The draw for the second round of the Carling Cup takes place tonight, after the conclusion of the final first round matches.

Reading will be seeded, and in this round there is no north/south divide so we could face a trip further afield.

The teams have been split into 25 seeds and non-seeds based on League positions last season.

Ties will be played week commencing 24th August.

Seeds: Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bristol City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Cardiff City, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Swansea City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Brom, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Wolves.

Un-seeded: Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Bristol Rovers, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Coventry or Hartlepool United, Crystal Palace, Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham, Hereford United, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Macclesfield Town or Leicester City, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest or Bradford City, Peterborough United, Port Vale, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Southend United, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers.

Byes: Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Villa, Fulham

Draw dates
Round Three (w/c 21st September 2009) Saturday 29th August 2009

Round Four (w/c 26th October 2009) Saturday 26th September 2009

Round Five (w/c 30th November 2009*) Saturday 31st October 2009

Semi-Finals (w/c 4th & 20th January 2010) TBC

News of the draw will be sent first to subscribers to our official Royals text message service - text CLUB READ ON to 88442 to sign up. Full details and pricing in the Mobile Zone.