The World Cup is well under way in South Africa but if you're passion lies closer to home, then you'll already be counting down the days to the period this week that helps you plan where you'll be for the next nine months.
The Play-Off Finals were concluded little over a fortnight ago and Thursday sees the announcement of the fixture list at 9am on Thursday 17th June but before then we also have the Round 1 draw of the Carling Cup to look forward to.
The draw will be announced on http://www.football-league.co.uk at 9.30am on Wednesday 16th June.
The highest placed clubs in last season's league tables, Burnley and Hull City, have been given a bye to Round 2 and the remaining 70 Football League clubs go into the draw.
The next 35 clubs in last season's tables (down to Brighton & Hove Albion who finished in 13th place in League 1) will be seeded and drawn against the remaining 35 clubs.
As usual the Round 1 draw will be split into North and South sections with 15 northern pairings and 20 southern ones.
The teams going into the hat for Round 1 are:
North - Seeded: 1.Nottingham Forest, 2.Leicester City, 3.Sheffield United, 4.Middlesbrough, .Doncaster Rovers, 6.Derby County, 7.Preston North End, 8.Barnsley, 9.Coventry City, 10.Scunthorpe United, 11.Leeds United, 12.Sheffield Wednesday, 13.Peterborough United, 14.Huddersfield Town, 15.Walsall
North - Unseeded: 1.Carlisle United, 2.Oldham Athletic, 3.Tranmere Rovers, 4.Hartlepool United, 5.Rochdale, 6.Stockport County, 7.Morecambe, 8.Rotherham United, 9.Chesterfield, 10.Bury, 11.Bradford City, 12.Accrington Stanley, 13.Crewe Alexandra, 14.Macclesfield Town, 15.Lincoln City
South - Seeded: 1.Portsmouth, 2.Cardiff City, 3.Swansea City, 4.Reading, 5.Bristol City, 6.Queens Park Rangers, 7.Ipswich Town, 8.Watford, 9.Crystal Palace, 10.Norwich City, 11.Millwall, 12.Plymouth Argyle, 13.Charlton Athletic, 14.Swindon Town, 15.Southampton, 16.Colchester United, 17.Brentford, 18.Bristol Rovers, 19.Milton Keynes Dons, 20.Brighton & Hove Albion
South - Unseeded: 1.Yeovil Town, 2.Leyton Orient, 3.Exeter City, 4.Notts County, 5.AFC Bournemouth, 6.Dagenham & Redbridge, 7.Gillingham, 8.Wycombe Wanderers, 9.Southend United, 10.Aldershot Town, 11.Port Vale, 12.Northampton Town, 13.Shrewsbury Town, 14.Burton Albion, 15.Hereford United, 16.Torquay United, 17.Barnet, 18.Cheltenham Town, 19.Stevenage, 20.Oxford United
