Gills to visit Swansea City in the Carabao Cup

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Gillingham will play Swansea City away from home in the first round of the 2024/25 Carabao Cup.

The draw was made live on Sky Sports on Thursday morning and it will see the Gills make the long trip to Wales to take on a Championship club, managed by Luke Williams. 

Gills made the second round last season but lost narrowly to Luton in an entertaining 3-2 defeat at Kenilworth Road.

 

The full draw is as follows:

South:

 

Cambridge United v QPR

Walsall v Exeter City 

Crawley Town v Swindon Town

Oxford United v Peterborough United

Norwich City v Stevenage

Bromley v AFC Wimbledon

Portsmouth v Millwall

Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers 

Bristol City v Coventry City

Cardiff City v Bristol Rovers

Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City

Watford v MK Dons

Swansea City v Gillingham

Plymouth Argyle v Cheltenham Town

Leyton Orient v Newport County

Colchester United v Reading

 

North:

Salford v Doncaster

Rotherham United v Crewe Alexandra

Carlisle United v Stoke City

Leeds United v Middlesbrough

Barrow AFC v Port Vale

Burton Albion v Blackpool

Tranmere v Accrington

Fleetwood Town v West Brom

Shrewsbury Town v Notts County

Lincoln City v Harrogate Town

Derby County v Chesterfield 

Bolton Wanderers v Mansfield Town

Preston v Sunderland

Sheffield United v Wrexham

Huddersfield Town v Morecambe

Wigan Athletic v Barnsley

Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday

Stockport County v Blackburn Rovers

Grimsby Town v Bradford City

 

Ties to be played week commencing August 12. More details to follow.