Town Draw Wigan in Cup

By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 08/07/2004

GRIMSBY have been drawn at home to Championship outfit Wigan in the first round of the Carling Cup. A few years ago this would have been a fixture the Mariners would have been expected to win, but the Latics have been seeded and will provide a tough challenge for Russell Slade's men.

Elsewhere Leeds have been paired with West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield, Scunthorpe travel to Forest, and Hull City are at home to Wrexham.

Full Draw:

Lincoln v Derby
Sunderland v Chester
Darlington v Barnsley
Hull v Wrexham
Nottingham Forest v Scunthorpe
Rochdale v Wolves
Bradford v Notts County
Bury v Burnley
Tranmere v Shrewbury
Crewe v Blackpool
Mansfield v Preston
Sheffield Wednesday v Walsall
Sheffield United v Stockport
Hartlepool v Macclesfield
Doncaster v Port Vale
Oldham v Stoke
Grimsby v Wigan
Rotherham v Chesterfield
Leeds v Huddersfield
Colchester v Cheltenham
Peterborough v Milton Keynes Dons
Gillingham v Northampton
Brighton v Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient v Bournemouth
Wycombe v Bristol City
Boston v Luton
Watford v Cambridge
QPR v Swansea
Kidderminster v Cardiff
West Ham v Southend
Ipswich v Brentford
Rushden & Diamonds v Swindon
Oxford v Reading
Yeovil v Plymouth
Coventry v Torquay

(Ties will be played week beginning 23 August)

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