Vertu Trophy draw complete

Cardiff City will play Exeter City, Newport County and Arsenal U21s in the group stages of the Vertu Trophy.





The draw for the group stages of the Vertu Trophy has been completed.

The competition will be split between North and South up until the quarter finals.

The top two from each group will progress to the knockout stages. Matches ending in a draw during the group stages will go straight to penalties.

All teams will play each other once in the group stage, either at home or away. Academy teams will play all their matches away.

All games in the Vertu Trophy are live on Sky Sports.


Full draw:



North

Group A

Salford City
Stockport County
Wigan Athletic
Wolves U21s

Group B

Barrow
Blackpool
Tranmere Rovers
Nottingham Forest U21s

Group C

Bradford City
Doncaster Rovers
Grimsby Town
Everton U21s

Group D

Barnsley
Lincoln City
Notts County
Manchester United U21s

Group E

Bolton Wanderers
Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United
Manchester City U21s

Group F

Harrogate Town
Huddersfield Town
Mansfield Town
Newcastle United U21s

Group G

Accrington Stanley
Fleetwood Town
Port Vale
Leeds United U21s

Group H

Burton Albion
Chesterfield
Crewe Alexandra
Liverpool U21s

South

Group A

Cardiff City
Exeter City
Newport County
Arsenal U21s

Group B

Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham Town
Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur U21s

Group C

Northampton Town
Shrewsbury Town
Walsall
Chelsea U21s

Group D

MK Dons
Reading
Swindon Town
West Ham U21s

Group E

AFC Wimbledon
Bromley
Stevenage
Crystal Palace U21s

Group F

Crawley Town
Leyton Orient
Peterborough United
Aston Villa U21s

Group G

Colchester United
Gillingham
Wycombe Wanderers
Fulham U21s

Group H

Barnet
Cambridge United
Luton Town
Brighton & Hove Albion U21s