First round draw pairs Trollope against old club Rovers

The first round draw of the currently unsponsored EFL League Cup has been made and will see Cardiff City boss Paul Trollope make a homecoming return to old club Paul Trollope.

The former Gas boss won promotion via the League Two play-offs at Wembley in 2008 at the young age of 38, taking charge of 253 matches for the blue and white side of Bristol.

The draw pits National League play-off winners Grimsby Town against Nigel Pearson’s Derby County, with the Rams handed a home advantage in a competition they exited at the first chance last season by losing to Portsmouth 2-1.

Five-time League Cup winners Aston Villa also face League Two opposition, adding a trip to Kenilworth Road to take on Luton Town as their second match back in the Football League after finding out they will open their Championship season against Sheffield Wednesday today.

All ties to be played week commencing 8 August.

EFL Cup first round draw – North Section

Carlisle v Port Vale

Rotherham v Morecambe

Accrington v Bradford

Rochdale v Chesterfield

Mansfield v Blackburn

Barnsley v Northampton

Cambridge v Sheffield Wednesday

Derby v Grimsby

Oldham v Wigan

Scunthorpe v Notts County

Doncaster v Nottingham Forest

Burton v Bury

Fleetwood v Leeds

Sheffield United v Crewe

Shrewsbury v Huddersfield

Preston v Hartlepool

Blackpool v Bolton

EFL Cup first round draw – South Section

Peterborough v AFC Wimbledon

Bristol Rovers v Cardiff

Coventry v Portsmouth

Luton v Aston Villa

Brighton v Colchester

Cheltenham v Charlton

Birmingham v Oxford

Southend v Gillingham

Wolves v Crawley

Leyton Orient v Fulham

Ipswich v Stevenage

Wycombe v Bristol City

Walsall v Yeovil

Exeter v Brentford

Queens Park Rangers v Swindon

Barnet v Millwall

Reading v Plymouth

Newport v MK Dons