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Here we are, the competition no one cares about unless if their team reaches the area finals stage.

Here is the 1st Round Draw, a few tasty matches too.


Northern Section

Shrewsbury Town v Oldham Athletic
Crewe Alexandra v Accrington Stanley
Tranmere Rovers v Fleetwood Town
Port Vale v Bury
Notts County v Burton Albion
Scunthorpe United v Sheffield United
Hartlepool United v Bradford City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Walsall

Byes: Carlisle United, Morecambe, Preston North End, Rochdale, Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Rotherham United, York City

Southern Section

Milton Keynes Dons v Northampton Town
Dagenham and Redbridge v Colchester United
Gillingham v Leyton Orient
Brentford v AFC Wimbledon
Torquay United v Portsmouth
Bristol City v Bristol Rovers
Exeter City v Wycombe Wanderers
Cheltenham Town v Plymouth Argyle

Byes: Crawley Town, Newport County, Oxford United, Swindon Town, Coventry City, Peterborough United, Southend United, Stevenage

Ties to be played week commencing September 2nd.

Hartlepool have only gone and scored their 1st goal of the season tonight.

Alviro Patterson wrote:Hartlepool have only gone and scored their 1st goal of the season tonight.

and 4 more since.

Looks like we were saving them all up for tonight.

Disgusted not the word to describe such an abject performance, even if the team was disjointed in places. What made it galling was Bradford fielded inferior sides in past JPT contests during 2011 and ended up winning.

I don't believe in this "concentrate on the league" rubbish, it's the cup competitions which have revived Bradford from the brink of eternal mediocrity.

A week late on this but Hartlepool United have knocked out another big club out of the competition in the form of Sheffield United.

The draw for the area quarter-finals took place on 12 October 2013, on Soccer AM. All ties to be played during the week commencing 11 November 2013.

Northern section
Oldham Athletic v Notts County
Chesterfield v Rochdale
Hartlepool United v Rotherham United
Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United

Southern section
Swindon Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Newport County v Portsmouth
Peterborough United v Dagenham & Redbridge
Stevenage Borough v Leyton Orient

Although no standout fixtures there are an even amount of League 1 and League 2 teams remaining in the competition.