a deby against a team two divisions above us. a good performance and maybe a win would really kick-start his career as swindon manager and would be a great start to the season

Train --> Cider Bar --> Hooters --> Football


What an ace day!

I guess what I'm saying is it's a shame we didn't get them at home. But hey, bring it on!

Would love to beat them at Ashton Gate and wipe the smile off ITV West's smug biased face

Poxford have Cardiff too.  :bye:

We all agree, Roger Malone is a wanker, a wanker, a wanker

**DV**  No such team as Notts Forest  **DV**

Bloody great draw!  Even better that one of my suppliers is a City fan therefore been offered a freebie apartment in Bristol for the night of the game!

Shall we take up the offer?

All back to Luci's for a party then!

 :D Location TBC!

Is ITV west still going? Would love to get that stupid grin off that twat Geoff Twentyman on points west.

Is Roger Malone still alive?

Fantastic draw! What's the allocation likely to be?

plenty

Damn it. Last train back is 22:35. If it goes to extra time and pens then won't get back.

There goes my afternoon of drinking....

I reckon we'll have all of the Wedlock stand behind the goal.

shame they dont do a football special

Fuck it, I'll come back for this. It will cost me a fortune and I will get several ear-bashing for it but fuck it. Can't wait

Will be going,love going there,great draw.

Same here. Last time I went was when our relegation was sealed.

Not a good day.

Ah for one night we can pretend we're in a happier 'place'.

We've got nothing to 'fear' as they should win. Someone tell Di Canio that we like beating City.

They're not being bastards for once.  :)

N'ah I imagine that they'll want the East End.

Whooosh

The Wedlock is shared isn't it, up to 2800 away fans according to footballgroundguide.com.
Can't see us taking over 2000 to be honest.

I still don't see it but, yeah, boy is my face red.

Work it out.  :D

I'm too busy being mortified.

Perhaps not an illegitimate notion

Touché

Great draw. Never bben there before, should be good fun!

'Nottingham' Forest please, or 'Nottm' Forest, but please, not 'Notts'.  Thank-you kind sir.

Been there seven times,chased afterwards twice,one year we stopped them getting in the playoffs,think Owen missed a pen near the end for them and it was carnage,pitch invasion and i was playing dot to dot with the coppers after so i didn't get hammered.

Got bloody confusing with ITV when I lived in Swindon, depended on which way the TV aerial was pointing, but if memory serves me you had a choice of HTV, Meridien and Central South, and my flat was in the town centre, not like I was on the outskirts anywhere.

 :clap:

 Westyorksnffc, what's wrong with notts?

Remember going there when we were in the open end  and they had the east end. Walking back to train station along side the Avon after being given a few choruses near end of match from city of " your going in the river "  The good old days !

Swindon had one hell of a mob that day but unfortunately it was like a children's tea party compared to what the fuck was waiting for us. Their pitch invasion was a bit wank - they gave Bamber and the Fridge a few slaps and then rushed over to where we were but soon fucked off back after a few took some digs. Outside, however, fuck me that was very, very naughty.
The pubs in Old Town that evening were great - singing everywhere.

The last time I went to Ashton Gate was in 2002 so definitely going in August.

Very straightforward, when Notts County were formed in 1862, they were just called 'Notts'.  When Forest formed in 1865, we were called 'The Forest'.  To differenciate ourselves from Notts we added Nottingham, to become 'Nottingham Forest', and later Notts added County, to become 'Notts County'.  We also moved to a new ground, The City Ground, in 1898, when Nottingham was given city status, but Notts at the time, and probably up to the late 1930's were the bigger team, covering the County of Nottinghamshire, as opposed to just the City boundary.  End result, we are Nottingham, not Notts.

Ironically, and because of boundary changes down the years, Notts County now play in The City of Nottingham, and Nottingham Forest play in the borough of Rushcliffe, literally yards outside of the city boundary, but in an area now know as Greater Nottingham.

As for rivalry, they hate us (no, they're jealous of our recent successes), we just see them as our annoying little brother, they're there, and that's it, and other than when they had Tommy Lawton playing for them Forest have been the much bigger team since WW2.

History lesson over.

Thanks for the info on Notts Forrest.

You're welcome  :kiss:

No swearing please

Tickets £10 for adults and £5 for U16'S.

Quite looking forward to this, a little taster before the big one.

Yeah, me too. Decent prices aswell, which is a nice surprise.

Not sure if i'll go to this or not. I'll more than likely be doing Cheltenham though.

I was told the same today when buying my train tickets. We wont need extra time to knock them out the cup!

Good job templemeads is so close then!