The Carling Cup 1st round draw on Tuesday 16 June will give City their first fixture of the 2009/10 season.

The unseeded Bantams are likely to face tough opposition in that 1st round draw as the likes of former Premiership outfits West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United & Derby County are just a few of the big names that could be waiting in the hat for City.

Since relegation from the Premiership, Bradford City have featured in eight previous League Cup first round matches down the years.

On the eve of the first Carling Cup draw of the season, www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk dips into the archives to look into those previous fixtures.

> Since the club's return to the League Cup first round stage in 2001, City have played eight fixtures in this stage of the competition. losing six and winning two of those matches.

> Four of the eight fixtures have gone to extra time or beyond. The first of the four was City's first match back at the 1st round stage against Macclesfield Town. A Stuart McCall piledriver in extra time saw City safely into round two. Notts County took City took extra time in season 2004/05, with defender Rob Ullathorne's 105th minute strike winning it for County.

> The two other fixtures, Darlington in 2003/04 & Carlisle United in 2006/07, both went to penalties which the Bantams agonisingly lost.

> City's heaviest defeat in the period came in last season's West Yorkshire derby with Huddersfield Town, which the Bantams lost 4 - 0. The club's biggest victory in the period was 5 - 0 at Rochdale in 2005/06, mainly thanks to a Dean Windass hat-trick.

> The Bantams last victory in the competition was that victory at Spotland over Rochdale.

> The first round draw of the League Cup hasn't thrown up a home tie for the club since back in 2004, when the Bantams faced Notts County.

> In fact in the eight previous years of playing Carling Cup 1st round ties, the club has only played two fixtures at Valley Parade, as well as the tie against Notts County the other home match for City in the League Cup was the penalty shootout defeat against Darlington.

> Despite losing six of the clubs eight previous League Cup ties, the Bantams have also at least managed to trouble the scorers in six of the eight previous ties. The only two blemishes in the club's recent record is last season's defeat to Huddersfield & the penalty shoot out defeat to Darlington which finished 0 - 0 after extra time.

> City's last scorer in the Carling Cup was Kyle Nix against Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2007.

> City's first scorer since returning to the 1st level of the League Cup was Scottish defender cum striker Andy Tod, his goal coming against Macclesfield Town in City's extra time victory at Moss Field in 2001.

> The six times the League Cup draw has placed the Bantams away from home, it has done so with varied degrees of traveling involved. The club's nearest recent travels has included Huddersfield Town in 2008 and Rochdale in 2005. Severely more travelling was involved in 2002 and 2006 when City travelled to Wrexham & Carlisle United respectively. The club's other tie away from the comforts of home was at Macclesfield.

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