Carling Cup 3rd Round Draw Preview

Last updated : 27 August 2010 By Dan Buxton

After the Potters booked their place in the third round of the Carling Cup in midweek, defeating Shrewsbury by two goals to one, they now wait to see who is next to stand in the way of them emulating the 1972 heroes and lifting the Carling Cup.

The Potters are number 25 in the draw, which will start at approximately 12.15pm on Saturday 28th August, and will be live on Sky Sports News. The draw will consist of one League Two side, four League One sides and eight Championship sides, aswell as all but one Premier League side, with Blackpool the only one to be defeated, losing 4-3 at League One MK Dons.

The full numbers list is here

1) Arsenal

2) Aston Villa

3) Burnley

4) Birmingham

5) Blackburn

6) Bolton

7) Brentford

8) Chelsea

9) Everton

10) Fulham

11) Ipswich

12) Leicester

13) Liverpool

14) Manchester City

15) Manchester United

16) Millwall

17) MK Dons

18) Newcastle United

19) Northampton

20) Notts County

21) Peterborough

22) Portsmouth

23) Preston

24) Scunthorpe

25) STOKE

26) Sunderland

27) Swansea

28) Tottenham

29) West Brom

30) West Ham

31) Wigan

32) Wolves

The ties will be played on the week commencing 20th September, inbetween the Potters home game with West Ham and away trip to Newcastle United.